| Mar 21 | Driving Culture Change with Jason Lippert How do you change company culture when the values of the CEO evolve? We all understand that to grow as a company, people need to embrace change. Yet a lot of us fear change because it requires us to work on ourselves. Which is uncomfortable. But... |
| Mar 15 | Creating a Purpose-Driven Company with Jay Wilkinson Core values are powerful. But core values driven by purpose are unstoppable! Today we are going to take a deep dive into an entrepreneur who has built not one but two highly successful businesses by not just living core values but tying purpose an... |
| Jan 30 | The 10 Disciplines with Gino Wickman Being a startup entrepreneur is a struggle. As some of you know, I recently joined the ranks of a startup founder. In November we launched Intertru and boy, my world has moved to light speed to a totally new dimension. It has become ridiculously ... |
| Jan 5 | Hiring the Right Person, Right Seat, Right Stage with Dean Stoecker... We all understand the concept of right person, right seat. But as the company grows the demands of each seat change. What is required from zero to $5 Million will most likely shift on your journey to $10 million in revenue. So hiring ahead of tha... |
| Dec 8 | Pre-vetting Candidates Before the Interview with Payman Taei of Visme Over the past few years talent has been scarce. And when talent is scarce, fear leads hiring decisions. We don't want to lose (what we perceive to be) “good people”, so we shortcut the interview process. Here's the thing, our perceptions are ofte... |
| Dec 1 | Building an Advisory Ecosystem with Coco Brown of The Athena Alliance Let’s talk about building an advisory board. I think we would all agree that having strong advisors and mentors in your corner brings huge benefits to every organization. Not just as sound advice in making business decisions but also providing int... |
| Nov 24 | The Characteristics of a Successful Hire with Allan Jones of Bambee What are the common characteristics of every successful person at your company? Think of those characteristics and write them down as standard operating procedures. This is critically important because when we operate under the same frequency, pac... |
| Nov 17 | Hiring with Poorly Defined Metrics of Success with Kurt Davis of St... Let’s talk about performance metrics for a minute. Do you have performance metrics drawn out for every person before they are hired? Are they clear on the expectations for the first 90 days of employment? If not, you are setting people up for f... |
| Nov 10 | Aligning the “Why” in the Interview Process with Ted Bradshaw of EO... “People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it”. - Simon Sinek How does this translate to your hiring? The simple answer is that your company's WHY is the one thing that differentiates whether a person joins for the paycheck or something bi... |
| Nov 3 | Maximizing VC Hiring Referrals with Rob Whalen of PTO Exchange Referrals are most often your most potent source of talent for your organization. So investor referrals must be the holy grail of all referrals. After all, there is a vested interest in your company's success so why shouldn't the referrals be out... |
| Oct 27 | Hiring the Right Person in the Wrong Seat with Thomas Brunskill of ... How often have you hired the right person for the wrong seat? Here’s how that happens. A person is identified and it is assumed that because of their background that they crush it for you. After all, they are already doing it for someone else. P... |
| Oct 20 | How Your Company Can Hire Like Amazon with Steve Anderson of Catalyit Amazon’s leadership principles (Core Values) have been the most critical element in their unprecedented success. Value alignment first, and skills second. So why is this not a standard practice among all up-and-coming startups? The reason I belie... |
| Oct 13 | The Hire, Fire, Hire, Fire Cycle with Jason Sherman of Spinnr There is nothing more disappointing than a hire that does not work out. Especially when the person hired was someone you were convinced, would be a great hire! Conventional wisdom says “hire slow, fire fast” but this almost never happens. Because ... |
| Oct 5 | How Conversational Interviews Breed Bias & Discrimination with Robe... Every interview that happens in your company needs to have a purpose. There is a specific purpose for the phone screen, which is positioning & quality of the individual. The onsite interview’s purpose, does this person align with our company val... |
| Sep 29 | The Perfect Recruiting Email with Dustin Riechmann of Simple Succes... Do you ever wonder why only a small percentage of people respond to your recruiting emails? The answer is that there is nothing in it for them. Especially if the person you are trying to recruit is already working. Let’s be honest, selling peop... |
| Sep 22 | Top 3 Offer Mistakes when Hiring with Rick Girard of Intertru Inc. It has been decided that we want to hire a person who made it through our interview process. Yay! Now we invest the time to have the “offer conversation” about what it is going to take for you to join us. Eagerly, we present our case, discuss our ... |
| Sep 15 | Hiring Without Money with William Glass of Ostrich How do you hire people when you have no money? While this may seem like an impossible task, the truth is that it is not as difficult as you might think. It starts by understanding what is important to the individual. Then connecting their desire ... |
| Sep 8 | How to Hire a CMO with Matt Blumberg of Bolster The reason why people think that hiring is “really hard” is because interviews are conducted without a defined set of criteria to which a person is being evaluated. This especially rings true when interviewing outside your personal competency lev... |
| Aug 11 | When Hiring is Overwhelming with Karima Gulick of Innovent Law Most good hires are a result of luck rather than skill. In fact, I would argue that very few hires are by design. Throughout my career, I have never met a person who views interviewing and the hiring process as anything more than a chore that the... |
| Aug 4 | Instilling Values into Your Hiring Process with Ken Babcock of Tango Do company values really matter? They do if you are looking to scale a business. In order to scale you need the strongest people, but the strongest people don't need you…or your company. What High performers need is to understand how your compan... |