If you’re a successful entrepreneur who’s scaled your business, you’ve likely got more than a few battle scars and war stories from making the wrong hiring decisions. Just about every CEO has made a wrong hire, which, according to the Gallup organization, can cost a company two times the employee’s annual salary—and that’s a conservative estimate. Making the right hire, especially for a position as vital as Chief Operating Officer, or any key leadership position, can also mean the difference between exponential growth and culture damage, says the author of a ground-breaking new book, Revealed – Insider Secrets to Hiring Your #2 Leader, by Alec Broadfoot.
Broadfoot contends that hiring for entrepreneurial-led companies requires an extra special set of expertise that most search firms simply don’t have, which is why he decided to bridge the gap with his book. “Entrepreneur visionaries move at the speed of light with their ideas and action items and not everyone can thrive in this kind of fast-paced environment, especially a second-in-command who needs to complement the skills of the entrepreneur rather than mimic them,” says Broadfoot. “Writing a job description and hoping that the right person will see it, apply, and interview based on their resume is unfortunately how many recruitment firms approach hiring. It’s a very outdated, cookie-cutter approach.”
The far better alternative, according to Broadfoot, is for entrepreneurs to first get clear about what kind of attributes their number two hire needs to have, and then to use a more innovative and thorough science-based method to identify, attract, and test-drive them instead.
Alec Broadfoot’s new book Revealed – Insider Secrets to Hiring Your #2 Leader is published by Lunch Break Books and is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle. For more information on VisionSpark, visit https://www.VisionSparkSearch.com.
About Alec Broadfoot and VisionSpark
Alec Broadfoot is the Visionary and Founder of VisionSpark—a cutting-edge search firm dedicated to identifying, attracting, and retaining exceptional talent for organizations seeking to achieve extraordinary success. For more than a decade VisionSpark has helped hundreds of entrepreneurial companies hire key leaders. With the highest placement rate in the industry, VisionSpark is recognized in the Inc. 5000™ Regionals as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Midwest. Alec is a frequent speaker at Vistage International, Conference for Companies running on EOS®, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, J.P Morgan Chase®, and various podcasts and webinars with organizations like Strategic Coach®.
About Lunch Break Books
Lunch Break Books is a boutique publishing firm that specializes in helping entrepreneurs, c-suite executives and business owners become thought leaders and published authors so they can ignite the world with their ideas, passion and genius. Visit http://www.LunchBreakBooks.com for more information.
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