This episode of Talent Titans features Suky guiding Canadian staffing professionals and recruitment leaders through a performance audit, especially of Q4 in 2025. She covers analyzing data, identifying disconnects, and cultivating accountability for your actions. Suky provides real-world strategies for recruiters and business owners to understand their contribution to results, move past blame, and achieve consistent success. This episode highlights how self-reflection and asking "why" can lead to significant agency improvements.

Watch the episode about mindset shifts you need to make in your staffing business here: https://youtu.be/oxvvHmJMyuo

• 00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Message

• 00:39 Jumping into Auditing 2025

• 01:19 Running a 360 Desk: Key Metrics and Analysis

• 05:28 Mindset and Self-Reflection for Success

• 09:12 Managing a Team or Business: Leadership Insights

• 14:34 Conclusion

"But if you want different results, you have to think differently about your business, about your desk, you have to take total accountability for your actions and taking accountability for your actions can't happen until you understand what's going on up here."

• Suky

Check out more episodes of the Talent Titans Podcast:

Why Contingency Recruiting is Dying: https://youtu.be/BAE9lrl8z74

Master Niche Recruiting: https://youtu.be/RoRWQ5bwPm0

Award-Winning Advisor & Industry Voice | Founder: Canadian Staffing Summit, Talent Titans, Recruitment Professionals Forum | Backing Bold Moves in Staffing, Tech & Investment — No Clickbait, Just Real Talk

Suky doesn't just observe the staffing industry — she helps shape it.

She's built platforms where the industry's most honest conversations happen:

🔹 Canadian Staffing Summit

🔹 Talent Titans Podcast

🔹 Recruitment Professionals Forum

For over two decades, Suky's helped recruitment businesses scale with integrity — from internal team builds to boardroom strategy. She works with agency leaders, tech innovators, and the investors backing the future of staffing.

But here's what Suky doesn't do: copy-paste playbooks, fluff-filled advice, or empty hype.

She believes in smart growth, real talk, and community over competition.

Her work sits at the intersection of:

People + Performance

Tech + Disruption

Strategy + Soul

Whether she's coaching founders, advising SaaS firms, or connecting those quietly rewriting the rules — one thing holds true:

Suky backs those who build.

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www.eliteglobalrecruiters.com

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Talent Titans is sponsored by Ascen. Ascen is an employer of record that helps staffing and recruitment agencies hire employees compliantly throughout the US and Canada. Ascen's all-in-one, white-label platform handles onboarding, timesheets, payroll, benefits, insurance, invoicing, and funding so you can grow quickly in the US and Canada without worrying about back office and paperwork. Visit ascen.com to learn more.

You set the goals. You made the plans. So why do you still feel stuck, burnt out, or avoiding the one move that actually matters?

In this solo episode of Talent Titans, Suky breaks down the uncomfortable truth behind why most entrepreneurs and agency owners fail to execute, despite having the knowledge, the strategy, and the ambition. From the danger of "effortless" social media gurus to the fear-driven behaviors we disguise as productivity, this episode goes deep into mindset, self-awareness, and the real work required to scale without burning out.

As we step into 2026, Suki challenges the traditional way entrepreneurs approach goal setting. Instead of resolutions, affirmations, and endless planning, this episode focuses on the knowledge/action gap, the space where most people stall. Suky shares a candid breakdown of how fear of failure nearly stopped her from launching a $150,000 industry summit, why consuming more content can actually be a form of procrastination, and how deep self-reflection became his competitive advantage.

• 00:39 New Year's Resolutions and Goal Setting

• 02:05 The Impact of Social Media on Mindset

• 04:50 Evaluating Influencers and Self-Audit

• 06:12 Overcoming Fear and Taking Action

• 10:39 The Importance of Consistency and Self-Reflection

• 17:54 Applying Mindset to Professional Scenarios

Favorite Quote:

"When you keep consuming content but never take action, you're not learning, you're avoiding the discomfort of doing the real work."

• Suky

I'm Suky an adrenaline junkie who celebrates every single win. I believe we must celebrate and collect all our wins along the way as it fuels forward momentum to ensure we exceed our goals. When we fuel forward momentum, complacency simply can not settle in.

With over 25 years of experience working in the staffing industry, 16 of those working with global recruitment companies, I bring the knowledge and experience of working in 18 countries and successfully navigating through numerous "recession" cycles.

Companies often get so focused on the bottom line that they forget that we are in the "people business". For me, the magic happens when my clients recognize the best way to create a truly sustainable high-performance sales culture is to align both.

