Negar RiazatiChief Executive Officer (CEO) Australia & Asia Region at Performia Australia

The Biggest Cost in My Business Was Hiring the Wrong People | Anthony Peluso

8 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this short talk, Anthony Peluso shares his past fear of hiring—worrying that new employees would be screw‑ups, quit quickly, and leave him to redo the work. He explains that his hiring approach was wrong because he focused on the wrong factors. Peluso identifies two key attributes for successful hires: productivity and a great personality. Such performers not only lighten the owner’s workload but also embrace the company’s vision, make work enjoyable, and accelerate growth. He promotes a training program designed to help business owners attract these people, automate operations, and ultimately remove the owner from day‑to‑day tasks. With the business running on autopilot, owners can redirect profits toward long‑term goals such as funding their retirement and supporting their families.

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I used to think it was really scary employing people. I'm going to employ someone, they're going to be a screw-up. Why go through all the hassle of employing someone only to have them leave 3 months later and I've just got to do all the work again myself? That's the way I used to think because the way I was hiring people was wrong. I was looking at the wrong things. Performio get you to focus on many things, but there's 2 key things that stand out. You want productive people. You want performers. with great personalities is these people come in and they help you, the business owner, get to where you want to get to faster. They take the workload off you. They embrace your vision. They forward your goals and your purposes, and they make business fun. No longer becomes this drag that you can't confront on a Monday morning and you're hanging out for Friday afternoon. They make it fun. You need to understand, how do I get these people? Because they are out there. You want to have a look at this training because it's really designed to set the business up on autopilot. Get you, the business owner, out of the business. The business does better without you in the business. Imagine that. And then you could invest your profits into things that fund you and your family's retirement.