
Welcome to The Pinnacle Take, the podcast powered by the Pinnacle Society — an exclusive network of the top 1% of recruiters across North America. Each episode dives deep into the minds of elite search professionals who consistently achieve industry-leading results. From proven business development strategies to candidate mastery, leadership insights, and navigating market shifts, you’ll hear what... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 42 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | CareersBusiness | |||

James Smith was the top producer in his MRI office, generating most of its revenue, when he walked in and told the owner eight words: one day I'd like to start a business. No plan. No date. Just a someday. The next morning, after an overnight consult... more
What does the person who has sat across from some of the best recruiters in the business actually see when he looks at them?
In his first podcast appearance ever, Kevin Parker joins Benjamin Mena for a conversation that goes where recruiting content... more
21 CFOs Showed Up To His Office At 8AM. He Never Asked For The Business.
Dario Furman got 21 CFOs to drive through South Florida traffic to sit in his conference room at 8 in the morning. No speakers, no sponsors, no sales deck. Before the room even... more
How Synergy Search Built $400K Billers from Scratch: Blueprint & Lessons with Josh Volinsky
Guest: Josh Volinsky, President & Co-Founder of Synergy Search
Host: Benjamin Mena, Pinnacle Take Podcast
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The show centers on elite recruiters who have built high-performing practices through disciplined business development, niche mastery, and scalable systems. Across episodes, listeners hear how top practitioners navigate downturns, pivot from contingency to retained work, and scale solo desks into multi-person firms. Guests share concrete playbooks—from niche focus and branding to leverage of networks, podcasts, and content-driven BD—that have helped them achieve outsized billings and durable growth. A standout throughline is a culture of continuous learning and peer support via a premier professional community, with an emphasis on authenticity, relationship-based selling, and disciplined experimentation with technology and processes. This p... more
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