Are you recruiting the best talent? | Issue #204
Seven reasons why you’re not recruiting the best people for your growing business
Recruiting talented people is the single most significant difference you can make to your business. It’s way more important than anything else. Get more A-Players into your company, and the pace will go up. Not only that, but your ability to deliver quality work for your customers will increase exponentially. There’s less stress about winning bigger projects because you know it will happen. In fact, there’s less worry all around.
Contrast this with having fewer A-Players. You start to drive towards efficiency, bureaucracy and repeatable processes. Your B and C-Players can’t cope with anything else. You stifle any thought or talent in your business when you do this. And you lose any good people that you still have.
So why aren’t you recruiting them?
How to Hack Growth Marketing with Kurve Founder & CEO, Oren Greenberg
If you’re struggling with your marketing efforts, or you’re concerned that what you’re doing isn’t working, or is a waste of time and money, then don’t miss Oren Greenberg, founder and CEO of Kurve, a digital marketing agency, on this episode of The Melting Pot.
Now, Oren may specialise in search marketing, but he splits his time between getting companies to rank in Google, and being a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer with FTSE 250 companies such as Canon, Investec Bank, Lenovo & HomeServe, and supporting a number of the world’s fastest scale-ups.
So, if you’re looking to hack growth marketing in your business, wondering where to spend your money – distribution or content, or don’t know where to start with building your marketing tech stack or even your marketing team, download and listen to this episode.
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MEANINGFUL ACTION FOR MONDAY
Ask yourself about your leadership team. Are they all A-Players?
Every month, you need to ask yourself these questions about your leadership team: ‘would you enthusiastically rehire them?’, ‘are they A-Players?’, and ‘do you believe your executive team are in the top 10% of available talent, given the job they do for you and the location they’re in?’
Your company can never outperform your leadership team, and if it’s not made of 100% of A-Players, your dreams will just be dreams. They won’t become a reality.
Webinar: Leading for Happiness – 6th September, 4 PM (BST)
Managing a team isn’t easy, but all the evidence shows that if you can build a happy team then everything goes better. Happy teams are more collaborative, creative and productive. They are also much less stressful to manage.
But how do you build happy successful teams?
Nic Marks, renowned statistician and happiness expert, will explore the evidence as well as offer insights, tips and guidance for leaders of teams big and small.
Rescheduled: CEO Bootcamp with Verne Harnish and Dominic Monkhouse – 28th -31st March, 2023
Limited to 10 CEOs and their #2s, a new and extremely valuable opportunity to spend small group time with the author of Scaling Up, Verne Harnish for three intense days of learning, sharing, and fun at the unspoiled and elegant, Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, near Bath (UK).
You will work one-on-one with Verne, and get exclusive access to his network and knowledge to help you achieve a major leap in your business.
Join us from 28th-31st March, 2023
Quote of the week
“People are not your most important asset. The right people are.”
Jim Collins
Dominic Monkhouse
Dominic offers business coaching and management development, strategy planning and organisational change, using tried and tested methods to launch your organisation onto an unparalleled growth trajectory. His programme is a function of his broad experience, his deep expertise and a proven process used by over 2,700 firms worldwide.