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?? The $2M mistake nobody talks about in GTM and Tech Why 40-70% of executive hires fail → Tech companies will spend $5.6B on executive recruiting this year. Most will fail within 18 months. Here's what top companies learned the hard way The 5 questions that separate great leaders from great presenters: "Walk me through a bet you made that failed spectacularly" This reveals more than 10 success stories ? Tobias Lütke rejects anyone who can't answer this "What's the hardest pivot you've led a team through?" ? After asking this 2,700 times, Stripe found only 12% give real answers ? Most talk strategy, few talk people "How do you make decisions when your team disagrees with the data?" ? Question that transformed Microsoft's leadership pipeline ? Satya Nadella uses this to test intellectual honesty "In your first 90 days, how would you know your existing team is B+ players?" ? Reveals builders vs breakers ? Inspired by Netflix's "keeper test" "Tell me about losing your best performer to a competitor" ? Tests ego and learning ability ? Meta's leadership assessment cornerstone ?? The brutal reality: → Up to 70% of executive hires fail within 18 months → Replacing a failed exec costs 213% of their salary → For a $400K exec, that's $852,000 in replacement costs → Plus millions in lost momentum, team turnover, and missed opportunities ?? Learn from the legends who cracked the code: → Laszlo Bock (Ex-Google HR) ? Built Google's hiring engine from 3,000 to 53,000 → Jeff Weiner ? Scaled LinkedIn from 400 to 16,000 employees ? Mastered "Compassionate Leadership" at scale → Patty McCord (Ex-Netflix CPO) ? Co-created the famous Netflix Culture Deck → Adam Grant (Organizational Psychologist) ? Wrote the book on evidence-based hiring → Claudine Cheever (Ex-Facebook VP) ? Architected Facebook's leadership engine → Kim Scott (Created Radical Candor) ? Scaled AdSense, YouTube & Google Docs ? Rewrote feedback rules for tech What's working now: → Structured scoring (min 4/5 on each question) → Peer panel interviews → Real-world scenarios over hypotheticals → Reference checks with former direct reports Real metrics from companies using this framework: → 3.2x higher executive retention → 66% faster time to full productivity → 88% reduction in team turnover under new leaders → 213% ROI on hiring process investment Save this thread. Your board will thank you. Your team will thank you. Your runway will thank you. Happy Sunday! ?? Want more breakdowns like this? I write weekly about: → GTM strategy that actually works → Content that builds authority → B2B SaaS playbooks → Data-driven growth Follow along for more insights! #Tech #Leadership #Hiring #StartupLife
Brilliant point about Microsoft's approach to testing intellectual honesty, Joseph Abraham. The question about disagreeing with data has become crucial in our AI-driven world.
Questions like these dig deep into how candidates handle uncertainty, tough pivots, and talent retention. Leadership is more than strategy; it’s about people.
Joseph Abraham, your framework for assessing how candidates handle losing top performers to competitors reveals so much about their leadership style and ego management.
Joseph Abraham, the Tobias Lütke approach to failure stories is game-changing. We've started asking candidates to share their biggest mistakes first, and it's remarkable how quickly it separates authentic leaders from polished presenters.
The Laszlo Bock hiring engine metrics you shared are fascinating, Joseph Abraham. We've adapted Google's growth framework from 3,000 to 53,000 employees for our mid-sized company, and the principles scale surprisingly well.
The connection you drew between quick executive ramping and reference quality is brilliant, Joseph Abraham. We're now spending twice as long on references and seeing better outcomes.
Your approach to testing intellectual honesty through data disagreement scenarios is gold, Joseph Abraham. It's becoming our most revealing interview question.
The way you've integrated Satya Nadella's intellectual honesty test with practical decision-making scenarios is brilliant, Joseph Abraham. We're seeing candidates struggle most with explaining their thought process during team disagreements.
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4 个月Your insights about testing for compassionate leadership at scale are invaluable, Joseph Abraham. The balance between empathy and execution is crucial in today's tech environment.