Hire Power Radio Show

By Rick Girard

What's Hire Power Radio Show about?

#1 Hiring Podcast Designed Specifically For Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs

Tuesdays @12PM (PST), LIVE on LinkedIn, YouTube, & Facebook

Our mission is to enable values-driven startups to win-win the strongest hires by sharing insights from top-performing entrepreneurs,

game-changers, & industry thought leaders.

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Hire Power Radio Show episodes:

04.05.2024
When HR Takes Away The Nerf Guns With Steven Freidkin
People like to join small organizations because they are challenging and fun. There are few rules to follow and very little red tape. As the company grows, it becomes necessary to formalize business processes. With process comes rules and before you...
03.21.2024
Driving Culture Change with Jason Lippert
How do you change company culture when the values of the CEO evolve? We all understand that to grow as a company, people need to embrace change. Yet a lot of us fear change because it requires us to work on...
03.15.2024
Creating a Purpose-Driven Company with Jay Wilkinson
Core values are powerful. But core values driven by purpose are unstoppable! Today we are going to take a deep dive into an entrepreneur who has built not one but two highly successful businesses by not just living core values...
01.30.2023
The 10 Disciplines with Gino Wickman
Being a startup entrepreneur is a struggle. As some of you know, I recently joined the ranks of a startup founder. In November we launched Intertru and boy, my world has moved to light speed to a totally new dimension. It...
01.05.2023
Hiring the Right Person, Right Seat, Right Stage with Dean Stoecker of Alteryx
We all understand the concept of right person, right seat. But as the company grows the demands of each seat change. What is required from zero to $5 Million will most likely shift on your journey to $10 million in...
12.08.2022
Pre-vetting Candidates Before the Interview with Payman Taei of Visme
Over the past few years talent has been scarce. And when talent is scarce, fear leads hiring decisions. We don't want to lose (what we perceive to be) “good people”, so we shortcut the interview process. Here's the thing, our perceptions...
12.01.2022
Building an Advisory Ecosystem with Coco Brown of The Athena Alliance
Let’s talk about building an advisory board. I think we would all agree that having strong advisors and mentors in your corner brings huge benefits to every organization. Not just as sound advice in making business decisions but also providing introductions...
11.24.2022
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....
11.17.2022
Hiring with Poorly Defined Metrics of Success with Kurt Davis of Stealth Smiles Startup
Let’s talk about performance metrics for a minute. Do you have performance metrics drawn out for every person before they are hired? Are they clear on the expectations for the first 90 days of employment? If not, you are setting people...
11.10.2022
Aligning the “Why” in the Interview Process with Ted Bradshaw of EOS Worldwide
“People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it”. - Simon Sinek How does this translate to your hiring? The simple answer is that your company's WHY is the one thing that differentiates whether a person joins for...
11.03.2022
Maximizing VC Hiring Referrals with Rob Whalen of PTO Exchange
Referrals are most often your most potent source of talent for your organization. So investor referrals must be the holy grail of all referrals. After all, there is a vested interest in your company's success so why shouldn't the referrals be...
10.27.2022
Hiring the Right Person in the Wrong Seat with Thomas Brunskill of Forage
How often have you hired the right person for the wrong seat? Here’s how that happens. A person is identified and it is assumed that because of their background that they crush it for you. After all, they are already doing it...
10.20.2022
How Your Company Can Hire Like Amazon with Steve Anderson of Catalyit
Amazon’s leadership principles (Core Values) have been the most critical element in their unprecedented success. Value alignment first, and skills second. So why is this not a standard practice among all up-and-coming startups? The reason I believe is that leaders then become...
10.13.2022
The Hire, Fire, Hire, Fire Cycle with Jason Sherman of Spinnr
There is nothing more disappointing than a hire that does not work out. Especially when the person hired was someone you were convinced, would be a great hire! Conventional wisdom says “hire slow, fire fast” but this almost never happens. Because we...
10.05.2022
How Conversational Interviews Breed Bias & Discrimination with Robert Hudock of Hudock Employment Law Group
Every interview that happens in your company needs to have a purpose. There is a specific purpose for the phone screen, which is positioning & quality of the individual. The onsite interview’s purpose, does this person align with our company values and...
09.29.2022
The Perfect Recruiting Email with Dustin Riechmann of Simple Success Coaching
Do you ever wonder why only a small percentage of people respond to your recruiting emails? The answer is that there is nothing in it for them. Especially if the person you are trying to recruit is already working. Let’s be honest, selling...
09.22.2022
Top 3 Offer Mistakes when Hiring with Rick Girard of Intertru Inc.
