Unlock Success: Hire Only A Players for Your Team

Name: Unlock Success: Hire Only A Players for Your Team
Uploaded: 2024-10-27T12:06:22+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Jason M. Lemkin
Description: In this brief excerpt, the speaker cites a lesson from one of the Stripe brothers that emphasizes a strict hiring philosophy: only recruit A‑players and…

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In this brief excerpt, the speaker cites a lesson from one of the Stripe brothers that emphasizes a strict hiring philosophy: only recruit A‑players and avoid B‑players entirely. To achieve this, a company must be willing to accept a longer hiring cycle, tolerating the delay in filling positions. The true test of commitment to building an A‑team is demonstrated when, despite the slowdown, the organization continues to source candidates until it finds someone who truly meets the A‑player standard.

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I heard one of the Stripe brothers make this point in a lecture, which is, you know, the takeaway is don't hire B players, just hire A players. And people kind of know that, but the point he made was to actually be able to do that in your company, you have to be okay with taking it, taking way longer to get the next person than you want to take. And the real test to are you going to be committed to hiring an A-team is in that moment being like, we're still going. We just got to keep bringing people in until I find somebody that I really believe is an A, A, A.