Courageous Leadership

Chapter 8

Develop the Recruitment Criteria and Select the Change Facilitators

There are three types of people in this world: those that make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.

—Mary Kay Ash

Once the job descriptions are ready, you need to develop recruitment criteria, internal and external job postings, and an advertising plan to attract the right talent. Then you must design the interview and selection process. Design a process that tests candidates not only on their experience, knowledge, and skills, but also on their attitudes and behaviors. In the words of Tom Peters, “Hire for attitude. Train for skills.” Use scenarios, simulations, and/or personality tests to select the candidate who is expected ...