It has been decided that we want to hire a person who made it through our interview process. Yay! Now we invest the time to have the “offer conversation” about what it is going to take for you to join us....
09.15.2022
Hiring Without Money with William Glass of Ostrich
How do you hire people when you have no money? While this may seem like an impossible task, the truth is that it is not as difficult as you might think. It starts by understanding what is important to the individual....
09.08.2022
How to Hire a CMO with Matt Blumberg of Bolster
The reason why people think that hiring is “really hard” is because interviews are conducted without a defined set of criteria to which a person is being evaluated. This especially rings true when interviewing outside your personal competency level. Most...
08.11.2022
When Hiring is Overwhelming with Karima Gulick of Innovent Law
Most good hires are a result of luck rather than skill. In fact, I would argue that very few hires are by design. Throughout my career, I have never met a person who views interviewing and the hiring process as anything...
08.04.2022
Instilling Values into Your Hiring Process with Ken Babcock of Tango
Do company values really matter? They do if you are looking to scale a business. In order to scale you need the strongest people, but the strongest people don't need you…or your company. What High performers need is to understand how your...
07.28.2022
The Secret to Hiring through an Economic Downturn with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
Doom & gloom is the impending economic forecast according to the media. Having flourished through two previous recessions, I have learned to look for the opportunity that comes with the adjustment. And when it comes to hiring, the opportunities to thrive...
07.21.2022
How to Avoid Hiring a Bad Actor with Becky Wanta of Q5id
We have all become painfully aware that cybercrime is at all-time record highs. Now the bad actors have figured out how to hack your hiring process. Stories have been surfacing about people accepting roles remotely that are different people from the...
07.14.2022
It’s Never Too Early to Lead through Core Values with Marc Reinfenrath of Spinutech
Last week I had a conversation with a CEO who thought it was too early to establish core values because his company was only 15 people. His thinking was that things would just change anyway and he would have to...
06.30.2022
The Hiring 4-S: Strategy, Systems, Staff & Skills with Hilmon Sorey of CoachCRM
Are Strategy and Systems missing in your hiring process? The answer is most likely “Yes” as 99.9% of entrepreneurs approach hiring as a reactive activity based on a current need. This is dangerous because it perpetuates the transactional mindset that sets...
06.23.2022
#1 Question that Needs to be Asked During a Phone Screen with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
Why is the phone screen is the most underutilized tool in hiring today? There is this perception or fear that the person making the call will say the wrong thing and screw up the chances that the person will show up....
06.16.2022
Necessary Interview Intelligence for Hiring with Raphael Danilo of Yobs
Two people pop into a room together for an interview. What happens next? No one knows! This is the eternal mystery that most companies have faced for decades. And the single point of failure in hiring! Because we assume that everyone knows how...
06.10.2022
Leveling the Interviewing Playing Field with Lee Rubin of Confetti
One big thing that we have learned over the past year is that employers no longer have control over the people they hire. The balance of power has shifted with the majority of people willing to walk away from an...
06.02.2022
Why do Company’s Need Data Scientists with Asim Razvi of Intertru Inc.
Do you really need a data scientist for your startup? Throughout my career, I have placed a lot of data scientists at smaller companies. Most of the people placed left within a year of starting with the common feedback that the...
05.27.2022
The Secret to People Accepting Your Offer with Jeff Wolfe of Veloce Energy
A company founder approached me last week with a problem. He has had a critical role open for the past 6 months and no one has accepted his offer. 5 people had been offered the job and every single person...
05.19.2022
Creating Artificial Collisions in a Remote Workplace with David Wald of Aclaimant
A big push for people to return to the office is the argument that spontaneous interaction is critical to the growth of the business. The fear is that people are not communicating and it has hindered innovation. However, let’s look at...
05.12.2022
How Hiring the Wrong Person Eats Profits with Rocky Lalvani of Profit Comes First
We often hear data on how much bad hire costs you and your company. About 3x the person’s annual salary. But how much did the interview process itself cost? For a startup to make a hire, the company spends about 73 total...
05.05.2022
The Blind Spots of Hiring Managers & Candidates with Varun Puri of Yoodli
Let's face it, a lot of people are BAD at interviewing on both sides of the table. It is easy to understand that candidates or job seekers are bad for numerous reasons. Being nervous, out of practice, and under pressure to...
04.29.2022
How Innocent Interview Questions Can Become Litigation with Victor Xu of Fisher Phillips
