This podcast discusses the importance of making the right first hire for a business and emphasizes the concept of finding someone who complements the skills and abilities of the team. They explore the significance of recognizing one's own working geniuses when making hiring decisions and discuss the importance of hiring based on the leader's gaps and pain points. They also highlight the importance of knowing your working genius for starting a successful business and hiring for core values to build a strong company culture.
Hiring based on working genius and understanding the specific areas where help is needed is more effective than conventional methods based on job titles and skills.
Self-awareness is crucial for successful hiring decisions, extending beyond skills and considering core values and cultural fit to build a strong and cohesive team.
Deep dives
The Importance of Filling Gaps in Your Team
When starting a business or making new hires, it is crucial to identify the gaps in your team and find someone who can fill those gaps. It's not about finding someone exactly like you or someone with the skills and experience for a specific job title. Rather, it's about understanding the factors that go into finding the right person. Hiring for working genius, which considers the six types of working genius, can be more effective than conventional hiring methods based on job titles and skills.
Prioritizing Self-Awareness in Hiring Decisions
Self-awareness is key in making successful hiring decisions. It is important for leaders and entrepreneurs to have a deep understanding of their own working geniuses and frustrations. By being self-aware, they can identify the specific areas where they need help and find individuals who can effectively fill those gaps. This self-awareness should extend beyond skills and job titles to include considerations of core values and cultural fit in order to build a strong and cohesive team.
Balancing Overlap and Complementarity
While it is important to hire people who complement your working geniuses, there can also be value in overlapping geniuses. Hiring someone with a similar working genius can be advantageous when it aligns with your strengths and allows you to focus on the aspects of the business that you excel at. It's a delicate balance between filling gaps and finding individuals who share your values and can contribute to the team's overall success.
Every entrepreneur, leader and manager needs to be intentional about who they bring on to their team. This week, Pat, Tracy, Cody and Beau discuss the reasons for prioritizing Working Genius as the search criteria.
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