Recruitment: A Process or a Lottery?
What do you look for when recruiting, and what really matters?
What type of person do you want to hire?
While hosting our Infinite Leaders: Live shows, a topic we often touch upon, crucial in any department or organisation is recruitment. One ‘bad egg’ can destroy a culture very quickly, undoing years of hard work.
Research
Simon Sinek, in The Infinite Game, researched what the US Navy SEAL’s want from when recruiting new members into their ranks. Special forces soldiers like the Navy SEAL’s are some of the highest performing teams on the planet. In his work with the SEAL’s, he asked them one question:
“How do you choose the guys that make it to SEAL Team 6”.
SEAL Team 6 is the best of the best. The SEAL’s drew the following graph:
Nobody wanted a low performer with low trust. Everyone wanted someone from the upper right section, a high performing leader, with high levels of trust.
When Simon asked them which type of person they want as a leader or teammate, they all said they would prefer someone on the right side of the chart than the…