Build with Leila Hormozi The 5 Executive Hiring Lessons I Learned the Hard Way | Ep 328
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Nov 18, 2025 Discover crucial insights on building an executive team that uplifts your business. Learn why hiring thinkers over doers is vital for strategic growth. Explore the importance of executives enhancing company culture and shaping loyalty. Understand the significance of fitting your team members to the company’s stage and moving beyond mere impressive resumes. Finally, embrace the shift from having all the answers to asking impactful questions that drive your business forward.
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When It's Time To Hire Leadership
- You know you're ready for executives when the company has outgrown your ability to make all decisions alone.
- Executives must think strategically and free you to ask bigger questions, not just execute tasks.
Hire For Strategic Thinking
- Hire executives who make you think bigger, not just lighten your workload.
- Test candidates by whether conversations with them expand your strategic view.
Different Skills For Scale
- Skills that make superb individual contributors are not the same as those for executives.
- The wrong hire can shift the bottleneck from you to them and stall growth.