Remember that person who you really wanted to hire but they took a job somewhere else? Now is the time to reconnect. Through no fault of their own, great talent is being displaced due to the pandemic. Now is the time to proactively hire and raise the level of performance through opportunistic hiring! This crisis will pass. And when it does, emerge as a much stronger organization and be positioned to crush your competitors!
Our guest today: Jeff Erle, Former CEO of MobilityWare
Jeff has held numerous C-level positions throughout his career. His experience spans across start-ups, small privately-held and large public enterprises including ADP, Western Digital, MobilityWare and most recently as the COO at Blast.
Jeff focuses on building high-performing teams and evolving award-winning cultures focusing on multi-generational workforces, developing/coaching key executives, and helping companies develop strategies to scale for growth and/or exit.
Today we discuss
Why is this important evaluate and proactively hire now?
Obviously, the Covid-19 virus has changed the world’s landscape like never before in our lifetimes. In particular, for businesses of all sizes, the nature of the workforce has and will continue to evolve, especially given the looming changes to the large number of workers that will be looking for work. Whether already or soon to be unemployed, or working for a company whose business model has been adversely impacted, millions of people will be applying for open positions later this year unlike anything we have seen in a very long time.
What's an A-player?
Given that, for most companies, people are their greatest assets, the challenge will be to retain your A-players. And the opportunity would be to use this historic dynamic to “upgrade” your team and your organization. We’ll focus today on the latter, using the talent either already available or soon to be to assure our businesses come out of this cycle stronger than ever before.
Rick’s Input
How do we start?
First step is to develop a definition of what an A-player looks like for your organization.
Second step is to take an inventory, or a snapshot of your people assets and the level of their quality on an individual basis:
Last step is to assure your recruiting strategy, methodologies and capabilities can fulfill this goal
Be diligent
Embrace increased volumes and/or new modes of interviewing
Remember:
Rick’s Nuggets
Key Takeaways:
Interviewing Patience Right Person Force Multiplier with Jeff Leitman
How Skipping Process Bites You With Bill Snyder
When HR Takes Away The Nerf Guns With Steven Freidkin
Driving Culture Change with Jason Lippert
Creating a Purpose-Driven Company with Jay Wilkinson
The 10 Disciplines with Gino Wickman
Hiring the Right Person, Right Seat, Right Stage with Dean Stoecker of Alteryx
Pre-vetting Candidates Before the Interview with Payman Taei of Visme
Building an Advisory Ecosystem with Coco Brown of The Athena Alliance
The Characteristics of a Successful Hire with Allan Jones of Bambee
Hiring with Poorly Defined Metrics of Success with Kurt Davis of Stealth Smiles Startup
Aligning the “Why” in the Interview Process with Ted Bradshaw of EOS Worldwide
Maximizing VC Hiring Referrals with Rob Whalen of PTO Exchange
Hiring the Right Person in the Wrong Seat with Thomas Brunskill of Forage
How Your Company Can Hire Like Amazon with Steve Anderson of Catalyit
The Hire, Fire, Hire, Fire Cycle with Jason Sherman of Spinnr
How Conversational Interviews Breed Bias & Discrimination with Robert Hudock of Hudock Employment Law Group
The Perfect Recruiting Email with Dustin Riechmann of Simple Success Coaching
Top 3 Offer Mistakes when Hiring with Rick Girard of Intertru Inc.
Hiring Without Money with William Glass of Ostrich
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