Team First
State of the Agency Employee Highlights (2022)
Whether you’re running an agency or working with one, the stability of your team and how well they are engaged directly impact the quality of work and its outcomes. Balancing flawless execution, agility, and a retention culture demands a measured approach to team building and team member management. That balancing act has always been a…
Read MoreDiscover a Dragon Series: Park Fowlkes, PMO Group Director & DOTY
Park Fowlkes is a seasoned agency professional who is the PMO Group Director and a celebrated leader at Dragon Army. In fact, he’s our 2022 DOTY (Dragon of the Year)! Outside of Dragon Army, he is the dedicated dad of a 13-year-old son and a 14-year-old daughter and a devoted husband to his wife, who…
Read MoreDiscover a Dragon Series: Ashton Lane, CFO
Ashton Lane is the CFO you’d never see coming. She’s as sweet as she is smart. She’s a strong quiet type. And she has the world’s coolest side gig as a competitive skydiver. Yep, you got that right. She jumps out of airplanes (for fun) in cool formations with others. So if you ever wonder…
Read MoreDiscover a Dragon Series: Patrick Rossetti, Game Design & Developer Extraordinaire
Patrick is a perfect-threat professional. Not only is he a creative developer who does game design, but he also does game programming. He’s a broken-hearted hockey fan who cheers for any team except Winnipeg (the team that stole his beloved Thrashers). He’s also obsessed with dogs. Share a project or partnership that gives us a…
Read MoreDiscover a Dragon Series: Chief of Staff, Dorothy Miller-Farleo
Dorothy-Miller Farleo (DMF to those of us lucky enough to know her well) has been a part of the Dragon Army crew almost since the very beginning. She began working with Dragon Army’s president Jenn Leahy in 2007 and has been with others on the Dragon Army team (including our founder Jeff HIlimire since the…
Read MoreDiscover a Dragon Series: VP Account Manager, Lauren Wishna
Lauren Wishna is a vice president Account Director at Dragon Army. She sits at a pivotal role between the team and our partners, making sure the relationship is effective and, most importantly, happy. Lauren is also a dynamo working mother of two small boys and a reliable source of wit. We’re pretty sure you’re going…
Read MoreGoethe’s Tips for Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety
Raise your hand if you’ve had a heck of a year. Yeah. Us too. Adam Grant says we’re all languishing in the muck and mire that 2020 left in its wake. (Rude.) For all the challenges it’s created, though, this past year also has provided an excellent opportunity to attune to a vital quality of…
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