Without a doubt, hiring staff is one of the hardest, yet arguably, the most important parts of building a business.
Whether you’re hiring a Virtual Assistant to update your database or hiring a CEO to run your business, getting the right team together is critical.
A few know better how to put a team together than Meahan Callaghan, the current Chief People and Culture Officer at Red Bubble (now known as Articore) and has held senior HR roles at Afterpay, Mecca, Seek and Foxtel. Meahan has hired and, let’s be honest, fired a lot of people, and she knows exactly how to find the right person for a role and build a winning culture.
In this episode, we take a look at how one of the best in the business goes about hiring and firing people, what it’s like to work with some of the most famous founders in the country, and how to go about hiring the right people for your business.
You’ll also learn how to:
- hire with confidence and clarity (not just hope and luck)
- build a meaningful culture from day one
- define your company’s personality and use it to guide your hiring
- spot subtle red flags in the job interviews that uncover real behaviours
- create a cultural manifesto that actually shapes workplace behaviour
- pick the right psychometric testing to choose the right team
- know when it’s time to let someone go and how to do it with integrity
- avoid hiring the wrong people.
Bio:
Meahan Callaghan is currently the Chief People and Culture Officer at Articore Group. Meahan has held executive People and Culture positions at Afterpay, Message Media and spent 10 years running the P&C function at SEEK Ltd.
Meahan has experience leading global P&C functions supporting teams in the US, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. Meahan holds a Bachelor of Business (Human Resources) and a postgraduate Diploma in Psychology.
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