Sometimes an innocent conversation during an interview can have horrific consequences, especially if you end up not hiring a person. The biggest problem every company faces during the hiring process is the interview. Two people go into a room together for a...
04.22.2022
Founder Led Recruiting Produces Extraordinary ROI with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
As a company founder you have A LOT on your plate. So much, that it is often overwhelming so you scramble to delegate the things you don’t like to do as quickly as possible. At the top of the delegation list...
04.15.2022
Hiring Super A-Players with Steve Newcomb of Powerset
Let’s talk about why your company is not stacked with A-players. It is not because you cannot afford them. At its root, the reason is narrowed down to one thing, your foundation We tend to think of hiring as an activity rather...
04.08.2022
How Employee CEO for the Day Scales Your Organization with Ville Houttu of Vincit
Let’s talk about what really draws people to your company… and keeps them there. Trust Trust is what drives better decision making, customer experience and profitability. But trust is not gained after a person starts working for your company. It is...
03.31.2022
What Makes People Stay or Jump Ship with Nicolas Vandenberghe of Chili Piper
In 2021 38 million people left their jobs and found new ones. This accounts for 57.3% attrition for US-based companies. It seems as the trend continues as 4.3 million people quit in January of this year as well. A lot of...
03.24.2022
Building a Performance Based Service Organization with Johnny Robinson of Orange Window Cleaning
Today is your wake-up call to embrace getting really good at hiring. Because the lifeblood of Your business is WHO you hire.
03.18.2022
The Interview Working Session (Skills Assessment) with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
How does one evaluate a subject matter expert when you have limited knowledge or expertise in that discipline? Most individual technical/skills based interviews last about an hour. Where time is wasted quizzing on subject matter that may or may not be...
03.11.2022
How to Hire in Three Conversations with Nick Livingston of Honeit Software
10 business days is the optimal time to bring an interview process to a successful outcome. The way to achieve this is to tighten timelines from stage to stage and cut down the number of people involved in the process. Now...
03.03.2022
Today’s Hiring Complaints Solved with Ashish Rampal of All Imaging Systems
The two biggest complaints I hear today from entrepreneurs are “I can't find good people” and “when I hire people, the skills don’t match up”. The first issue, not being able to “find good people” is an easy one to...
02.24.2022
How to Tie Your Core Values to Interview with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
Two people sit down in an interview. What happens next??? What happens is that, well, we have no idea what happens. But the data suggests that a decision is made on behalf of the interviewer in the first 7 minutes of...
02.17.2022
Owning Your IP: Employment & Independent Contractor Agreements with Devin Miller of Miller IP Law
When time is of the essence and work needs to be executed, we often forego formalities and hop right into execution. Hiring a contractor or friend to help you with the work. This was the case with my friend Pat...
02.11.2022
What Really Matters in Employee Branding Today with Bryan Adams of Ph.Creative
Those of you who have listened to the show, know that I am no big fan of “employer branding” because I believe it is generic and unrealistic. Often selling an image of unicorns & rainbows topped off with free lunch. To...
02.03.2022
Hire Faster by Interviewing Deeper with Kison Patel of MAScience & DealRoom
As an entrepreneur, we all share one thing in common. Every single one of us has made a bad hire. Let’s define what a bad hire is. A bad hire is what happens when our need to fill something quickly overrides...
01.28.2022
Organizational Growth Through Culture Prioritization with Justin Erdtsieck of Trencore & Brix
We hear a lot about culture today as being the most important aspect of growth. Yet product development & sales are too often prioritized over people. Let’s break this down for a quick minute. Your company's success and/or failure is determined...
01.20.2022
The Hiring Yin & Yang: Job Postings vs Recruiting with Kelly Robinson of RedDot Media
Sourcing talented people is a HUGE challenge right now. Over 38 million people quit their jobs in 2021. And a lot of them are not coming back. Then we have the divide over pandemic policies that has driven people away from...
01.20.2022
How to Hire Through the Plague of Lying, Ghosting & Absurd Demands with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.
We are neck-deep into a highly competitive job seeker’s market. What this means is that the feeding frenzy for talent has created a perfect storm for people to ask for a lot… and get it. The interview process has been...
01.07.2022
Juggling Fundraising While Building a Strong Team with Bruce Watanabe of PowerBuy
People will only do something when it is in their own best interest AND aligns with our values. This was a key takeaway for me from the book “What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There” by Marshall Goldsmith. We talk a...

