Today I'm doing a podcast with my friend Dick Hardy, founder of The Hardy Group. Dick is a great guy with tons of energy. He loves to partner with pastors and local churches, especially during times of staff and leadership transition. I had lunch with Dick last week when I was in Springfield MO and he asked me to share some of my thoughts on best practices when it comes to hiring new staff at a local church.
Here are some basic highlights:
- The people you hire will determine the level of your success
- Hire slow, fire fast
- Hiring superior people is a learned skill. That gives me hope.
- The best interviewers don't make the best employees.
- Boring job descriptions usually attract the worst candidates
- Clarity on what you want the new hire to do is critical
- Develop a hiring system that enables you to hire the best people
- Never hire an inexperienced person for an important job
