Andy Miller started BrainWorks in 1991 and Continues to lead the firm and the Consumer Products Practice, placing talent ranging from middle management to Executive level with an eye for impacting the business regardless of function. Andy’s Client roster ranges from Fortune 50 companies to smaller entrepreneurial organizations looking to grow and believe that finding the right people make a difference.
In 2011, Andy become a member of the Pinnacle Society, a prestigious consortium of the top 75 recruiters in the country. Andy received a Master’s degeee in Counseling Psychology after spending 3 years in social services. He transitioned into business, spending 10 years in the Telecommunications field where he won numerous sales awards including being in the Gold Club for 5 consecutive years and Salesman of the Year in 1997 and 1998.
His passion for competitive sports and his psychology background provide a unique blend of competitiveness and people skills which has influenced how he works. To help clients win the competitive wars by assessing, training and developing people towards greater productivity.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Andrew’s mother
When business started difficulties overcame:
“We’re all human, and all subject to emotions. It’s managing the highs and lows, it’s a challenge for anyone, particularly starting a new business. I have the only product that can say no to you, if the candidate decides they’re not interested I have to start all over again. That’s emotionally challenging. Now I have to put another 60 or 90 days in to achieve what I thought was going to be revenue”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Topgrading (How To Hire, Coach and Keep A Players) Book by Brad Smart, Geoff Smart
Favourite Quote:
“It ain’t how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward” – Rocky Balboa
Recommended Online Resources:
The Sales Blog – S. Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, author, and sales leader. He posts daily sales tips and insights to The Sales Blog. Read The Blog About Anthony …
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Be prepared to know you’re going to have highs and lows. How are you going to handle those? The quicker you can get yourself out of the lows to perform is going to make a difference to whether you’re successful or not successful”
More About Andrew Miller:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
Tom Stoppard “Quite early on, and certainly since I started writing, I found that philosophical questions occupied me more than any other kind. I hadn’t really thought of them as being philosophical questions, but one rapidly comes to an understanding that philosophy’s only really about two questions: ‘What is true?’ and ‘What is good?’”
Other Quotes From the Chat with Andrew Miller:
- “Be prepared to know you’re going to have highs and lows”
- “What you need for a role may not look like your personality or skillet, it may be very different. Develop the discipline to know that and to hire to that”
- “Be a student, be curious, and continue to learn every day, be persistent, and be passionate. If you do all those things, success will come”
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