# hiring
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5:03Round 1 — Recruiting almost entirely through employee referralsAl Elliott: Should we get straight into our game? Leanne Elliott: Yeah, let's do it Al Elliott: Okay. Okay. So I've got this list of workplace behaviours or career advice or situations that basically I'm going to read thEP 324 · 4 Aug 2026·interview· 5:03–12:4845:59Round 11 — The CEO who interviews every candidateMeghan French-Dunbar: Leanne Al Elliott: So it's Lee. Lee. Okay, Lee. The CEO interviews every candidate And every new hire spends the first day with the founder. Now, there is a little bit of bracket— I put some parenthEP 324 · 4 Aug 2026·interview· 45:59–48:470:02The European hiring crisis: why 50% of new hires leave within a yearLeanne Elliott: This episode contains some coarse language. Listener discretion is advised. Al Elliott: Coming up this week in work. Leanne Elliott: You've probably heard someone describe Gen Z as entitled, fragile, or nEP 320 · 21 Jul 2026·news roundup· 0:02–14:1919:06Ford's AI rollback and human rehiring spreeLeanne Elliott: I think you get that immediate feedback when you talk to somebody as well, don't you? So if you are being a bit blunt, you might see that eyes of the— the raise of the eyebrows or the eyes widening might EP 314 · 30 Jun 2026·news roundup· 19:06–25:3215:53News Roundup: The Death of the Technical InterviewAl Elliott: Okay, I want to tell you about a guy called Steve Yegge, I think, or Yegge. His surname is Y-E-G-G-E Leanne Elliott: Yeg Al Elliott: Well, he spent 35 years conducting technical interviews, and he said— now IEP 310 · 16 Jun 2026·news roundup· 15:53–22:0021:54Truth or Lie: Is experience the best predictor of job performance?Al Elliott: Fabulous. Okay, so you know, you know the score. After the break, truth or lie. This is the point where I ask Leanne, is this Did you know that the UK's number 1 management podcast— Al Elliott: We actually haEP 308 · 9 Jun 2026·truth or lie· 21:54–40:120:00Intro: The waiting list problemAl Elliott: Most businesses struggle with recruiting great people. They post jobs on Indeed, they sponsor LinkedIn ads, they cross their fingers. Rachel Harris runs a mid-sized UK accounting firm, and she has the oppositEP 299 · 7 May 2026·intro· 0:00–0:1726:45Why traditional hiring is normally a hard sellRachel Harris: I don't know if it's the worst way. I think In my opinion, it's normally— again, I'm a marketer by trade. I used to be an accountant. My full-time job now is being a marketer. I've always found that the soEP 299 · 7 May 2026·interview· 26:45–30:4849:49Workplace Surgery: If people keep leaving, is it really a hiring problem?Leanne Elliott: I am Al Elliott: Yes. So if people keep leaving, is it really a hiring problem? So this person says, we put a lot of effort into hiring and feel like we bring in good people, but a pattern's emerging wherEP 298 · 5 May 2026·workplace surgery· 49:49–52:5418:29The unpaid labour of younger brothers and recruiting KiraLeanne Elliott: Are we talking free unpaid labor that happens to be your younger brother, or are you talking paid employee? Because if it's paid employee, yes, it's probably her. And she's still with us today. Her name'sEP 295 · 23 Apr 2026·interview· 18:29–25:3043:28The 'right' team: Kieran finds his own replacementAl Elliott: Talk to us about your team. Right now. So you said, unfortunately, in the last 18 months, you have had to make some layoffs. Where are you up to with your team right now? Who's there? What's Keira doing? LeanEP 295 · 23 Apr 2026·interview· 43:28–47:2047:39The 'Hiring Like Me' TrapAlexis Zahner: No notes. Al Elliott: Thank you so much. No notes. Okay, so onto question number 3. It's about hiring, whether you're hiring wrong or not. When I started my business, I hired people just like me. I'm sure EP 292 · 14 Apr 2026·news roundup· 47:39–52:5820:39Everyone gets an interviewKate Young: They don't need to be shortlisted. So, there's a