🔥 Excerpt

“You’re never going to feel confident enough until you just do it. Act first—the confidence follows.”

⚡ TL;DR

RN-turned-founder Lauren Bensakovich joins me to break down how she built a boutique healthcare recruiting firm on an abundance mindset, disciplined outreach, and zero-nonsense personalization. We get into masterminds, automation (used intelligently), coaching candidates with integrity, and how AI helps—but doesn’t replace—high-stakes recruiting

📄 Show Notes

Abundance isn’t a hashtag. It’s a way of operating. In this episode, I sit down with Lauren Bensakovich—Founder & Managing Director of Lauren Recruiting Group—to unpack how she scaled a boutique firm placing hospital leaders across the U.S., starting in the chaos of 2020. We talk about the real levers: getting your head right, investing in a mastermind early, using automation without sounding like a robot, and why personalization is the only way you stand out when buyers are numb to outreach. Lauren walks through her Sales Navigator + voice-note playbook, the “two to three touches then move on” rule, and the long game of relationships over pitch-slaps.

We also get tactical on AI. Lauren shows how she uses tools like AI note-takers and custom prompts to build interview guides that actually prepare candidates—while making the case for why AI isn’t replacing executive-level recruiters any time soon. (Chipotle’s “Avocado” might hire cashiers; it’s not placing a hospital CEO.)

If you’re building a services firm—or leading any team where trust, speed, and discernment matter—this conversation is a blueprint: mindset, mastery, and measured execution. And yes, do the thing. The confidence shows up after.

✅ Key Takeaways

• Abundance is an operating system: share playbooks, raise the bar, and business comes back tenfold.
• Personalization wins: automate for scale; earn trust with human voice notes, context, and restraint.
• Two–three touches, then release: persistence is good; pestering kills deals and reputation.
• Coach with integrity: sometimes the right move is telling a candidate “this isn’t your role.”
• AI is a force multiplier, not a replacement: use it for notes, prep, and drafts—keep humans for judgment.
• Build your runway: six–twelve months of expenses or a 9-to-5/5-to-9 plan reduces desperate decisions.
• First placement fast: momentum compounds—prioritize activity to land the first win quickly.
• Diversify income streams: recruiting + coaching + digital products (and in her case, real estate) = resilience.

👤 Bio

Lauren Bensakovich is the Founder & Managing Director of Lauren Recruiting Group, a boutique firm specializing in placing healthcare leaders in hospitals nationwide. An RN by training with an MBA in Executive Leadership, she launched the firm in 2020 and has since become known for high-integrity search, candidate coaching, and practical use of AI to improve process—without losing the human touch.

🎁 Giveaway

Lauren’s “Tell Me About Yourself” Worksheet—a three-step, plug-and-play guide to nail the most common interview opener and set the tone for the entire conversation.

How to get it: DM Lauren on LinkedIn and ask for the “Tell Me About Yourself PDF.”

🧭 Chapters

00:00 Introduction & Lauren’s Journey into Recruiting — From RN to recruiter to founder. 03:45 Taking the Leap: Entrepreneurship, Mindset & Coaching — Why masterminds and mindset matter most. 09:14 Recruiting with Personalization vs. Automation — The Sales Navigator + voice-note strategy. 14:39 Abundance Mindset and Building Relationships — Give first, share knowledge, watch it return tenfold. 21:05 Successes, Challenges & Realities of Executive Recruiting — Wins, losses, and the lessons in between. 26:20 Authenticity, Coaching Candidates & Perseverance — Why honesty creates long-term trust. 31:52 Diversifying Income Streams & Starting a Recruiting Business — Real estate, coaching, and financial runways. 34:21 AI’s Role in Recruitment & The Future of Work — How to leverage tools without losing the human edge.