In this episode, Mike talks to George Randle, Managing Partner at EF Overwatch and Co-Author of Talent War.

Questions Answered:

• What inspired the book?
• Why do we fall into the trap of thinking industry experience is critical?
• Why do HR professionals struggle with pushing back?
• What is effective intelligence?
• What is resilience?
• What is Hire for Character, Train for Skill?

Key Takeaways:

• Drive home the point that it is critical to have people with the 9 character attributes we talk about in the book.
• Look at your company through the lens of talent.
• If we know the problem we solve for, we have much more context for the role we are trying to fill.
• How many leaders actually know what is making someone successful?
• Effective Intelligence - a person’s ability to apply their knowledge to real world scenarios.
• Resilience - the ability to get back up and keep going after a failure.
• B and C level players don’t have the ability to see A level players.
• A level players have team ability
• Character attributes are more predictive of success than previous experience or skills

Show Links: 

• George Randle on LinkedIn
• Talent War
• EF Overwatch
• EF Overwatch on LinkedIn

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