# culture fit
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9:09Recruiting for culture: the 51% qualitiesPatti Simpson: The, the recruiting model might be different because you're looking for different skill sets in terms of who— if you want a hospitalitarian and you want to hire somebody that cares about making people feelEP 66 · 23 Nov 2023·interview· 9:09–12:241:58The problem with culture fit as a hiring strategyAl Elliott: And thank you for listening. See you next time. So, first of all, let's just start off with the basic question, which I had to ask you, which is, what is culture fit? Leanne Elliott: I think to answer that, wEP 04 · 19 Jul 2022·other· 1:58–2:582:58How predictive is culture fit vs. other methods?Al Elliott: So, so back in, back in the day when I was building my second business, I was reading lots and lots of books, uh, Good to Great by Jim Collins, Remote by the guys from 37signals, all these classic books. And EP 04 · 19 Jul 2022·other· 2:58–4:417:14When culture fit does work — and when it doesn'tAl Elliott: Okay, so if someone's listening to this and thinking, shit, this is the way that I recruit at the moment based on culture fit, then what should they be doing differently? How do they pivot and transition to pEP 04 · 19 Jul 2022·other· 7:14–8:1014:24Is culture fit ever a good idea?Al Elliott: So you have a great story, which I think we might even have told before on the podcast about the janitor. This pervert. I think, I think this is going to be like a recurring theme as every time I bring up thiEP 04 · 19 Jul 2022·other· 14:24–14:5916:08The 10-second synopsisLeanne Elliott: So, there's a phenomenon in psychology called groupthink. It basically means that groups that are very familiar, whether it be in an organisation or outside of work, the group is striving for consensus. OEP 04 · 19 Jul 2022·other· 16:08–20:56
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