great strapline of my CEO's is, everyone gets an interview. So, you apply and you move straight through to the chat interview, and then the shortlisting happenEP 287 · 26 Mar 2026·interview· 20:39–22:0722:07Candidate satisfaction scoresLeanne Elliott: And candidate experience is not something that is thought of very often or scores very highly for many, many organisations, is it? That's incredible, that rate of candidate satisfaction you're getting KatEP 287 · 26 Mar 2026·interview· 22:07–25:2443:45The cost of doing it yourselfKate Young: You, you, I mean, I'd say you absolutely can do that, but the cost of doing that is so much more. than taking a beat and thinking about putting a little bit more structure and science in your process, becauseEP 287 · 26 Mar 2026·interview· 43:45–48:4548:45The one thing to take awayLeanne Elliott: And if listeners take away just one thing in terms of hiring better, what should it be? Kate Young: I think I said it a few times, but it's measure what matters, because unless you define what you actuallEP 287 · 26 Mar 2026·interview· 48:45–50:3050:30Top 3 takeawaysAl Elliott: Yes. And lesson 2, bad hiring isn't just expensive, It's unfair. Kate made this point that we've romanticized the old way. The reality was that CVs were screened in 20 seconds by someone who'd lost enthusiasmEP 287 · 26 Mar 2026·interview· 50:30–52:0124:02Truth or Lie: Should you hire for culture fit?Leanne Elliott: I have no idea Al Elliott: I'm really enjoying it. I really, really like it. So, and I like it because I basically go, Leanne, Is this true? And then I just go and have a cup of tea. And then you sit therEP 286 · 24 Mar 2026·truth or lie· 24:02–38:2412:54Story 2 — The rise of 'new-collar' jobsAl Elliott: Link in the show notes Leanne Elliott: Our What We've Seen This Week Al Elliott: So I've got a new word for youEP 284 · 17 Mar 2026·news roundup· 12:54–18:020:00Intro: The 57th hire at The Facebook and Tom's extraordinary lifeAl Elliott: You're the 57th person hired at a little-known startup. The company is a small startup called The Facebook. You might have heard of it. You're 50 years old. Everyone else is 20. The founder's 19 years old. AnEP 281 · 5 Mar 2026·intro· 0:00–1:2540:47Workplace Surgery: The nepotism trapLeanne Elliott: Yes Al Elliott: So, between a rock and a senior leader. Here we are. I'm in charge— this person writes, I'm in charge of hiring, and after a lot of work, I felt pretty happy with my shortlist of 3 very stEP 280 · 3 Mar 2026·workplace surgery· 40:47–45:1149:00Workplace Surgery: The '30-second' interviewLeanne Elliott: Always Al Elliott: Okay, so this person writes, what do you do when you know in 30 seconds it's not a fit? Okay. We've been interviewing for a few roles recently, and we're struggling with something. SomeEP 278 · 24 Feb 2026·workplace surgery· 49:00–54:2942:31Workplace Surgery: Should small businesses hire younger workers?Al Elliott: Dead easy. Right, next one. Should I hire younger workers? Don't answer. I know what your answer is, but don't answer yet. This person, they've got some legitimate concerns. They run a small business and lotsEP 274 · 10 Feb 2026·workplace surgery· 42:31–46:1722:02Story 3: Why banks are hiring behavioural scientists for AIAl Elliott: I'm with you Leanne Elliott: My official answer, if I worked in said organisation, would be, well, this is terrible, we need to look into this. But yeah, it's a funny little anecdotal story. I think I applaudEP 270 · 27 Jan 2026·news roundup· 22:02–28:2840:12Prediction 7 — AI will become a dealbreaker for candidates (Becky Simms)Al Elliott: I know, I know. It's just, you didn't expect, didn't see that coming, did you? Tell you what you did see coming is our final prediction. Yes, our final prediction. It comes from Becky Sims from Human First CoEP 263 · 1 Jan 2026·other· 40:12–45:0537:20Prediction 6 — Josh Levine: The death of the resume — relationships are the new CVLeanne Elliott: Right, we've got one more