Recruiting talent
Excellence is recruiting and retaining top talent.
How do you recruit talent? It’s not easy—but can be made simple.
You’ll have had experiences where recruitment has been poor. You’ll have examples when recruitment has been satisfactory. You’ll have worked with good new colleagues. And if you’re lucky, you’ll have witnessed new hires that are excellent.
So how do you find excellent new hires that want to stick around?
Over the years, I’ve developed 12 guiding principles.
- Market yourself, attract better talent 
- Judge every book by its cover (CVs too) 
- Define—then refine your process 
- Set expectations at the front door 
- Hire for headroom 
- Seek balance in behaviours 
- Identify hidden talents 
- Learn something from every candidate 
- Swiss cheese challenge 
- Less haste, reduce waste 
- Follow your North Star 
- God overboard with onboarding 
What are your guiding principles for recruiting talent?
 
                        