The Riderflex Podcast: Inspiring & Hiring

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, & 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 - Sharon Leite, CEO at The Vitamin Shoppe | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Sharon is a strategic and results oriented, customer focused leader with proven brand management, digital, e-commerce, retail, operational and manufacturing skills. She is an executive leader of strategic turnarounds with venerable brands. Sharon has a passion for building a...

"𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬" | Riderflex Recruiting & Sourcing As our professional lives move forward, there is endless learning that takes place. There are also a number of regrets that end up having us rethinking how we work and live.  The Riderflex podcast provides career advice, interviewing tips and overall guidance for candidates and employees in their professional lives. However, we als...

"𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬" - Kizzy Parks; President, GovCon Winners | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Just go for it. We spend so much time over analyzing the things that can wrong, that people usually don't start their own business. Stay focused on the positives and all the good things that can come from owning your business.  GovCon Winners helps service-based small business owners...

"𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰" | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Job interviews can be extremely stressful. Even when you are highly prepared and done all of the  home work needed, they may not go as you hoped.  Some of the best planning may not be enough when the lights come on and it's time to perform. Don't be consider it the end of the world if this happens and you...

𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, & 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 - Kevin Baum, CEO & Co-Founder at AgriWebb | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing AgriWebb is transforming global cattle and sheep production with farm management software that delivers profitability, provenance and sustainability across the supply chain.  The company’s platform helps ranchers replace handwritten notebooks and optimize their...

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐬…𝐖𝐇𝐘? | Riderflex Recruiting & Sourcing It's common for companies to interview multiple candidates that recruiters or recruiting firms will present. Not all the candidates will make the cut and hiring managers will pass on specific people.  In some cases the hiring managers will neglect to pass along reason as to WHY a candidate was not selected. There can...

"𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 & 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - Best of Clips Highlight Reel #7"  | Riderflex Recruiting & Sourcing Enjoy a small sampling from the 200+ guests that have come to share their experience and advice.  Enjoy a small sampling of the almost 200 guests that come to share their experience and advice.  Many people with that next great idea or product think there's a specific pat...

𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 - Brandon Ford, Founder & CEO at TripHero | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Brandon is a life-long entrepreneur, starting his first ‘business’ at the age of six collecting and recycling aluminum cans and bottles. Brandon worked his way from his humble to an Ivy-League education and law degree. A creative and energetic problem solver and proven leader,...

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦? | Riderflex Recruiting & Sourcing By nature, as managers, we are always looking for areas needing improvement. This is because we are conditioned to increase sales and improve performance.  So when an employee messes up or makes a major mistake, how should you react as manager. Should they be terminated?  CEO, Steve Urban, shares the best ways to handle employee...

𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing The job market for candidates is incredibly strong. Most candidates are able to consider multiple offers when it comes to opportunities.  So how do you decide which offer to take? What if your current company makes a counter offer? What is the right decision.  CEO, Steve Urban, talks about several factors th...

"𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐈𝐧 𝐀 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞" | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing The majority of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. It's situation that can cause heavy stress and patterns that feel like they're never ending.  Unfortunately they are living this tight financial life in a job that they hate. Most people are able to adjust their spending patterns to the actual amou...

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐈𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱? | Riderflex - Recruiting & Staffing Very common question we get is...Why is the company called Riderflex? Do you all sell bikes? Are you a fitness company?  CEO, Steve Urban, share a little history about the start of Riderflex and why we have the name Riderflex...and not the almost named, Bald Guys Recruiting.  Denver staffing agency - https://riderflex.co...

"𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬" | Riderflex Recruiting & Sourcing Do you have questions related to career advice or job interviewing? The answers can most likely be found in the treasure chest of podcast recording from CEO, Steve Urban.  Steve has produced over 1000 clips with career advice, job interviewing tips, and entrepreneur interviews. These business leaders talk about...

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐛? | Riderflex Recruiting & Sourcing There are a number of things to consider when weighing a new job offer. How big is the company? What is the long term options with this company? Do you get a piece of equity? How will this improve my resume and profile for the future? Every company, big or small presents it's share of opportunity and risks. CEO, Steve Urban, shares a r...

𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Are you a candidate that has questions about your current, or potential job search? Do you wonder about how to approach an interview, or how to respond to specific questions? Maybe you're a hiring manager new to building teams. Do you have concerns about candidate behavior or making quality hiring decisions? Submit those...

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Waiting for the perfect candidate will cost your company time, money, and opportunities to land great talent.  Many companies get caught up looking for candidates that match with a perfect resumes and other skills on paper. Typically it's the soft skills and personality match to the culture that generates employees...

"𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬" - Bridget Johnson, CEO & Founder at Green Girl Recycling | Riderflex Recruiting & Staffing Proud to have Bridget on the Riderflex podcast. Her efforts around Green Girl Recycling is inspiring and a true benefit to our planet and communities.  https://www.greengirlrecycling.com/ Green Girl Recycling was started in 1998 by Bridget Jo...

"What Does Remote Work Look Like Moving Forward?" - Dan Konigsberg, Founder & CEO at CampMinder | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Dan began building web applications when he was 13. When he was 20, he won a VH1 my Music Award for best fan website for The Dave Matthews Band. His love for music didn't end there, as he learned the guitar at camp. He later went on to record an album of his o...

𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭: 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 & 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Have you listened to the Riderflex Podcast? If you lead teams, are on the job hunt, or just want to be better in your career; this should be in your playlist.  Get thorough pieces of advice and encouragement through 2-5 minute video clips from a leader who knows.   ✅How should I prepare...

Janice Sinden, President & CEO at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on the Riderflex Podcast Incredibly honored to have Janice on the Riderflex podcast. She is an incredible leader and shared not only her leadership journey, but thoughtful conversation from everything to homelessness in Denver, social media, and her personal core purpose.  Denver Center for the Performing Arts: https:...

"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐎 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬" | Riderflex Recruiting & Sourcing Many workers are always on the lookout for the perfect company or boss to work for. They make career moves based on a thought that the next spot will be "the one". Unfortunately there is no perfect scenario like this. Everyone, manager or employee, is human. And as humans, we will always find things that could be b...

"𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲" - Shelli Brunswick, COO at Space Foundation | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Shelli Brunswick, COO of Space Foundation, brings a broad perspective and deep vision of the global space ecosystem — from a distinguished career as a space acquisition and program management leader and congressional liaison for the U.S. Air Force to her current role, including overs...

𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐛 - "𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳e By 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠" | Riderflex - Recruiting and Sourcing Darin Dawson is the Co-Founder and President of BombBomb, a Human-Centered Communication Platform that enables users to use simple, personal video messages to leverage their best asset … themselves. Darin leads all sales, marketing, customer success, and product develo...

"𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫?" | Riderflex Recruiting & Sourcing There are some obvious business scenarios and situations that need to be right in order to start or buy a business. Good operating capital, strong idea or service, acceptable working knowledge of your industry, and other basics.  However, there are many personal traits that need to be there for the indivi...

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬? - Kait LeDonne, CEO at Brandwise Media | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Transforming Authors and Executives into...Bestsellers, Influencers,  Keynote Speakers, & Movement Makers Kait and Brandwise Media specializes in working with executives and business-professionals-turned-authors to clarify their brand and build eng...