New Hires
topic on 3 shows · 9 statements across 8 episodes
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9 statements about New Hires, every show
Gibson: New Hires Over-Index on New Ideas Over Execution
“One thing that people do when they join a company is sometimes they try and rely too much on I'm going to bring completely new ideas rather than executing on what the team really need them to get done. I would say a lot of our time goes into, we just need to e…”
Chellappa: 46% of New Hires Fail Within 18 Months
“46% of the time, People fail in 18 months. Any hire you do.”
Chellappa: You know within six to eight weeks if a hire will work out
“In six to eight weeks, you know the person's gonna work out on that. Every single time. Every single time I've had to let a person go, even a year later, I knew within six to eight weeks if that person wasn't going to work.”
Levine: Managers should ask if they would rehire employees at 30 days
“Every time that you hire someone new, what I really want you to do is mark your calendars for 30 days down the road, and ask yourself one question.
Knowing what I know today, would I hire this person?
At the end of the day, I'd like to nail that into
Yes or no…”
Blond: Having early performance conversations with a hire is a red flag
“If you're having sort of like performance expectation conversations really early on, you know, I think that is a bit of a red flag but you know, not it's not one size fits all, once again.”
Sanwal: New hires you don't love immediately won't improve over time
“If you don't love them when they join, you're definitely not gonna love them in six months.”
Big Tech success does not guarantee success at new startups
“They get somebody from Amazon, they get somebody from Stripe, somebody that's clearly experienced what good looks like. But then they assume that just because they were successful there, that they're going to be successful in our company. And that's not a true…”
Loganov: CEOs should ask existing reps for direct feedback on new sales hires
“And your job as the CEO is actually to make sure that you go and practically ask them, ask all of your team members, how do they feel about the new hire? What is the value that the new hire is delivering already? How is the new hire helping them up level and d…”