Top 10 Executive Hiring Blunders

If you’ve been around for more than a few years, you are likely to recall occasions when a new hire was made for a senior role and the person turned out to be the colleague from hell.

Whose fault is it when the person you hired to overhaul the entire organisational IT system turns out to be short-tempered, a hopeless communicator and makes enemies of numerous department heads before the first month is up? Read more

It’s hard to recruit high performers in a poor economy

As Jack Welch (former CEO & Chairman of General Electric) said; “Business is like a sports team; to win, you have to field the best talent“.

It’s quite a paradox that in a downturn, it’s harder to find A-players to hire. Companies forced by its management to cut salary offers is not going to get A-players with small purses. They would need to settle for B or C-players, which isn’t the smartest move because any company should be focused on performance as opposed to mediocrity. Read more