Leadership 2

Unit II Hiring Transcript

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Dr. Sonya Rogers: In this unit, we will discuss the role of leadership, and

how leaders can determine what trainings are needed to make sure that

their followers know exactly how to perform well. So Dr. Hargadon, what

would you say it's important for leaders to consider when they are trying to

hire the right people for a job?

Dr. John Hargadon: So there's actually quite a few variables to take into

consideration when you're trying to hire the right person for a position. The

first, of course, is the person's background. Do they have the skills,

experience necessary? Even if they've not necessarily held that specific

position before, have they held similar positions? Or their skills might be

transferable, or have they demonstrated an ability to be highly trainable and

so that they can pick up the skills pretty easily.

But even potentially more important than technical skills might be sort of

people skills, soft skills they call it. So that they are able to interact with

their teammates, if there's any kind of conflict that they have if they've

demonstrated

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inability to effectively resolve conflicts within their group and the team to

understand the importance of the team's success as opposed to having a

personal focus. And then of course, the final piece is do they fit with the

culture? What is it that the culture values? What is it that the organization

values?

And how does that fit into the culture, and does the individual that we're

looking to potentially hire into this position have the demeanor and the type

of personality that we're looking for? Some organizations are highly

competitive, and they're looking for somebody who's gonna be super

competitive. Other organizations are gonna be a little bit less competitive, a

little bit more family orientated.

And so each organization is going to be different and individual, and not one

of them is not necessarily right or wrong. But as you're going through that

hiring process you definitely want to keep all of the skills, the ability to

interact with the team, and the team dynamics as well as a fit for the culture

of the organization.

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Sonya: And it's not always easy to tell from the beginning if they will be a

perfect fit.

John: Right, and so perfect fits are going to be hard to find, of course, but

working with individuals within a team to try to come up with interview

methods to try to figure out how to determine whether or not that person's

going to fit with the culture.

And then also you can assign mentors, and you can do some things with

them once they're brought on board to help them assimilate into the culture

of the particular organization. So it's not just the hiring process, it's the

hiring, the onboarding, and then through the entire training evolution that

culture can be instilled in that individual.

Sonya: And I think that's very important, and it's not just the main

supervisor who does the hiring; it's everybody combined that make a team

effort to ensure all parties are working together so that everything is a

positive result at the end.

John: That's it.