prediction for you, and this one is a bit of a mic drop moment, Alastair Al Elliott: We actually, we actually did use the words mic drop. Can't remember if I left it in the edit EP 262 · 30 Dec 2025·other· 37:20–43:5411:51Story of the Year: The Great Employment HeistAl Elliott: Yeah. And I suppose there's also an element of ego, of, um, protecting your position of, you know, if someone, if someone's not particularly confident, but they're a CEO, they need to make sure that everyone EP 260 · 23 Dec 2025·other· 11:51–14:5537:27Workplace Surgery: Hiring people who think like you vs challenge youLeanne Elliott: We do, we have Harry back this week. We continue understandably to get a fair few questions about occupational health because as an occupational psychologist, there's an assumption that these 2 worlds colEP 254 · 2 Dec 2025·workplace surgery· 37:27–43:1235:16Workplace Surgery: Managing hiring chaos without spending a fortuneAl Elliott: Bet they're a pain in the arse to work with. Bet they are. Anyway, we're on to the World Famous Weekly Workplace Surgery where I put your questions to Leanne. By the way, are there any links in the show notesEP 244 · 28 Oct 2025·workplace surgery· 35:16–40:5713:34MrBeast's vibe check hiring trialsAl Elliott: All right, so let's all be dark and humourless at work. Leanne, what else have you seen? Leanne Elliott: I've seen, is vibe checking new hires the way to recruit A-players? This was the question raised in BusEP 238 · 7 Oct 2025·news roundup· 13:34–20:2845:12Recruitment: stop selling the fantasyLeanne Elliott: Hiring is where misalignment sneaks in. And the fix is actually pretty simple. Stop selling the fantasy and just describe the day Ina Purvanova: I think as far as recruitment goes, I think a lot of organiEP 237 · 2 Oct 2025·panel interview· 45:12–48:1548:19Workplace Surgery: Experience vs. Talent in HiringAl Elliott: Yeah, that's the simplest version. So you've basically just done that to this person. So no wonder they're a little bit narked. Okay, so question number 3, Leigh. Are we too focused on experience? Are we missEP 232 · 16 Sept 2025·workplace surgery· 48:19–54:1014:58Employment law, small businesses, and the 13th hireLeanne Elliott: I'm not an expert in employment law, but my understanding is it doesn't matter how small or large your organization is. Your first employee, these employment laws apply. And that's why for small businesseEP 224 · 19 Aug 2025·other· 14:58–22:0110:47Hiring A-players: tough love or recruitment theatre?Al Elliott: Yes. So I saw on Twitter or Twix or X or whatever we're calling it these days. This post, I'm only going to say the person posting it, their name is, first name is Michael, who's essentially 6 strategies abouEP 216 · 22 Jul 2025·news roundup· 10:47–15:5746:16Workplace Surgery Q2: Best recruitment tools for small businessesAl Elliott: Okay, great. So question number 2, is there actually a good recruitment tool for small businesses or are we stuck with job boards? Interesting. Interesting. I run a small business team of 7. We're trying to hEP 216 · 22 Jul 2025·workplace surgery· 46:16–50:0536:12Workplace Surgery — hiring your spouseLeanne Elliott: And now, Al, I believe it is your favourite time of the week Al Elliott: It is. It's time for the world-famous Weekly Workplace Surgery, where I put your questions to Leanne. Leanne is a chartered occupatEP 214 · 15 Jul 2025·workplace surgery· 36:12–43:190:00Managing geniuses: Steve Roest's story beginsAl Elliott: What if you want to hire people who are genuinely brilliant? I'm talking about the top 1% of experts, the PhD scientists, the AI engineers who could probably code circles around most of us. Well, that is hardEP 213 · 10 Jul 2025·interview· 0:00–2:4131:42Screening for ego in the hiring processAl Elliott: In this kind of industry where you do have experts, sort of top 1% of people in the world, do you find that some of them have an ego to match? Steve Roest: Absolutely. And we screen for that. So