Today’s episode is all about Hiring, one of the most important core competencies for any CEO to possess. Our guest today is one of the world’s foremost experts on the subject, and somebody who completely changed how I made every senior hire in my own company:

Randy Street is the Vice Chairman of ghSMART, a global consulting firm that helps CEOs, boards, and investors build valuable companies specifically through hiring and developing world class leadership teams.

Randy co-authored a seminal book on hiring, entitled "Who: The A Method for Hiring", which I believe to be required reading for all entrepreneurs and CEOs running SMBs. The very specific interviewing & hiring method that he details within the book ("Topgrading") has changed the way that hundreds of thousands of CEOs globally evaluate and hire world-class talent. The book quickly become a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly best seller, and has earned critical acclaim from countless other publications.

In our discussion today, we discuss how to evaluate people & teams that you haven’t personally hired, the importance of the onboarding process, lessons from 30+ years of working with CEOs and management teams, compensation, how to address conflicts between members of your leadership team, and so much more.

Please enjoy!



Randy Street: Pioneer of the Topgrading Hiring Method & Co-Author of “Who: The A-Method for Hiring”