How to tell the talkers from the doers
April 27, 2017
Substance, style, and spotting bullshit in an interview
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You know your product team is failing — do you know why?
January 6, 2017
Would you believe me if I told you that it’s almost always the same, fixable thing?
Why it’s a mistake to hire superheroes
September 23, 2016
You haven’t hired someone who thrives in chaos. You’ve hired someone who sows chaos.
How fucked up is your management?
September 7, 2016
No one who takes management seriously, and does it well, finds this stuff easy. No one who’s been at it for very long imagines that there are shortcuts.
Valley Extraction — how to hire senior talent away from Silicon Valley in four easy steps
August 30, 2016
Here are four steps to loosen the Silicon Valley deathgrip on talent you’d like to recruit.
Privilege, illegal interviews, and burning curiosity
August 26, 2016
We need to start by acknowledging that many people, particularly minorities in tech, are not in a position to write a post about every sexist or illegal hiring practice they encounter.
How to kill your startup’s referral pipeline in a single interview
August 24, 2016
A busted recruiting process is a surefire way to dry up those referrals and chances are, you won’t find out until it’s already too late.
Your diversity problem isn’t the pipeline’s fault
August 21, 2016
Very few leaders I speak with are openly racist or sexist — most insist they’d love to build a more diverse team but…
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