tell me more EP 213 · 10 Jul 2025·interview· 31:42–35:0842:52Workplace Surgery: hiring remotely for the first timeAl Elliott: Okay, great advice. Question number 2, what should I look, what should I watch out for when hiring remotely for the first time? I run a fully remote business and I'm about to make my first hire. CongratulatioEP 210 · 1 Jul 2025·workplace surgery· 42:52–52:2939:20Workplace Surgery: Why Is Hiring So Brutal When You're Starting Out?Leanne Elliott: No, I thought that was some really, really good tips though Al Elliott: Oh, thank you very much. Thank you. Okay, so we're on to question number 2. Why is hiring so hard? I'm right at the beginning of lauEP 206 · 17 Jun 2025·workplace surgery· 39:20–47:4118:32Story 3 — Why you're still hiring the wrong leadersLeanne Elliott: Sticking on the recruitment, um, chat, actually, um, a case study fell into my email inbox this week and I thought it was really quite cool. Um, I mean, I think we've all made a hire that we regret at somEP 204 · 10 Jun 2025·news roundup· 18:32–26:4745:32Workplace Surgery — How do I know if I'm any good at interviewing?Leanne Elliott: They are good, aren't they? Um, I say this with love, you're probably not a very good interviewer. And that's not because you're not a good interviewer, it's because you probably haven't taken the time toEP 198 · 20 May 2025·workplace surgery· 45:32–51:1122:36Hot Take: Stuart Mace on candidate experienceAl Elliott: You are quite a spicy guy, but you've got something specific you want to talk, get off your chest today. So what is your hot take? Stuart Mace: You mentioned potentially a pod on candidate experience. And havEP 196 · 13 May 2025·hot take· 22:36–22:595:49Firing quickly and recognizing A-playersAl Elliott: So in your book, you start off back at college and how you started Storage Squad. Um, tell me, give me the timeline because I have in my head this idea of a subreddit called Sweaty Startup. Was that you? And EP 193 · 1 May 2025·interview· 5:49–17:2839:12Workplace Surgery: is 50% staff turnover in two years a red flag?Leanne Elliott: Good advice, Al Al Elliott: Okay. Question number 2, is my staff turnover high? I like questions like this because they They're kind of like, a lot of people have these questions, go, I don't know. So I aEP 192 · 29 Apr 2025·workplace surgery· 39:12–45:446:21Story 2: Are you lucky? The Bezos interview questionAl Elliott: Yeah. Sending, sending us, sending celebrities into space this week. They all seem to get a little bit overwhelmed when they came back to Earth after 18 minutes of being in the lower atmosphere. I think Katy EP 190 · 22 Apr 2025·news roundup· 6:21–14:3544:59Recruitment — how PostHog hires at scaleAl Elliott: I am aware we are running a little bit on, um, low on time. So can you just talk us through recruitment? Like, do you do things differently? James Hawkins: Yeah. So there's a few things. I think one, having aEP 189 · 17 Apr 2025·interview· 44:59–48:2743:42Workplace Surgery: The CEO's nephew appliedAl Elliott: So last week, our CEO casually mentioned his nephew had applied for a job in my department. Keep an eye out for Jamie's application, he said. He's just finished his master's in UX at a good university. Then yEP 186 · 9 Apr 2025·workplace surgery· 43:42–48:472:17London's hiring crisis and remote workLeanne Elliott: Yes, it is. It's time for the news roundabout. Cue that jingle Al Elliott: Pressing play. What have you seen this week, Leanne? Leanne Elliott: London firms are struggling to recruit staff as people want EP 182 · 25 Mar 2025·news roundup· 2:17–8:1410:28The first employee — and what culture really meansSteve Carse: Yeah. So yeah, we started, he was a lawyer, so he was employed much different Much riskier for him to quit his job as a lawyer to join in the popsicle trade. My father advised strongly against that with a haEP 181 · 20 Mar 2025·interview· 10:28–14:1741:54Recruitment lessons from the sidelinesLeanne Elliott: I love that