James McCormick on Setting Career Goals as a Small Business Owner

In Chapter 8 of 21 in his 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, legal search and consulting firm executive James McCormick answers "How Are Your Aspirations Changing As Your Responsibilities Grow?" McCormick notes how becoming a partner and having an ownership stake in a small business has shifted his aspirations away from personal ambition and more to the ambition of the company. James McCormick is a Partner at Empire Search Partners in New York City. Previously, he practiced law as an employee benefits and executive compensation attorney for Proskauer Rose and Jones Day. He earned a JD at Tulane Law School and a BA in History at the University of Michigan.