The Owner's Room: When Good Candidates Just Don't Show Up (And You're Starting to Panic)
Welcome to The Owner’s Room, a new kind of episode inside the Culture Focused Practice podcast where Dr. Tara Vossenkemper ditches the lists, outlines, and expert takes—and instead just shows up, owner to owner, to talk about what’s really going on.
This one’s for anyone who’s been staring at an empty applicant pool, second-guessing their entire hiring funnel, and wondering how to lead when there are zero good options on the table.
Tara gets real about how it feels to carry that weight, how high standards get tested in moments of burnout and desperation, and why structure helps even when…
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