you mentioned recruitment. Ugh, ugh. I just don't, it's not, it's the, you know, I don't understand how any conversation about leadership or culture can be had without a conversation about recEP 179 · 13 Mar 2025·interview· 41:54–43:3915:09The employability paradoxLeanne Elliott: Well, speaking of talent and keeping it, have you heard of the employability paradox? Al Elliott: No Leanne Elliott: No. Well, let me tell you about it, because it could actually offer a smart strategy foEP 176 · 4 Mar 2025·news roundup· 15:09–21:318:54Story 2: Career catfishing and office ghostingAl Elliott: Okay, Leanne, I've got a new term for you. I know you normally do the terms, but I'm doing the term this time. So yeah, career catfishing. What have you heard of it? What does it mean? Leanne Elliott: I've noEP 172 · 18 Feb 2025·news roundup· 8:54–13:5529:46Why Recruitment Shapes the Entire Employment RelationshipLeanne Elliott: I want to ask you more about recruitment because of all the experts I've spoken to, there aren't many who will prioritize recruitment in shaping workplace culture, but reading more about you and your workEP 161 · 9 Jan 2025·interview· 29:46–33:3746:45Why hiring people with mental illness is good for businessKody Green: The first thing I always mention is people with severe mental illness or just mental health issues, someone who's going through a difficult time and maybe struggling more than they usually do. In my experiencEP 153 · 12 Dec 2024·interview· 46:45–52:547:50Nike's New CEO: Promoting from Within vs. Fresh BloodAl Elliott: Well, this was an article on LinkedIn, but it was originally reported in the FT. The Nike— Nike? Nike? How do you say it? Nike or Nike? Leanne Elliott: I think I say Nike, but I'm not sure if that's right Al EP 144 · 12 Nov 2024·news roundup· 7:50–12:2238:22Workplace Surgery: Personality testing in hiringAl Elliott: Lovely. Great answer, love. I've got question number 2 here, and I think you're gonna like this Leanne Elliott: Okay Al Elliott: So, question number 2. I recently introduced personality assessments into our hEP 140 · 29 Oct 2024·workplace surgery· 38:22–45:2926:11What are employers actually looking for?John White: Yeah, especially when you're going to those communities and seeking them out, it's really good to ask for maybe informational interviews is what I call them. I'm not interviewing for a job, I'm just asking yoEP 135 · 10 Oct 2024·panel interview· 26:11–29:3529:37Education requirements on job descriptionsNick Korte: Looking at some job descriptions at different companies out there. What's on those from a required education, required experience for, you know, you can do the research in the community groups, whether that'sEP 135 · 10 Oct 2024·panel interview· 29:37–33:5811:18Story 3: The Diversity Hiring BacklashLeanne Elliott: I did. I came across a study about diversity in hiring practices, and I thought it was really interesting and kind of worrying. There might be a theme to my stories this week. Maybe I'm in a funny kind ofEP 132 · 1 Oct 2024·news roundup· 11:18–15:4117:43Fresh Voices: Anna Papalia and InterviewologyLeanne Elliott: Welcome back to our September segment. We are calling it Fresh Voices. That's not true, I'm calling it Fresh Voices. Al insists on calling it New Voices, but here we are. We basically want to showcase theEP 130 · 24 Sept 2024·news roundup· 17:43–22:507:15Amanda's first interview — in a co-working kitchenLeanne Elliott: My interview with Paul was sat in a kitchen area of a co-working space of a building where he was, um, working from at that time. And I remember my first day I came in and it was like a 2-person office, aEP 127 · 12 Sept 2024·other· 7:15–9:1315:47Building the team and the probation periodLeanne Elliott: I mean, as you said, it— you described it as a clubhouse, more of a clubhouse than an office. I mean, how do you still encourage people to work hard? Because it sounds pretty fun Ed Williams: I think we'vEP 125 · 5 Sept 2024·interview· 