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75 episodes on hiring, employer brand, culture, and building a company people actually want to work for.
Hiring Process 16 episodes
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How to Hire the Right Number Two Leader and Integrator with Alec Broadfoot
Alec Broadfoot, leader of Vision Spark, shares actionable hiring strategies, the science of evaluating candidate mental aptitudes, and how to build an objective interview process that replaces gut-feel decisions with reliable data.
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Personality-First Hiring with Matt Christensen
Matt Christensen, President and Co-Founder of Distributor Data Solutions (DDS), shares how DDS built a high-performing e-commerce data company while maintaining exceptionally low employee turnover over an 11-year period without relying on traditional HR departments.
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The 5-Layer Interview Question Framework for Hiring the Right People
Host Amy Dardis breaks down a practical 5-layer questioning framework designed to uncover a candidate’s natural wiring during job interviews.
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Hiring in 4K: How to See Candidates Clearly Before You Make the Offer with TJ Kastning
TJ Kastning, founder of Ambassador Group, shares how approaching recruitment as "professional matchmaking" and "hiring in 4K," shifts the focus away from transactional "placement" toward long-term alignment.
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Ten Ways to Verify a Candidate Before You Make the Offer
Host Amy Dardis presents 10 practical verification tactics and why business owners must prioritize verification over gut feel when evaluating job candidates.
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How to Build a Hiring Process That Verifies Role Fit and Character Alignment
Hiring has one job. The whole process is built to accomplish this one goal: reveal the truth about a person before you make the offer. Not the person who shows up on interview day. The person who shows up 90 days in.
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Why You Should Always Do Two Interviews Before Hiring
One interview only ever scratches the surface. The person who shows up prepared and polished in a first interview is not the same person who shows up on the job six months later. Getting to the real person requires a second one.
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The 6 Objectives of Interviewing to Hire with Confidence
Most interviews end and you still don't know if you should hire the person. Not because you didn't talk long enough, but because you weren't clear on what you were trying to find out. Here are the six things every interview needs to accomplish.
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The Real Cost of Hiring the Wrong Person
You felt the pressure to fill the seat fast and you did it. Now six months in you're coaching someone who isn't getting it, or managing drama from someone who is. This is the real cost of hiring the wrong person, and most businesses never add it up.
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Why Hiring Is the Most Important Process in Your Business
Most business problems trace back to a people problem. And most people problems trace back to a hiring problem. The good news is that the hiring process is something you actually have control over.
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Why Capacity Alignment Determines Excellence and Growth
You can have all the right values, the right work style, the right traits, and still end up with someone who's just okay in the role. Okay is a slow drain. Here's what determines whether someone will be excellent, not just adequate.
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How Defining What You Won't Tolerate Protects What You Value
You've defined your values. You've said what you believe and how you want your team to operate. But have you said what you won't allow? Because culture is not just the behaviors you promote. It's also the behaviors you tolerate.
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Why Traits Alignment Determines Who Thrives in Your Business
You can train for skills. You can coach for behavior. You cannot manufacture character or change someone's personality. Which means if you're not hiring for traits, you're leaving the most important part of alignment to chance.
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Why Work Style Alignment Impacts Employee Engagement and Performance
You can hire someone who shares your values, fits your culture, and is great at the job, and still watch them burn out. Work style is the dimension most businesses never define. Here's why it matters and how to get it right.
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Why Defining What You Believe Is Key to Team Alignment
Most businesses have values. Almost none of them use those values to make decisions, coach behavior, or screen candidates. Here's what real values look like and what it takes to make them work.
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Creating Alignment With Your People
Most hiring problems aren't hiring problems. They're clarity problems. You can't consistently bring the right people in if you haven't defined what right means first. This series is about how to do that.