The Critical Shift to Performance-based Hiring with Lou Adler

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The right talent is key to a company's success. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ones who can make the most impact may not be the ones with the most number of years of expertise or the number of competencies listed in their resume. Therefore, companies must redefine their recruitment objectives to attract the perfect fit.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Companies need people who can perform the actual job, and it's time to change how they attract the key people they need.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of Fifth Dimensional Leadership, I interview Lou Adler. Lou is the CEO and Founder of Performance-based Hiring Learning Systems. It's a consulting, and training firm helping recruiters and hiring managers worldwide source, interview, and hire the strongest and most diverse talent. He is the author of the Amazon top-10 best-seller,</span> <strong><em>Hire With Your Head</em></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(John Wiley & Sons, 4th Edition, 2021),</span> <strong><em>The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired</em></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(Workbench Media, 2013), and LinkedIn Learning's Performance-based Hiring video training program (2016).</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before his executive search experience, Lou held senior operations and financial management positions at the Allen Group and Rockwell International's automotive and consumer electronics groups. He has an MBA from UCLA and a BS in Engineering from Clarkson University.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our conversation, Lou talks about the critical shift companies need to make in their recruiting process.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Things you will also learn in this episode:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Two Biggest Hiring Mistakes</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"