15:47–18:365:32Top Traits of 10/10 Candidates (Adriane Schwager)Al Elliott: To be honest, I don't say anything on Twitter. I just, I just Sit there with popcorn and see what goes on. But yeah, so I was, I was trawling Twitter and I saw this post by the amazing Adrienne. Adrienne, I'vEP 109 · 25 Jun 2024·news roundup· 5:32–10:4812:40The Valley of Death — the 10–12 employee crunchAl Elliott: See, when an organization starts growing, it can be really exciting, but there's also a point to which it all starts to feel like it's falling apart. Lots of people talk about this, including Daniel PriestleyEP 104 · 6 Jun 2024·interview· 12:40–25:2240:44The true cost of replacing an employeeAl Elliott: I want to know, what else do we need to know about onboarding that you've not just said? Jonathan Bennett: It starts before the job ad gets posted and before you know any of the candidates. It shouldn't startEP 104 · 6 Jun 2024·interview· 40:44–44:235:04Amazon's leaked tech email templatesLeanne Elliott: So what have you seen this week, Alastair? Al Elliott: Well, Alastair, you've full named me. Am I in trouble? Leanne accused me of being grumpy before, but you know, you have one of those days where you'rEP 99 · 21 May 2024·news roundup· 5:04–9:008:33AI in recruitment: a flawed future?Leanne Elliott: Yeah, I'm definitely putting it in the same category as, as pool table in the break room. Um, and I also, I hope that there will be some, some maybe some kind of TikTok coming out about this. I can see thEP 97 · 14 May 2024·news roundup· 8:33–13:5536:55When should you invest in a CPO?Todd Davis: Well, that's a really great question. So for a smaller organization, I believe that someone in the leadership function needs to have a part of their role as the chief people officer. It may not be full-time wEP 96 · 9 May 2024·interview· 36:55–38:1021:42Workplace Clinic: 'I found the perfect candidate. Do I need to keep looking?'Leanne Elliott: Yes. Al Elliott: Okay. So question number 1, I found a perfect candidate. Do I need to keep looking? Now I'll give you the context of this so you can make— so you can decide whether it's the right thing tEP 90 · 16 Apr 2024·news roundup· 21:42–24:5433:40Recruiting vs. hiring: building an A-teamAl Elliott: Let's finish up with a quick discussion on the difference between recruiting and hiring. Now, there's a great video of Dave. I'm pretty sure I saw it on LinkedIn where he's on stage and he asked the audience,EP 87 · 4 Apr 2024·interview· 33:40–36:190:33Google's hiring evolution: skills vs. personalityAl Elliott: Nice. Check out hopspot.com, the agentic customer platform for growing businesses Leanne Elliott: And that's the other thing. If you think she's good and her performance is good, then she's not good. She's frEP 86 · 2 Apr 2024·news roundup· 0:33–9:5221:32A shocking example of bias in a real interviewLeanne Elliott: Nora shared a specific example of someone she can't name for obvious reasons Nora Burns: So, she was a candidate for a decently high-level position in an association, and had done an interview on Zoom, haEP 74 · 18 Jan 2024·interview· 21:32–24:0128:48Growing world-class talent — you can't hire it, you have to grow itmidroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): It can Leanne Elliott: But come back Al Elliott: Yeah, come backEP 68 · 8 Dec 2023·interview· 28:48–32:179:09Recruiting 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· 9:09–12:2425:04Recruiting at scale — what Michael's 1,000+ employees teach usLeanne Elliott: If Michael currently employs over 1,000 people, then I suspect he's recruited at least 5 times that over the years. We wanted to know if he had any tips for finding and retaining great people Al Elliott: EP 64 · 16 Nov 2023·other· 25:04–28:1710:08Hired or Fired: pocket dialing your bossAl Elliott: Oh, I like this. Hired or fired. We need a jingle for this Leanne Elliott: Cue the jingle. Are you ready for the first one? Al Elliott: YesEP 53 · 24 Aug 