Most of you know I spent the early days of my career at Fleishman-Hillard. I loved that job. It was where I learned all about PR, but also where I came out of my shell.
When I interviewed for the job, the GM of our office, Gary Kisner, asked me where I saw myself in five years. I remember looking around his office and saying, “In here looks good.”
He laughed at me and offered me the job on the spot.
It was going really, really far out on a limb for me. I was incredibly shy and saying something like that took every cajones I had (clearly I’ve gotten over that). (more…)