How a Hiring Operating System is the Key to 10x Your Business with Rick Solo (Han’s little brother?) of Stride Search Inc.

We can all agree that the only way to 10 or 100x your company is to hire the strongest people. So, what are the strongest people? 

The strongest person for your company is a person who aligns with your values first. They understand the mission and they have a strong desire to impact the business because it benefits them first. 

Understanding the person across the table does not happen by chance but by a systematic approach to your interview that is designed to gather concrete evidence. 

The smartest companies know that cultural alignment is far more critical to a successful hire than merely a person’s skills. 

Today we discuss:

The value & pitfalls of a hiring system

How to implement a hiring operating system into your company

What is a hiring operating system?  The step by step process by which your company successfully hires.

Challenge today?

In any market, care needs to be taken when hiring

Right person, Right seat … Jim Collins - Good to Great

Time pressure

Hiring is a guessing game

Likability/commonality

Skills

Bias - educational background, company history (assumed success)

People hired are not properly positioned for your unique company

Builder, Improver, Maintainer

Hiring Process is common, weak or unorganized - Key indicator of how the business is run

People are systems resistant. 

Systems are the key to success

Why is this important to the company?

Operating Systems 

Save time & money

provide structure & clarity

Build accountability

Build effective practices 

Attract talent

A- players are drawn to successful opportunities

Systems Win

Business operating systems (EOS, scaling up, Strategic Coach, MAP)

IDC: Companies lose 20-30 percent of revenue each year due to ineffective business practices

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/286084

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffboss/2016/11/01/5-ways-your-business-processes-could-be-hurting-your-business/?sh=6b39e50452e9

How do you build your hiring operating system?

Foundation

Values first

Own it- embrace the truth

Be transparent about the Good & Bad 

No one believes your company is perfect

Build Interview Question Library

Craft Behavioral questions (2-3)

Determine **Knockouts

Agree on questions

Establish Interview Structure

Timeline Commitment

Define Format

Outreach / Application

Intake Process - discovery call

Interview

Assessments/Tests (not too soon)

Decision

Build Job Description Template

Understand Performance Metrics

Build Call to Action Questions

Assign Questions 

to Interviewer position (order of importance)

Assemble Interview Team

3 teams of X

Execution

Rules of engagement

Discovery/Screening call

Assessment over Resume

Time up front saves pain in the end

non-transactional

TRAINING!!! 

Behavioral Interview

Bias annihilation

Knock Out’s

Role playing exercise

Interview question tweaking

Iteration of follow up questions

Solidify questions

Logging data

Wrapping up interview & Handoff

Gather feedback

Dismissal 

Role Playing wrap up

Key Takeaways -Value:

Systems -breed success and eliminate all the things that keep you up at night

Prioritize owning a hiring operating system that attracts the strongest people to your business 

Train your people how to interview to gather evidence to support the hire

Links

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-girard-07722/

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