2023·interview· 10:08–18:0617:46Myth 3 — Hire the right people and culture takes care of itselfAl Elliott: I love it. I love it. So number 3. Now this one's a bit of a contentious one because I genuinely don't know whether it is a lie or whether there's some truth within it. So Let's ask you, Leigh Leanne Elliott:EP 50 · 3 Aug 2023·other· 17:46–26:0345:34"Never met an unpleasant person at MKG" — culture adds vs culture fitsAl Elliott: I did a bit of research on MKG, as you'd imagine I would, and someone's told me that they'd never met an unpleasant person at MKG. Which I thought was such a cool thing for, for someone to describe your team EP 46 · 5 Jul 2023·panel interview· 45:34–51:1430:10Lesson 3: Never Bargain Shop for TalentAl Elliott: So, Kevin's 3rd leadership lesson is don't bargain shop for talent. Now, the tweet that first made me notice Kevin was about this story about how he got a guy who worked in a bike shop and how he basically ofEP 44 · 21 Jun 2023·other· 30:10–35:0744:52Ross's hiring secret: record yourself firstRoss: Before I made any hire, the first thing I did was I sat in a hotel room, set up a camera, and recorded myself recording a handful of videos to talk about our processes and procedures. And I did this intentionally bEP 42 · 7 Jun 2023·panel interview· 44:52–74:4032:59Lesson 1: Finding great peoplemidroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): Keep that in. Al Elliott: So the 3 main lessons here from Oliver's story, all around people. The first lesson here is finding great people. I asked him, I said, you've got some really smart pEP 38 · 10 May 2023·interview· 32:59–37:4843:31How to spot a toxic superstar at recruitment stageAl Elliott: Yeah, so a couple of things. I mean, obviously, the first thing that everybody does is they take a look at your resume, they take a look at That sort of raw talent, I guess, kind of factors. But I think, to mEP 31 · 22 Mar 2023·other· 43:31–47:5050:29Building diverse teams — moving beyond clonesLeanne Elliott: I use the word intent a lot on this podcast, and I think this is another example of intention. What, you know, having a clear intention as a leader being really important. Yes, we can read a study and seeEP 31 · 22 Mar 2023·other· 50:29–57:011:58The 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· 1:58–2:584:41Where to start instead: understand the roleAl Elliott: Before we go any further, can you just give us an idea of, for people like me who don't really understand what predictors are, so can you give an example of a predictor? Leanne Elliott: Yeah. So, job intervieEP 04 · 19 Jul 2022·other· 4:41–6:5614:24Is 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· 14:24–14:5914:59Groupthink: the hidden danger of hiring for fitAl Elliott: Sorry, I had a mouthful of water then. Yep. And I think that's— I get the idea. I get culture now. I do. I used to think culture was all about, oh, you define it. You sit there in a room, you define it, and tEP 04 · 19 Jul 2022·other· 14:59–16:081:41What 'the fight for talent' actually meansLeanne Elliott: Yes. I don't think, Al, I know. I know how good it is Al Elliott: So let's kick off a little bit, sort of taking back a step and go, I've heard about this, this phrase called the fight for talent. Will yoEP 03 · 15 Jul 2022·other· 1:41–3:5318:47Step 2 — Create a process, not a gut feelingLeanne Elliott: Step number 2 is to create a process. A thorough job analysis, which is step 1, is going to help you identify the competencies. What I mean by competencies is the knowledge, the skills, and abilities thatEP 03 · 15 Jul 2022·other· 18:47–23:2923:29Step 3 — The search (and why it's not where you start)Al Elliott: So, we're coming down to the part that most people start with, which is the search. You have some thoughts on this? Leanne Elliott: Yeah, I think the search, and this is probably the bits that are a bit more EP 03 · 15 Jul 2022·other· 23:29–24:57
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