John Breininger
Senior Business Advisor to the Recruitment/Staffing Industry
John is a change agent, helping individuals and teams create questions, thoughts & ideas for growth, challenging them to uncover blocks to growth and better results.
As a seasoned business advisor with extensive experience in staffing and recruitment, John is adept at implementing change within organizations and knows how to effectively manage that change while minimizing disruption and ensuring alignment with goals and values.
John’s ability to anticipate future shifts and position his clients ahead of their competitors with superior strategy and vision is also reflected in his change management skills. He is able to identify potential obstacles and develop action plans to overcome them. He understands the importance of communication and is skilled at conveying the rationale and benefits of the required change to all stakeholders.
John is also able to address resistance to change by listening to employees’ concerns and working collaboratively with them to address any issues that may arise. He monitors the progress while making adjustments as necessary, and evaluates the results to determine if the change was successful.
With his proven leadership and extensive experience, John instills confidence in teams and encourages them to embrace change and trail-blaze the industry with renewed vigor, even in uncertain times.
The Victory Lap
After completing over two decades as a results-oriented executive in the North American recruitment and staffing industry, John is now in his “Victory Lap” spending time as he likes on mentoring individuals, advising businesses, and developing/producing the music of his band SixFootStilts as well building their fan base.
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Specialties
What I Believe (my "Manifesto")
Values
- Adaptability
- Resourcefulness
- Positive Attitude
- Trust & Connection
- Continuous Personal Growth
- Fairness & Justice
Working with John has been pure pleasure – I have learnt all that I know about sales from him and he has been kind and patient with me during times when I could not live up to his expectations.
Being one of the greatest motivators I have met, he is the “go to person” when conflicts arise. He looks out for his team but is not one to draw attention to himself deliberately – his work does that for him.
He has built a reputation as someone who has a broad vision and this vision is what will take a company places. I recommend John highly as I know that he will never let anyone down.
Working with John for several years, he repeatedly illustrated his capability as an excellent guide and mentor. His vast experience and endless knowledge quest for business accumen, provide excellent resources for anyone who works with him. He is motivating, challenging and sincere - and made me a better leader. He also says he can cook, of which no evidence exists.
John's arrival was a positive turning-point for the organization and my career. John brought exceptional professionalism and an essential depth of experience in the IT staffing industry.
More importantly, he is a student of business and leadership, constantly looking for improvement in himself and passing on that knowledge to others. John has been an invaluable mentor.
Articles
When Judgement Has No Owner
When work moves at the speed of AI, a dangerous gap opens up between doing and owning. In slower systems, the time and coordination it took to complete a project naturally made responsibility visible. You knew who made the choice because the choice took manual effort.
When Abundance Creates Fragility
In the old world of work, we were governed by scarcity. Because it was physically hard to produce anything, we assumed that more production equaled more value. But as AI removes the cost of making, we are entering a state of mediocre abundance.
When Judgement Becomes the New Advantage
There is a fundamental shift happening in the professional world that is often misunderstood as a simple replacement of jobs. We hear that AI will automate entry-level roles, but the real story is about the total redefinition of seniority. Seniority is no longer about how much you can produce; it is about how well you can steer.
Judgement is not a Moment. It is a Practice.
There is a dangerous myth in the age of automation: the idea that the expert is someone who writes one brilliant prompt, hits generate, and walks away. In reality, especially in an environment driven by AI velocity, judgment is not a one-time event. It is an ongoing commitment. It is a practice, not a moment.
Speed Did Not Remove Friction. It Moved It.
We were promised that AI would eliminate the friction from our professional lives. The dream was simple: offload the tedious drafting, the manual data sorting, and the grunt work to the machine so we could focus on high-level strategy. But as anyone working in the trenches of AI-enabled workflows knows, friction is a law of nature. It does not simply disappear; it relocates.
When Making Gets Easy, Deciding Gets Heavy
There is a quiet exhaustion settling into the modern workplace. It is not the exhaustion of physical labor or even the typical burnout of long hours. It is the weight of constant, unbuffered decision-making.