Lincoln: Hiring skilled skeptics yields better retention than hiring brand superfans
Sadie Lincoln · Live From The HIBT Summit: Cynt Marshall, Chieh Huang, and Sadie Lincoln on Leadership · Jun 24, 2021 · at 28:40
Sadie Lincoln, founder and CEO of barre3, shares lessons on recruiting strategy and talent retention during a panel on leadership.
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“I think for a while there I was trending towards hiring people because they were so endeared to the brand. And in the long view, that didn't really serve them. You know, finding people who had the skill, who maybe questioned what we were doing, and wanted to move us forward tends to be the team members who stay the longest, who are the happiest, and have a longer life with us.”
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