May 11, 2014

Show 485 - How to Succeed with Your People Decisions

The Engaging Brand podcast covers social marketing, business ideas and brand marketing tips.

Anna Farmery talks to Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, senior adviser at global executive search firm Egon Zehnder about the forthcoming It's Not the How or the What but the Who:  Succeed by Surrounding Yourself with the Best (Harvard Business Review Press, 2014).

It was a wonderful discussion that covered:

  • What is the definition of talent?
  • Where the word headhunter comes from and why headhunting does not always work.
  • Why looking for the perfect person to fit a role is wrong - whether for a leadership role or a friendship role in your life.
  • How interviews are a "conversations between two liars"
  • How we need to take responsibility for our own career.
  • How rearing calves taught Claudio a valuable recruitment lesson!
  • The key skill of customer impact - the best skill you can show and find.
  • Have you got a 'forestry strategy' for your company? An inertia on addressing talent problems.

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