167: How to Hire the Best Fit, with Kelly Studer
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2014
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Kelly Studer
Dave mentioned episode #153 with Bill Bliss on How to Start with Succession Planning
“I got a bit of a reputation for being a tough, scary interviewer, and I learned over time that that wasn’t necessarily the best approach.” -Kelly Studer
Share some of your own vulnerability and have a real conversation about some of the work they may be involved in.
A great starting point is StrengthsFinder 2.0 Check out episode #89 with Steven Dosier on the Value of the StrengthsFinder Assessment.
“The only thing worse than training someone and losing them is not training them and keeping them.” -Zig Ziglar
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| 0:00.0 | Are you always hiring the perfect candidate or are you focusing on the best fit? |
| 0:06.0 | Yes, there's a difference and today you'll discover a new perspective on finding the right person for your team. |
| 0:13.0 | This is coaching for leaders episode 167. |
| 0:16.8 | Produced by Innovate Learning, |
| 0:19.2 | Maximizing Human Potential. human potential. Greetings to you from Orange County, California. |
| 0:28.0 | This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host Dave Stahoviac. |
| 0:33.0 | This is a weekly coaching show to help us all be better leaders |
| 0:37.0 | through improved communication, human relations, |
| 0:40.0 | and personal leadership. |
| 0:42.0 | Welcome back. I'm so glad that you've decided to tune in today |
| 0:46.9 | for another conversation about how to get the best out of others and of yourself. And today a conversation that I know is going to be |
| 0:57.5 | of value to so many people in the coaching for leaders community, which is how to hire the best the to do as leaders and I am glad to welcome to the show someone I've just recently |
| 1:16.7 | been introduced to who I know is going to help us with a lot of perspective on this |
| 1:21.5 | topic and that person is Kelly Studer. |
| 1:24.0 | Kelly is a career stylist and she helps people get out of their career rut so |
| 1:30.9 | they can achieve fulfillment and create more aliveness at work. |
| 1:35.3 | And she's had 15 years of recruitment and leadership experience in a lot of the technology and consulting organizations you've heard of, |
| 1:45.0 | Google, Salesforce.com, Sapient and Accenture. |
| 1:49.0 | She's reviewed thousands of resumes, conducted hundreds of interviews, and she's negotiated offers |
| 1:54.9 | for some of the toughest companies to get hired at. |
| 1:58.8 | And so I'm really glad that not only does she have a lot of wisdom on this but a lot of practical experience too. |
| 2:05.6 | Kelly, I'm so glad you're here. Welcome to coaching for leaders. |
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