From Crisis to Clarity: How Carol Ann Wentworth Built a 94% Retention Search Firm with Zero Fluff

What if hiring wasn’t about checking boxes—but matching energy?

In this episode of Off the Grid, On the Record, we sit down with Carol Ann Wentworth, the founder of Wentworth Executive Recruiting and author of A Mindful Career. With 25+ years of experience and a 94% retention rate, Carol Ann is on a mission to humanize hiring—especially in clean energy, construction, and mission-driven tech.

She breaks down:

• The difference between a job and a real career path
• Why most executive searches fail (and how hers don’t)
• How to hire mindfully—even under pressure
• Her journey from losing everything in 2008 to building a values-driven firm
• What leaders and job-seekers are getting wrong about AI, alignment, and ambition

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