Those of you who follow my blog know that I've been running my own shop for the past decade. So it may come as a surprise to you that I've given all that up for a position with Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis.
Yeah, I know. Sort of a bombshell. Many have asked, "why give up being your own boss to work for somebody else?" It all came down to opportunity. At FH, I'll have the opportunity to work on different kinds of accounts in different industries and partner with other professionals in the office in ways I wasn't able to do through my own shop. This will give me an opportunity to expand my horizons and gain new experiences, and it will give me a chance to share these new experiences with you and others.
Yes, the freedom of running my own shop was great. I learned a lot and have a ton of great memories from that experience. But the time came to look for a new adventure and this opportunity with Fleishman came about at just the right time.
I started work here July 13 and am already thrilled to be working with such an incredible group of folks in the internal communications practice. There's an energy here that tells me we will be doing some great work for our clients. And everyone has been so nice and helpful and eager to make my start here a good one.
I'll keep posting to this blog for the time being. There's a chance that we will begin hosting our own internal communications blog. If/when that happens, I'll let you know. And you can always follow me on Twitter through @jasonanthoine, as well, which features tweets about internal communications, management and leadership topics along with the occasional commentary about business in general.
This is an exciting time for me and I appreciate all of the well wishes I've received via email and Twitter.
As my former boss at Southwire used to say, onward and upward! Here's to a new adventure!
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