team
Brave ideas are the driving force behind everything we do. (For more on that, click here.) And since an agency is only as brave as its most cowardly employee, we maintain quite a ballsy bunch. Read about our recent escapades.
a’leisha
“My husband and I took on a complete DIY remodel of a 60-year-old home within the first year of marriage.”
ali
“I left a very comfortable support position to take on a more prominent account role for a major client. In the retail world, change happens fast. Every day brings new adventures.”
april
“Decided to leave one career path for another because at the end of the walk it isn’t how much money you have, but the relationships that are still with you.”
becky
“I accepted a job and moved cross-country based solely on the recommendation of a trusted mentor. I had 24 hours to decide and I didn’t even know the name of the company.”
beth ann
“While doing mission work in Ethiopia, I let myself become emotionally attached to the orphans I worked with, knowing that at the end of the summer it would break my heart to leave them.”
brandyn
“With a new house and a baby on the way, I didn’t have time to mope after the dot com layoffs. Going freelance full-time forced me to quickly assess my own strengths and weaknesses – not to mention get over my loathing of cold calling. I gained a newfound appreciation for the courage it takes to be an entrepreneur and an explorer.”
chad
“Gave up security for uncertainty and let someone go because we both knew we didn’t see the same future ahead of us and I was the first to recognize it.”
deb
“Agreed to learn a completely new function after working for 11 years in a different role.”
diane
“Skiing front bowls at Breckenridge or becoming a parent: both are exhilarating!”
doug
“Bought an advertising agency.”
heather
“Jumped out of a flying plane – not once but twice (and would do it again).”
jessie
“Sported a mullet for almost half a decade.”
jill
“Within 8 months, I moved away from home to a big city, started a new job, got married and bought a house. (The latter two within the same week.)”
jim
“Initiating the difficult conversation with a colleague who no longer has a job or future with the company. Fortunately, meetings like this, for me, have been few and far between.”
jon
“Took three years’ worth of self-created and composed music based on my life and experiences and compiled them into a 30-minute solo opening act for a major-label artist in front of roughly 60 strangers – then stepped onto a stage for the first time ever to share with the world what I love to do. “
josh
“Accepting an internship and boarding a plane to London – a place I’d never been before. I think it hit me when I was on the plane, how different it would be from anything I’d ever experienced. Bravery paid off – it turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life.”
kacey
“Buying and renovating a house right out of college – a month after accepting my job!”
kari
“Ran my first marathon.”
karlyn
“Realized that staying in a state far away from family, friends and the roots of my childhood is the best thing for my husband, our children and for me.”
kat
“I tried bringing back the fanny pack…and succeeded. You just don’t know it yet.”
katie
“Took a different educational path from my crowd of high school friends – and still count them my best friends even though we wear different colors on game day.”
kelly
“I passionately advocated a radically new business model that increased client satisfaction and improved operational efficiency by violating decades-old conventional wisdom.”
ken
“I trusted a good client – who later became a very good friend – and talked to some guys in Dallas who were interested in opening an office in Iowa. The late Steve Moon’s advice led to the opening of a one-person public relations firm that would eventually evolve into The Meyocks Group.”
kevin
“Stepped outside my comfort zone and went on a mission trip to a third-world country where I didn’t speak the language.”
krissy
“After college I turned down an offer for a full-time job and moved to Des Moines to keep a promise to a friend.”
kristen
“After enjoying four years of freedom from college lectures, studying and exams, I decided to go back to school and earn my MBA – while continuing to work full time.”
liz
“Admitted to being a Hawks fan at The Meyocks Group.”
michele
“After failing miserably and literally crying like a baby during my first attempt at skiing in Colorado, I found the courage to go back the following winter and actually learn to ski. It was fabulous!”
nikki
“Got over my fear of heights – by zip lining through the jungle in Honduras.”
page
“Moved from Charlotte, getting an apartment sight-unseen just for an exciting new job. Twice.”
patty
“June 1977 – I attended my fiancé’s graduation from the Iowa police academy, drove home to Kansas City for our rehearsal dinner that night, and got married the next day. A week later we moved to Iowa – 300 miles away from my home and everyone I knew. Now Iowa is my home.”
peggy
“Spent time finishing the job at a previous employer – without pay — when I ‘should’ have been job-hunting.”
rachel
“Stay with the same agency for 20 years.”
rawley
“Suggested showing a client’s product covered in dirt. Breaking away from the conventional imagery of the agricultural tire category helped create a confident campaign that fit the client’s leadership status.”
stacy
“As a college freshman who had only been on a plane once, I took out a student loan to go to Europe for the summer with a friend. Keep in mind, this was an era when cell phones were still the exception, not the rule, and you had to stand in line at an Internet café to check your email.”
steph
“I saved a cat from a burning* building.”
*The building may or may not have actually been on fire, but the fire alarms were going off.
wendy
“Helped change a company’s 40-year old jingle.”
