Great People Decisions

We invest a lot of time deciding what to buy, we have processes to evaluate software, tools, products, but we are rather impulsive in hiring people. Ok, so I am biased - my friend Beat invited me to Claudio Fernandez Araoz talk where he presented his book "Great People Decisions", and the food was good, the wine was good (as we would expect from an executive search firm), but also his presentation was good!

Claudio Araoz delivers a great book, a good read, with a clear process to start off to figure out what qualifications you need, how to look for a candidate (inside and external), and how to assess the prospect.

Moreover, just because you made your guy an offer does not mean you are done, you also want to make sure that you understand the candidates motivation and then integrate him (or her) successfully in your organization, a whole chapter in its own right. Anyway you see it, the fact is that you can make or kill organizations by people decisions, this book helps you to improve your process.