PASSION 2
Let the Best Take Flight
THE FIRST STEP in building a high-performance team is to get passionate, brilliant, and creative people in the room, and to do so you need to look with eyes that are as rich as their lives. Beyond stellar academic or work credentials, it is essential to get a sense of the candidate’s fit with your organization by looking for the person—her upbringing and personality, ability to see wide-open spaces balanced by the need to remain highly focused, life at home and in the community, and reactions to those circumstances. Just as crucial is the need to look outside the person’s work life for expressions of creativity, such as hobbies, activities, and a zest for life.
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