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Managing Partner + Cultural Architect, brian cork Human Capital

October 15, 2007

You know how they say, "whenever a door slams in your face, a window of opportunity pops open.”

Well, Brian Patrick Cork is an example of how it works. In college, he's a star freshman Cross Country runner at Radford University in Virginia. But his coach felt he was selfish and declared, "you're only in this for yourself" – kicking him off the team, thus losing his scholarship.

His college roommate, frat brother, and future business partner was on the Lacrosse team and got Brian to join. Again, he was lambasted for not passing the ball. Again a coach threatened, and this time, Brian listened. He and his roommate became the core of the team's success.

Today Brian is managing partner of Brian Cork Human Capital, a global recruiting and executive search firm that serves clients from midsize to the Fortune 50.

Named to the Inc. 500 this year, he is featured in the September issue.

How do you grow a company so fast? Choose your management team carefully, he says. Have an active board of advisors, who say they wait until he gets vulnerable – then he listens. The Wall Street Journal called him the Larry Bird of recruiting.

A triathlete and volunteer fireman and EMT in Colorado, he's now writing "The CEO Handbook…”

bchcroi.com

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