Founder Led Recruiting Produces Extraordinary ROI with Rick Girard of Stride Search

As a company founder you have A LOT on your plate. So much,  that it is often overwhelming so you scramble to delegate the things you don’t like to do as quickly as possible.

At the top of the delegation list is offloading hiring. Today I'm going to challenge you to own your people function for as long as possible because it is so critical to your success!.

Last week our guest, Steve Newcomb, exposed his key principles for building successful companies. The most important element in building a successful company is … the foundation.

“Do the big things right and then everything becomes exponentially easier”. This means doing the hard things first because if the foundation isn't right, everything else will be more difficult.

Getting really good at the things you hate… recruiting, interviewing & hiring, translates into onboarding the strongest people early and builds personal credibility in you as a leader.

Today we’re going to discuss:

Why you as the founder needs to own hiring as long as possible
How to build your foundation to enable your business to grow exponentially easier

Challenge today?

Founders can't wait to delegate hiring
Not good at it
Don't want to invest the time to learnROI?

Buy into the belief that there is no “Right Way” to hire
Don’t believe 

Why is this important to the company?

To Build a company:
Having a founder that is excellent at recruiting makes it easier to succeed
Build  a company that matters, 
Bonus: something with a mission that’s embedded into the product

How do we solve the problem? 

The Foundation
Pre-determine the Interview questions
Assign positions in the interview process
Assign interview responsibilities
Role play to gain competence throughout the interview

The interview
Start with the Discovery Call
Determine Positioning & Value
Positioning: Does what the interviewee desires align with what your organization is?
growth?
Value: Is this person an A-player? 
Evidence of impact that was made in the current role?
Step by step 

Founder leads recruiting (Steve Newcomb)
Communicate expectations to team
Shoot for the Moon
You can hire a-players

Treat everyone like gold
Do not waste the team's time with duds. 

Team Interviews scripted
Easy to gain evidence to support a decision
3-4 questions each person for 45 minutes
Hell Yes….. or No

Skills Interview
Real life problem that will give an accurate experience of how the team will work together to solve problems
Prepare candidate for success or failure

Get & give feedback
Empower people to make the decision at each stage
Trust their decisions
Let the interviewee provide feedback

Key Takeaways -Value:

Strong foundation makes everything exponentially easier
Own hiring as long as you can
Set teams up for success by scripting the interview questions

Host Links

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-girard-07722/
Company: https://www.stridesearch.com/
Podcast: https://www.stridesearch.com/hire-power-radio
Authored:  Healing Career Wounds (Amazon)
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