Strategic Discipline Blog
Nine Traits Define Mind-Set & Character Traits for Hiring Managers
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 21, 2023
Topics: Culture of Discipline, hiring decisions, Company Culture, Business Discipline, Hiring, Danny Meyer, Setting the Table, High Performance Culture
Topics: human behavior, hiring decisions, human behavior performance, Hiring, Danny Meyer, Setting the Table, High Performance Culture, Standards of Excellence, Hiring Rule
Hiring is the Single Most Important People Activity in Your Organization
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 10, 2022
“Hiring is the most important people function you have, and most of us aren’t as good at it as we think. Refocusing your resources on hiring better will have a higher return than almost any training program you can develop.” ~Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, hiring decisions, Hiring, Work Rules - Insights from Inside Google
Watching businesses for the past 20+ years as a coach, there’s no bigger mistake made, beyond not choosing a One Thing Priority, then failing to make it clear to your people what you expect from them.
Read MoreTopics: Business Priorities, hiring decisions, Alignment, Monty Moran, Love is Free. Gauc is Extra, Empowerment
Topics: Topgrading, hiring decisions, Topgrading, People Decisions,, First Who Then What, Packard's Law
The following blog was written on May 8th 2014 shortly after the NFL Draft. I’ve decided to reprint it with some new ideas and include an offer from Topgrading to help you improve your Hiring Batting Average.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, hiring decisions, The Right People, Performance Matrix, Your Hiring Batting Average
Topics: Topgrading, hiring decisions, Cost of Mis-hire, Topgrading, People Decisions,, Attitude
In Take No Short Cuts to Hiring we looked at the process of recruiting and interviewing candidates for a Chief Operating Officer for one of my customers using the Topgrading Process.
Read MoreTopics: People Decisions, Topgrading, hiring decisions, The Right People
Your business is growing. Your capacity and desire to manage the company is not only beyond your capacity it’s also something you don’t enjoy. You’re the rainmaker for your business, and you love selling and the relationship aspect of the business. The details don’t interest you. Better to leave these to your administration team.
Read MoreTopics: A Players, Topgrading, hiring decisions, recruiting, Snap Shot Page
Topics: Core Values, hiring decisions, recruiting