The Characteristics of a Successful Hire with Allan Jones of Bambee

What are the common characteristics of every successful person at your company?

Think of those characteristics and write them down as standard operating procedures. This is critically important because when we operate under the same frequency, pace, and purpose… growth happens. But this can change instantly when a new person is added to the team. 

Too often we hastily add a person to the mix without understanding how they really operate on a daily basis. Assuming that they will be the answer to all of our current challenges because of the skills they are bringing to the table. 

There is nothing more critical to hiring success than aligning people first, and skills second. This means investing the time to dig deeper into your interview process. Understanding not just what a person accomplished but the details of exactly how it was done and why it was approached in that manner.

Guest Bio: 

Allan Jones is at the helm of Bambee, a new type of business built on the innovative premise that every small business should have a dedicated HR Manager. This concept was derived from Jones’ previous experiences working with—and growing up around—small business owners.

In 2021, Goldman Sachs celebrated Allan Jones as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs at its Builders + Innovators Summit. For three years running, Forbes has named Bambee a top startup employer in the U.S., and in 2022 it announced Bambee as a Top 5 Company in Los Angeles.

TODAY WE DISCUSS

Understanding your company's unique characteristics
How to implement critical characteristics into your interviewing & hiring process

Challenge?

Getting people who fit a special suite of characteristics
Infinite characteristics that are valuable
How do you narrow it down to 8?
Being honest about who you are
Characteristics of leadership values
Mastery of communication
Broad outcome objectivity: don't care where the right answer comes from
Urgency & greatness in tandem

Separate leadership & team values

High potency friction
Hired leader that doesn't fit,
Courage to make a change
Scoring system & scorecard

Why is this important to the company?

Looking at blemishes before celebrating wins
Continuous loop of how can we be better
Continuous improvement is just part o the game
200+ employees 

Not afraid to say “not every person is right for the company”
Companies are Olympic sports teams, not govt service agencies

Rick’s Nuggets:

How people operate within your company
Core values drive the operating characteristics
Adding a player to the game, not an ass to a seat

How do we solve the problem? 

Identify that the problem exists
Building leadership personas
Hired multiple executives and 50% did not work out
Right after fundraising
Practices did not scale

CEO can not make hiring decisions for the company
 He is not the only sign-off anymore. 
Interview Structure
Hiring committees 
Only leaders sit on the committee
Master of communication
Cliff notes version of who you are personally & professionally
Go to the resume
Listening skills along with speaking

Eliminated Leadership savior complex
Problems would be solved by our next hire
Company already had great people
Never let a problem go unowned

Realization that already had an A+ executive team
From savior to draft pick
90% success rate

Rick’s Nuggets:

Values drive characteristics
Interviewing processStructured & designed to gather evidence to support the correct decision
Assign interview questions for people alignment
Follow up with what & how questions 

Key Takeaways that the Audience can plug into their business today! (Value):

Offsite with sr leadership & build leadership personas’
As a founder ask yourself “ your unique role in the hiring failure”
Set up screening committees
Make sure you are aligned

Guest Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allandjones/
Company: https://www.bambee.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bambee/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAllanJones
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BambeeHQ
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bambeeHQ/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzJhkTm7baY&t=1s

Host Links: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-girard-07722/
Company: https://www.stridesearch.com/
Podcast: https://www.hirepowerradio.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeEJm9RoCfu8y7AJpaxkxqQ
Authored:  "Healing Career Wounds"  https://amzn.to/3tGbtre
Startup: www.intertru.ai
HireOS® inquiry: [email protected]

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