How To Hire Better: Know The Workforce You Already Have

Most companies describe the person they want to hire, not the work that actually needs doing. And that gap is where bad hires, stalled internal mobility, and disengaged employees pile up. Today, Erika and Heiko are joined by Lou Adler, CEO of Performance Based Hiring Learning Systems and one of the loudest voices challenging how companies evaluate talent. Lou's been doing this since 1978, and his core argument is still the same: job descriptions should describe outcomes, not credentials. Rate of growth beats years of experience. Together we dig into why hiring managers should own the hiring decision (and the failure), how to spot hidden talent in your existing workforce, what "scope, scale, and complexity" actually looks like as a measurement, and why the individual development plan is your ticket to move, not a nice-to-have on your performance review. If you're the HR leader who's tired of hiring strangers when you haven't looked at your own people yet, this one's for you. -- You can talk to Workerbee 24/7 at workerbee.ai. Follow Workerbee on LinkedIn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.