Balanced Hiring: How To Balance Culture And Competence. (The Worksheet)
*Upon request, this month I will give you one worksheet and walk you through how to use it over the following weeks
When it comes to hiring, most people fall into one of three camps:
- “If they have the technical skills, everything else will fall into place.”
- “If they’re a cultural fit, the rest will work out.”
- “If it feels right, that’s enough.”
Hiring approach
These instincts aren’t wrong—but relying on just one can lead to trouble.
- If you hire only for technical skill, you risk a team that doesn’t gel
- If you hire only for cultural fit, you might lack diverse skills and views
- If you hire only based on instinct, you’re likely to miss out on both talent and cohesion.
Hiring balance
The truth is you want to consider all three points — skill, culture, connection — and find the right amount of each in your candidates.
Each person is more than one thing, and each role requires more than one thing.
Hiring worksheet
With this month’s* worksheet you will list
- 3 guiding principles for your business
- behaviors that support those principles
- 3 guiding principles for the role you are hiring
- behaviors that support those principles
- The level of technical skill required for the job
And use that as your guide to evaluate candidates.
What next
How well defined are the roles in your business? It is time to redesign your organizational chart, contact me to learn more.
Not sure how to define behaviors for your company’s guiding principles? Come back next week to find out.