Who: The A Method for Hiring

Posted on 10 June 2017 by Geoff Smart

In this instant New York Times Bestseller, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls the single biggest problem in business today unsuccessful hiring The average hiring mistake costs a company 1.5 million or a year and countless wasted hours This statistic becomes even startling when you consider that the typical hiring success rate of managers is only 50 percent.The silver lining is that who problems are easily preventable Based on than 1,300 hours of interviews with than 20 billionaires and 300 CEOs, Who presents Smart and Street s A Method for Hiring Refined through the largest research study of its kind ever undertaken, the A Method stresses fundamental elements that anyone can implement and it has a 90 percent success rate.Whether you re a member of a board of directors looking for a new CEO, the owner of a small business searching for the right people to make your company grow, or a parent in need of a new babysitter, it s all about Who Inside you ll learn how to avoid common voodoo hiring methods define the outcomes you seek generate a flow of A Players to your team by implementing the 1 tactic used by successful businesspeople ask the right interview questions to dramatically improve your ability to quickly distinguish an A Player from a B or C candidate attract the person you want to hire, by emphasizing the points the candidate cares about mostIn business, you are who you hire In Who, Geoff Smart and Randy Street offer simple, easy to follow steps that will put the right people in place for optimal success. New Read Who: The A Method for Hiring Author Geoff Smart For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Who The A Method for Hiring by Geoff SmartOne third of this book is an advertisement for itself how great it is, how the methods are truly awesome, tested, etc.The book is for hiring CEOs and financial industry managers, not your day to day workers.The advice can be boiled down to a few principles 1 Prescreen the heck out of your applicants so you only use your valuable time interviewing only those who will fit the position.2 Ask a lot of questions that get the applicant off of their scrip Who The A Method for Hiring by Geoff SmartOne third of this book is an advertisement for itself how great it is, how the methods are truly awesome, tested, etc.The book is for hiring CEOs and financial industry managers, not your day to day workers.The advice can be boiled down to a few principles 1 Prescreen the heck out of your applicants so you only use your valuable time interviewing only those who will fit the position.2 Ask a lot of questions that get the applicant off of their scripts in order to identify both problem areas in the past and areas where the applicant fits ...This was recommended as THE book for hiring by Matt Mullenwegg the WordPress founder on his Tim Ferriss podcast.It starts from the basic premise that the Who is by far the most important decision in a company The Who help define the What, so to have a happierproductive life and company, you should invest a ton of time in hiring the right people And not hiring the wrong ones, or getting rid of them ASAP So even if you ve done loads of work in interviewing, and you find one thing slig This was recommended as THE book for hiring by Matt Mullenwegg the WordPress founder on his Tim Ferriss podcast.It starts from the basic premise that the Who is by far the most important decision in a company The Who help define the What, so to have a happierproductive life an...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Great book on hiring A players The keys to the successful hiring according to the book are in always be hiring constantly look for new leads, due to the high demand for A players need to get lot of leads as A players are about 10% or less the main source are workers, colleagues, partners, friends they should be aware that you are always looking for great players doing the proper and effective screening to put away B and C players measuring candidates by using scorecards and rely Great book on hiring A players The keys to the successful hiring according to the book are in always be hiring constantly look for new leads, due to the high demand for A players need to get lot of leads as A players are about 10% or less the main source are workers, colleagues, partners, friends they should be aware that you are always looking for great players doing the proper and effective screening to put away B and C players measuring candidates by using scorecards and rely on these scorecards when making decisions checking candidate s references lot of tips on better ways to check references, they also refer to Topgrading method including Threat of Reference method the book discusses different ways of doing a reference checks do not spend time on B and C players by recognizing red flags and stop signs lot of specific tips to recognize particular wor...HmmSound advice but the content isbefitting a blog post than a bookpadded like a high school English paper trying to hit a word countRead it because Gawande recommended it in his excellent Checklist Manifesto it s not terrible, but could be distilled into much less text and it s laced with advertisements for their consulting service Has some worthwhile methods, however the scorecard, topgrading, determining fit.Great read on implementing a highly effective hiring process that not only aids with recruiting A players, but also assists in improving review, promotion and success planning.If you re an employer, employee, person who makes a living working with others, or just interested in the people aspect of business, read this book._____________________________Notes____________________________Who is your number one problem Not what.Who mistakes happen when managers Are unclear ...a good recap of executive search tools This book shifts you hiring approach from subjective I like him he seems like a good guy to objective he fits a role by x%, he has these competencies which I needThis was a really good book full of very useful information for hiring and selecting people Whoever is reading this book all the important tidbits in the book are highlighted in grey boxes This book starts out by saying that recruiting is not easy so relying on simple strategies or not having a strategy does not work An example of no strategy is to invite someone for a chat with no preset questions or agenda Given that a strategy process for recruiting is important the authors specify the d This was a really good book full of very useful information for hiring and selecting people Whoever is reading this book all the important tidbits in the book are highlighted in grey boxes This book starts out by saying that recruiting is not easy so relying on simple strategies or not having a strategy does not work An example of no strategy is to invite someone for a chat with no preset questions or agenda Given that a strategy process for recruiting is important the authors specify the different types of interviews that are conducted Pre screening Main Focused interviewsFor each kind of interview the authors suggest some very good basic questions The rationale is that when you ask everyone the same questions it makes the interview processo...My boss asked me to read this It s basically a couple of blog posts stitched together with some redundant anecdotes and a bunch of unnecessary fluff Knowing there are people in the world out there who subscribe to this kind of thinking, who are hell bent on commoditizing and reducing people into A player hires, i...The method outlined in the book is sound, for the most part, and definitely would improve many hiring processes significantly However, the entire book reads like an ad for their company there s even a section promoting the workshops they offer at the end of the book It leaves a bit of a bad taste Also, it s interesting they don t mention how this scorecard helps with diversity hiring it levels the playing field to some extent, but they clearly aren t interested in that as much only 4 80 The method outlined in th...

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10 June 2017

Geoff Smart