Best Practices for Hiring an Interim CEO
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Best Practices for Hiring an Interim CEO

Having run several businesses, I'll say that the process to being a successful CEO in an interim situation includes attention to several key areas. But the change for the owner who is hiring the interim CEO is significant. This article outlines the foci of an interim CEO and also lays out the best practices for the ownership group. People There is a plethora of relationships that need...
November 26, 2020Posted inExecutive InsightsTags: ,
The “Opt-Out” Method Finds Great Employees
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The “Opt-Out” Method Finds Great Employees

As I write this post, I have a group of candidates taking an assessment for an open sales position in my company. This assessment is part of a larger process that I call the “opt-out” interview process. I didn’t come up with this idea. A colleague of mine explained it to me and I’m sold on this method. Opt-out is not the right method for every position...
August 10, 2020Posted inExecutive InsightsTags: ,
Hiring Good People not Fools
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Hiring Good People not Fools

(Download the Screening Tool here.) Ecclesiastes 10.5-6 says: There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler: Fools are put in many high positions while the rich occupy the low ones. This passage clearly teaches is that hiring a fool for a position of management and/or influence in your business instead of a non-fool (called “rich” in...
August 9, 2020Posted inExecutive InsightsTags: , ,