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There are three criteria he instructs managers to consider when they are hiring: Will you admire this person? Will this person raise the average level of effectiveness of the group he or she is entering? Along what dimension might this person be a superstar?
Jeff Bezos • Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson
That is what it takes if you are serious about finding the absolutely best people and getting them on your team. If you are hiring truly great people, they are usually a lot of fun to be around, so this sort of recruiting is quite enjoyable too.
John Spence • Awesomely Simple: Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas Into Action
someone like myself is recruiting. . . . I’ve built a lot of my success off finding these truly gifted people and not settling for B and C players, but really going for the A players. It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell
Steven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
Superhuman | Acquired Podcast
acquired.fm“Only hire people who are better than you.”
Laszlo Bock • Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
One technique I learned, actually from Brian Chesky at Airbnb, is to go find the five best people in Silicon Valley that do that role, and just have coffee with them. And just chat. In that dialogue, I think you form an ability to benchmark the differences between an A+ and a B+, so that when you meet new candidates, actual candidates, you can tria
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