The Battle between your Need to fill a role vs. hiring for cultural alignment.
More thought needs to go into “Who” you are going to hire than “What” you are going to hire. Meaning proven performers with transferable skills, not shiny objects.
Today’s Quote:
“Acquiring the right talent is the most important key to growth. Hiring was - and still is - the most important thing we do.”
- Marc Bennioff, Founder, Chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce
Guest Bio:
Ben Mones is the co-founder and CEO of Fama, an AI-based solution that identifies problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. He founded Fama in 2015 to address the needs of organizations everywhere that are grappling with the challenges of protecting their workplace culture and preventing harassment.
Prior to Fama, Ben held a number of executive roles at a variety of startups in the Bay Area, including Acceleprise, an independent accelerator focused on enterprise technology, where he served as Entreprenuer in Residence as well as Lanetix, a leading provider of cloud-based customer relationship management platforms as director, revenue operations. He also spent two years at content analytics and insights company Chartbeat. Ben has been tapped as a guest lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management and USC Marshall School of Business, and has also been featured in CNBC, Fast Company, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch and the Wall Street Journal. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and is based in Venice, California.
Show Highlights:
Problem:
Why is it important to invest in culture?
Why does Ego make decisions over common sense?
Anybody with a legitimate amount of responsibility makes a difference.
Rockstar engineers, leaders, need to fit into the organization, not the other way around
*** first-time founders Story:
Lesson Learned
Rick’s Input:
Solutions:
What road map should leaders follow?
Rick’s Framework
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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