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Hire Power Radio Show episodes:

When HR Takes Away The Nerf Guns With Steven Freidkin

Driving Culture Change with Jason Lippert

Creating a Purpose-Driven Company with Jay Wilkinson

The 10 Disciplines with Gino Wickman

Hiring the Right Person, Right Seat, Right Stage with Dean Stoecker of Alteryx

Pre-vetting Candidates Before the Interview with Payman Taei of Visme

Building an Advisory Ecosystem with Coco Brown of The Athena Alliance

The Characteristics of a Successful Hire with Allan Jones of Bambee

Hiring with Poorly Defined Metrics of Success with Kurt Davis of Stealth Smiles Startup

Aligning the “Why” in the Interview Process with Ted Bradshaw of EOS Worldwide

Maximizing VC Hiring Referrals with Rob Whalen of PTO Exchange

Hiring the Right Person in the Wrong Seat with Thomas Brunskill of Forage

How Your Company Can Hire Like Amazon with Steve Anderson of Catalyit

The Hire, Fire, Hire, Fire Cycle with Jason Sherman of Spinnr

How Conversational Interviews Breed Bias & Discrimination with Robert Hudock of Hudock Employment Law Group

The Perfect Recruiting Email with Dustin Riechmann of Simple Success Coaching

Top 3 Offer Mistakes when Hiring with Rick Girard of Intertru Inc.

Hiring Without Money with William Glass of Ostrich

How to Hire a CMO with Matt Blumberg of Bolster

When Hiring is Overwhelming with Karima Gulick of Innovent Law

Instilling Values into Your Hiring Process with Ken Babcock of Tango

The Secret to Hiring through an Economic Downturn with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.

How to Avoid Hiring a Bad Actor with Becky Wanta of Q5id

It’s Never Too Early to Lead through Core Values with Marc Reinfenrath of Spinutech

The Hiring 4-S: Strategy, Systems, Staff & Skills with Hilmon Sorey of CoachCRM

#1 Question that Needs to be Asked During a Phone Screen with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.

Necessary Interview Intelligence for Hiring with Raphael Danilo of Yobs

Leveling the Interviewing Playing Field with Lee Rubin of Confetti

Why do Company’s Need Data Scientists with Asim Razvi of Intertru Inc.

The Secret to People Accepting Your Offer with Jeff Wolfe of Veloce Energy

Creating Artificial Collisions in a Remote Workplace with David Wald of Aclaimant

How Hiring the Wrong Person Eats Profits with Rocky Lalvani of Profit Comes First

The Blind Spots of Hiring Managers & Candidates with Varun Puri of Yoodli

How Innocent Interview Questions Can Become Litigation with Victor Xu of Fisher Phillips

Founder Led Recruiting Produces Extraordinary ROI with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.

Hiring Super A-Players with Steve Newcomb of Powerset

How Employee CEO for the Day Scales Your Organization with Ville Houttu of Vincit

What Makes People Stay or Jump Ship with Nicolas Vandenberghe of Chili Piper

Building a Performance Based Service Organization with Johnny Robinson of Orange Window Cleaning

The Interview Working Session (Skills Assessment) with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.

How to Hire in Three Conversations with Nick Livingston of Honeit Software

Today’s Hiring Complaints Solved with Ashish Rampal of All Imaging Systems

How to Tie Your Core Values to Interview with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.

Owning Your IP: Employment & Independent Contractor Agreements with Devin Miller of Miller IP Law

What Really Matters in Employee Branding Today with Bryan Adams of Ph.Creative

Hire Faster by Interviewing Deeper with Kison Patel of MAScience & DealRoom

Organizational Growth Through Culture Prioritization with Justin Erdtsieck of Trencore & Brix

The Hiring Yin & Yang: Job Postings vs Recruiting with Kelly Robinson of RedDot Media

How to Hire Through the Plague of Lying, Ghosting & Absurd Demands with Rick Girard of Stride Search Inc.

Juggling Fundraising While Building a Strong Team with Bruce Watanabe of PowerBuy