Week 51 Day 3: The Person You Hired Who You Knew Was Wrong

There is a specific kind of hiring failure that haunts leaders: the hire you made when something in your gut said no, but you talked yourself into yes. The resume was strong. The interview was adequat...

There is a specific kind of hiring failure that haunts leaders: the hire you made when something in your gut said no, but you talked yourself into yes. The resume was strong. The interview was adequate. The team needed someone. And so you overrode the signal because the cost of not hiring felt larger than the risk of hiring wrong.