George C. Murray Interview Published on: 18, May 2022

I was born in Bristol, CT and raised in West Hartford CT. My three year old sister passed away when I was 6, and my parents divorced when I was 11. I didn’t realize it at the time but we were just a few steps above poverty and both parents worked two jobs to make ends meet.

My friends were encouraging and my family was shocked but very supportive. They didn’t see me that way.

To Kill a Mockingbird; it’s like a rite of passage as you are going through middle school and my teacher Mr. Berard was a great instructor.

For me it’s first coming up with the topic or theme; then outlining the chapters. Once that framework is set for me then I go to work writing in each chapter a little at a time 13 months for my first book and 9 months for my second book to write.

Like my book HIRED, it was a learning as I go and network with publishers, authors and editors.

My book HIRED, and my new book due out in summer 2022: IGNITE-ENGAGE-RETAIN are stand alones but I can see creating a series out of my new book as it can be many facets.

It was all my time during my two career transitions in less than three years as well as insight from over 2000 people I networked with in that time.

Why do you write-For me it’s two-fold to help others as well as the great Stephen Covey-Live-Learn-Leave a legacy; I want to be remembered after I leave this world. Two worst days in your life are first; when you pass; second is the last time your name is ever spoken.

I think of gaps; my first book was the gap from the time you leave your last job to your next; my second book IGINTE-ENGAGE-RETAIN is the gap in this “Great Resignation” and how leaders can engage a workforce and creating an environment they don’t want to leave.

My first book I started and never finished was more historical-I think I titled it “An Ordinary Man with Some Extraordinary Adventures."

A picture of my time in Bora Bora; the article would be something like how can we have more days like this. It was the most beautiful place I had seen and I have traveled all around the world. I took my wife for her 40th birthday and our 20th wedding anniversary.

I sent it to my editor Connie Anderson who did my first and is currently working on my second. I like her no nonsense and push back approach-I am from New England so we like it direct.

It crushed me; it may have been someone I knew in the past that we didn’t get along, It’s kind of like the first time your first kid tells you that they don’t love you (as they do to get back at you) after that it’s like “I am not going to make everyone happy” you get a little thicker skin.

IGNITE-ENGAGE-RETAIN-how can business owners and leaders ignite a workforce; engage their teams (even in the hybrid sense), and retain their talent in this demand for talent world. Due out summer 2022

Great, I love going to the main site and seeing my book scroll with the others, and all the benefits of being a premium member are worth it; especially as a new author with a limited marketing budget.