In this episode, Mike talks to George Randle, Managing Partner at EF Overwatch and Co-Author of Talent War.
Questions Answered:
- What inspired the book?
- Why do we fall into the trap of thinking industry experience is critical?
- Why do HR professionals struggle with pushing back?
- What is effective intelligence?
- What is resilience?
- What is Hire for Character, Train for Skill?
Key Takeaways:
- Drive home the point that it is critical to have people with the 9 character attributes we talk about in the book.
- Look at your company through the lens of talent.
- If we know the problem we solve for, we have much more context for the role we are trying to fill.
- How many leaders actually know what is making someone successful?
- Effective Intelligence - a person’s ability to apply their knowledge to real world scenarios.
- Resilience - the ability to get back up and keep going after a failure.
- B and C level players don’t have the ability to see A level players.
- A level players have team ability
- Character attributes are more predictive of success than previous experience or skills
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