Many people refer to a person as a good fit (they are still here) or a bad fit (they left). This creates a mindset problem when we think about new hires. We can then think that new hires are pre-determined to be a good or bad fit, and it's outside our control. And worse, any effort to make them fit is a wasted effort. Because this mindset tells us there's no point in spending time if someone is a bad fit.

Hiring can be viewed as a "deal done". We can consider that a good hiring process will produce a good fit, and if they are a good fit, and we spend minimal time with them, they will still be OK - because they're a good fit. But fit is not binary, fit is a spectrum.

We talk about Brad's new book Onboarded and the problem with the phrase 'good fit' and why instead we should use the phrase 'successful fit'.

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