Assemble the Best Team with a Hiring Checklist and Win

2/2/14

Winning is fundamentally about assembling the best team
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Hiring: A Checklist of Qualities
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Must Haves, Definitely-Should-Haves and the Game-Changer

(I) Must Haves (IIM)
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Integrity
Intelligence
Maturity

- smartness is essential to winning
- cannot be trained into a person
- do not let likeability ignore this fact

(II) Definitely Should Haves (4E, P)
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Energy - Stamina; Vitality; Intensity; Go the distance day after day
Energize - make the team better; exude positivity; stir others to action; contagious dynamism
Edge - make yes/no decisions quickly; not being namby-pamby (analysis paralysis) about hard calls and tough decisions
Execute - get things done; get off the desk
Passion - for both work and life; curious; care about people and details

(III) Qualities For Senior Executive Positions (ACSR)
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Authenticity - being yourself
Foresee around Corners - sixth sense
Surround oneself with smarter people - build great teams
Outsized Resilience - take punches and still stand

(IV) Game Changer (Generosity Gene)
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Help people improve, grow, thrive and succeed
Delight in giving raises to people
Inspire trust - unleash productivity and creativity
Become a font of ideas and innovation
Be a paragon of commitment to customers and the work

Avoid the 3 Hiring mistakes
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(1) Don't use gut instinct:
- Use a team to coolly analyze candidates credentials
- Use critical thinking, check for job fit
- Sniff out the phonies
(2) Don't ignore negative references:
- Use your own references
- Listen to them
(3) Don't over-sell the job and talk too much:
- Listen to the candidate talk
- Check for job fit

Dr DP

Reference
1. Welch & Welch (2013)
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130923225948-86541065-how-i-hire-the-must-haves-the-definitely-should-haves-and-the-game-changer?trk=mp-reader-card
2. Welch & Welch (2013)
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130604104616-86541065-avoid-these-3-hiring-mistakes?trk=mp-reader-card