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Canadian Staffing Industry Summit

www.eliteglobalrecruiters.com

Talent Titans is sponsored by Ascen. Ascen is an employer of record that helps staffing and recruitment agencies hire employees compliantly throughout the US and Canada. Ascen's all-in-one, white-label platform handles onboarding, timesheets, payroll, benefits, insurance, invoicing, and funding so you can grow quickly in the US and Canada without worrying about back office and paperwork. Visit ascen.com to learn more.

What if the real threat to your staffing agency isn't AI or the economy, but your own mindset?

Fresh off the South African Staffing Summit, Suky shares the raw truths that were revealed during two powerful days of one-on-one strategy sessions with agency leaders. From the false promises of AI to the silent drain of mindset fatigue, this episode gets real about why some will rise in a tough market and why others are already sinking.

Suky explores why mindset, not technology, is the real differentiator in today's staffing landscape. She exposes the illusion of AI as a magic fix, calls out the passive waiting game many are playing, and offers a direct, no-fluff blueprint for regaining clarity, direction, and control. If you're exhausted by the market, questioning your next step, or secretly waiting for someone to save your business, this episode is your wake-up call.

• 00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Message

• 00:39 Recap of the South African Staffing Summit

• 02:31 The Reality of Market Exhaustion

• 05:57 The AI Illusion in Staffing

• 09:28 Mindset: The True Separator

• 12:06 Actionable Steps for Growth

• 14:28 Conclusion

Favorite Quote:

"Mindset leaves a scent. You can smell when someone is ready, and you can smell when someone has already quit."

• Suky

I'm Suky an adrenaline junkie who celebrates every single win. I believe we must celebrate and collect all our wins along the way as it fuels forward momentum to ensure we exceed our goals. When we fuel forward momentum, complacency simply can not settle in.

With over 25 years of experience working in the staffing industry, 16 of those working with global recruitment companies, I bring the knowledge and experience of working in 18 countries and successfully navigating through numerous "recession" cycles.

Companies often get so focused on the bottom line that they forget that we are in the "people business". For me, the magic happens when my clients recognize the best way to create a truly sustainable high-performance sales culture is to align both.

LinkedIn

Canadian Staffing Industry Summit

www.eliteglobalrecruiters.com

Talent Titans is sponsored by Ascen. Ascen is an employer of record that helps staffing and recruitment agencies hire employees compliantly throughout the US and Canada. Ascen's all-in-one, white-label platform handles onboarding, timesheets, payroll, benefits, insurance, invoicing, and funding so you can grow quickly in the US and Canada without worrying about back office and paperwork. Visit ascen.com to learn more.

Are you unknowingly holding your agency back?

In this raw and honest solo episode of Talent Titans, Suky confronts a hard truth that many staffing leaders face, but rarely admit: you're not being held back by the market, AI, or your clients…you're being held back by your mindset.

If you've found yourself avoiding hard conversations, lowering your fees, or hesitating to make bold moves in your business, this episode will resonate deeply. Suky shares from her personal journey of playing small to leading with clarity, expansion, and intention, and even offers a framework to help you step into the version of yourself your business truly needs. This is a must-listen for agency founders, recruiters, and staffing leaders who are ready to stop shrinking and start scaling.

• 00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Message from Ascen

• 00:39 The Dangers of Playing Small

• 01:46 The Cost of Playing Small

• 03:36 Why Leaders Play Small

• 07:48 The Power of Expansion

• 09:29 Steps to Overcome Playing Small

• 11:40 Conclusion

Favorite Quote:

"Playing small is the ultimate survival strategy, but you're not in survival mode anymore. You don't need permission to rise. All you need is courage."

• Suky

I'm Suky an adrenaline junkie who celebrates every single win. I believe we must celebrate and collect all our wins along the way as it fuels forward momentum to ensure we exceed our goals. When we fuel forward momentum, complacency simply can not settle in.

With over 25 years of experience working in the staffing industry, 16 of those working with global recruitment companies, I bring the knowledge and experience of working in 18 countries and successfully navigating through numerous "recession" cycles.

Companies often get so focused on the bottom line that they forget that we are in the "people business". For me, the magic happens when my clients recognize the best way to create a truly sustainable high-performance sales culture is to align both.

LinkedIn

Canadian Staffing Industry Summit

www.eliteglobalrecruiters.com

Talent Titans is sponsored by Ascen. Ascen is an employer of record that helps staffing and recruitment agencies hire employees compliantly throughout the US and Canada. Ascen's all-in-one, white-label platform handles onboarding, timesheets, payroll, benefits, insurance, invoicing, and funding so you can grow quickly in the US and Canada without worrying about back office and paperwork. Visit ascen.com to learn more.