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Lesson 4

Hiring Well

A great hire can change your team’s trajectory. Learn how to build hiring processes that prioritize cultural fit, curiosity, and long-term potential.

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Hiring for Attitude, Training for Aptitude

Hiring is a team sport. In this lesson, Jon shows how to involve your team in candidate evaluation and create structured hiring practices that surface not just skill, but alignment with your company’s values. You’ll see how to assess soft skills, build onboarding plans, and create systems that turn potential into performance.

Lesson Contents

  • Learn how to evaluate attitude and cultural fit during hiring
  • Involve team members in candidate evaluation for alignment
  • Build onboarding plans that accelerate confidence and contribution

Reflection Questions:

Reflection:

Who are the best 5 hires your team has made? What qualities did they have? This will help you clarify the qualities that will be most successful in future hires.

Have you defined what a successful hire looks like? If you haven’t defined it yet, take a moment to brainstorm how you’ll measure success in new hires.

Lesson 4

Hiring Well

A great hire can change your team’s trajectory. Learn how to build hiring processes that prioritize cultural fit, curiosity, and long-term potential.

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Download the Course Guide

Hiring for Attitude, Training for Aptitude

Hiring is a team sport. In this lesson, Jon shows how to involve your team in candidate evaluation and create structured hiring practices that surface not just skill, but alignment with your company’s values. You’ll see how to assess soft skills, build onboarding plans, and create systems that turn potential into performance.

Lesson Contents

  • Learn how to evaluate attitude and cultural fit during hiring
  • Involve team members in candidate evaluation for alignment
  • Build onboarding plans that accelerate confidence and contribution

Reflection:

Who are the best 5 hires your team has made? What qualities did they have? This will help you clarify the qualities that will be most successful in future hires.

Have you defined what a successful hire looks like? If you haven’t defined it yet, take a moment to brainstorm how you’ll measure success in new hires.

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