Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

Finding the right seat: matching people to roles they love

EOS Worldwide September 21, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 8

• Good values fit alone doesn't mean someone will perform well
• Right seat = work someone loves doing and executes well
• Misplaced employees hurt both themselves and the organisation

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

Hiring for add vs. fit: finding candidates who drive growth

HR Party of One September 14, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

• Fit hires do the job; add hires measurably improve outcomes.
• Five interview questions that reveal initiative, strategy, and results.
• Concrete answer examples show exactly how adds and fits differ.

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

Eight steps to finding a SaaS cofounder (and whether you need one)

Rob Walling September 10, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Equity & cap tables 7

Goal setting 5

• Complementary skill sets, not shared ones, define successful cofounder partnerships.
• Legal agreement with vesting schedule is mandatory — skip it at your peril.
• Most bootstrapped companies are solo-founded; a cofounder is optional, not required.

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

Behavior-based hiring: what it is and how it improves retention

HR Party of One September 5, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Management 5

• A strong resume can hide a bad leader — behavior reveals the truth
• Four interview questions that uncover real workplace behaviors
• Mismatched role fit is a leading driver of preventable turnover

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

The seven types of COO and how to find the right one

Cameron Herold August 2, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Management 7

Business operating systems 5

• No two COOs have the same job — the role is defined by the CEO
• Seven distinct COO archetypes from Executor to Heir Apparent
• Start the COO search with the CEO's gaps, not the candidate

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

How to hire, integrate acquisitions, and retain key employees

Cameron Herold July 30, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Business models 6

Culture building 5

• Polarising job postings cut bad hires before the interview starts.
• Acquire companies fast, cheap — integrate culture first, systems last.
• Retention is individual: bespoke ladders beat golden handcuff programs.

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

Blitzscaling in practice: growth stages, transitions, and when to stop

EO July 21, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 8

Pivoting 8

Culture building 7

• Your company is a different company at each order of magnitude
• Twitter kept hiring after hitting its user ceiling — a fatal mistake
• Downturns widen the gap: competitors retrench, talent gets cheaper

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

Boomerang hires: pros, cons, and how to onboard them

HR Party of One July 18, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Processes & SOPs 5

• Known work ethic and faster ramp-up cut hiring risk.
• Unresolved exit issues can quietly poison team morale.
• Full onboarding still required — even for returning employees.

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

How to find, hire, and partner with the right second-in-command

Cameron Herold July 10, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Business operating systems 7

Culture building 6

• Great COOs aren't job hunting — you have to poach them.
• The integrator tiebreaker model breaks down past 50 employees.
• Define yourself first; your gaps become the COO job spec.

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Management

YouTube

How to convince resistant leaders that organizational evolution is necessary

Cameron Herold July 5, 2023

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Management 8

Hiring & recruitment 6

• 30 years of experience is often five years repeated with no growth
• Private lunches with blunt data points beat direct confrontation
• A tech-savvy junior hire can outperform a stagnant veteran leader

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

How to fix compensation and title inflation in a fast-growing team

Dan Martell July 3, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 8

Management 7

Processes & SOPs 6

• Inflated titles create pay gaps that trap founders in awkward negotiations.
• A compensation audit against market rates exposes who's over- or under-paid.
• Milestone-based L&D plans turn title gaps into a growth roadmap employees accept.

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

Why your workforce needs veterans and how to hire them

HR Party of One June 29, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

• 27–44% of veterans struggle to transition — your hiring helps
• Military service builds discipline, adaptability, and composure under pressure
• Federal tax credits up to $9,600 per qualifying veteran hire

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

How to build a marketing team of top revenue-driving performers

Neil Patel June 26, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Retention & culture 7

• Top marketers are defined by revenue impact, not vanity metrics.
• Repeated promotions across competitors are the best hiring signal.
• Retain top performers with equity, raises, and direct recognition.

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Hiring & recruitment

Podcast

Building high-performing teams: lessons from Dropbox, Canva, and Webflow

Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth June 18, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Processes & SOPs 6

Growth hacking 6

• Caring deeply about people and driving results are not mutually exclusive.
• Hiring first-principles thinkers beats hiring experienced specialists at every stage.
• Starting growth late and copying others' playbooks are the costliest early mistakes.

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Hiring & recruitment

YouTube

How to Build a Perfect Team Using Military Structure

KeyPersonOfInfluence June 15, 2023

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Hiring & recruitment 9

Processes & SOPs 7

• Team size follows military stages: 2, 4, then 8 people.
• Each stage targets a revenue milestone up to six-figure profit.
• The business must earn profit beyond what individuals take home.

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