If you are currently interviewing or looking to add talent to your team, try looking past expertise and take these two qualities into account - people who show initiative and those that have been through adversity, why:
1/ Initiative is contagious.
2/ People with initiative are willing to learn new things, they’ll take on new responsibilities and master their role, all the while spreading their enthusiasm and willingness within their team. Especially in the early-stage startup environment, teams need willingness and hustle to flourish. Expertise is much harder to diffuse.
3 / To identify their initiative, ask candidates about what they were interested in and to what degree did they pursue these interests? This could be anything from painting to knitting, the more obsessed someone is with something, the more they are motivated to learn.
4/ Overcoming adversity brings maturity.
5/ People who have overcome adversity have courage, can stomach ambiguity, and have a track record of beating the odds. These are all critical qualities for early-stage founding team members. These qualities are much more important than how long they held X position for Y period of time at Z company.
6/ What are the hardest problems they had to overcome? How did they prevail and how did these events define them as a person? These questions not only shed light on their origin story but also showcases their value and personality on a much more tangible and human level.
7/ At the end of the day, companies are about people and people are more than just their degrees and resumes. To improve the qualities of your future hires, hire people who take initiative and have overcome adversity.
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This marks as my 5th out of my 6 part series on becoming a better founder. I have learnt so much writing out these ideas and thoughts that's been in my head for months! I hope they have brought some value to you. Tune back to my last piece on Wednesday the 27th.
Cheers,
Jack
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