In this final episode of this 3-part series, I speak about senior hires and the most important thing to find when bringing people into your business.

This is a must-listen for anyone who is thinking of hiring, or has hired and wants to learn more about the ins and outs of scaling a business through people.

If you’re interested in submitting a question for me to answer in a future episode, please fill out the form at OliverCookson.com or tweet me @OliverCookson.

Reach me on my other social channels here:
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Timestamps:

2:45 - 10:30 - Making my first senior hires

10:30 - 12:10 - Making your people work well together

12:10 - 17:35 - The interview process

Throughout August, I received a lot of questions around hiring.

The topic and answer deserves a lot of detail, and last week I started to go into it on what was the first of a 3-part episode run on how to hire for scaling a business, and here is the second part.

This is a must-listen for anyone who is thinking of hiring, or has hired and wants to learn more about the ins and outs of scaling a business through people.

If you’re interested in submitting a question for me to answer in a future episode, please fill out the form at OliverCookson.com or tweet me @OliverCookson.

Reach me on my other social channels here:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivercookson/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/olivercookson
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mrolivercookson/

Timestamps:

1:50 - 2:36 - Why sales and marketing hires came last

2:36 - 5:20 - Advice for your early hires

5:20 - 8:10 - What makes a bad hire

8:10 - 9:30 - The danger in recruiting people too quickly

9:30 - 13:00 - The importance of passion in a hire

13:00 - 16:35 - What company culture should be focused on

Without question, one of the most important factors in the success of any business is your ability to hire the right people.

With this being such an important topic, I wanted to cover it in depth and have made this a 3-part episode, with the first episode being the start of covering the hiring process.

This is a must-listen for anyone who is thinking of hiring, or has hired and wants to learn more about the ins and outs of scaling a business through people.

If you’re interested in submitting a question for me to answer in a future episode, please fill out the form at OliverCookson.com or tweet me @OliverCookson.

Reach me on my other social channels here:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivercookson/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/olivercookson
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mrolivercookson/

Timestamps:

0:00 - 5:29 - Intro

5:30 - 8:27 - The importance of hiring

8:27 - 9:30 - Why you would hire and understanding yourself

9:31 - 15:07 - The first hires at Myprotein