How To Avoid Bad Hires and Discover Hidden Talent

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How To Avoid Bad Hires and Discover Hidden Talent

Hosted by Dave Kline and Marsden Kline

442 students

What you'll learn

How to visualize excellence in any role

You need more than a generic job description.

How to develop a rubric to guide your interviewers

Consistency beats creativity when trying to find top talent.

How to ask questions and get authentic, unrehearsed answers

Learn the 5 ways to get candidates to let down their guard and let you in

Why this topic matters

You pay for every hiring mistakes three times: money spent on recruiting, time wasted on training and the morale drain on your team. The primary cause? Mediocre interviews. You can keep doing the same thing and eventually you'll get lucky. Or you can borrow the playbook I honed while conducting 1000s of interviews as the head of executive recruiting at Bridgewater.

You'll learn from

Dave Kline

Founder of MGMT Accelerator, former Bridgewater, Moody's, PwC

For 20+ years, Dave led high-performing divisions at Bridgewater & Moody's and has trained thousands of leaders on the playbook for leading high-performance teams.

Marsden Kline

Founder of MGMT Accelerator, former Google, Goldman Sachs, Compass

Mar's superpower is her ability to build meaningful relationships. She's worked with top executives at Goldman Sachs, managed nine-figure sales accounts at Google, and built a roster of clients at Compass. She's done the same with the 1100+ leaders in the MGMT Accelerator community.

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