On today’s episode, our host, Oz Rashid, welcomes Kristin Forney, Chief Financial Officer at Ocean Spray Cranberries, an agricultural cooperative of cranberry growers headquartered in Massachusetts. She discusses her background in consumer packaged goods, her CFO role, lessons learned in finance, preparing for interviews, hiring and career advice for those just starting out.Kristin talks about the impact growing up on a farm had on her career and how it taught her to work hard and the importance of values.Kristin has been involved in many hires, and as such, explains what she looks for in candidates, calling desired traits “athletic intangibles,” such as versatility, differentiating factors and people who have the potential to blossom into leadership roles in the future.She always looks for the candidate’s “superpower,” for multiple reasons. For example, when the candidate is in touch with what makes them unique, it shows how self-aware they are.The key for her is to see how a candidate’s superpower can be beneficial to their team, and what the person can bring to the team that may be missing.Kristin says, “If they're bringing something different to the table, that elevates everybody's game.”Kristin Forney - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-forney-6789b34/Ocean Spray Cranberries - https://www.linkedin.com/company/ocean-spray-cranberries/Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by David Lu, Co-Founder & CEO of Clarity Movement Co. — a team of passionate engineers and scientists focused on making a positive impact in the world by tackling the global air pollution crisis using air-sensing technology, IoT devices, and data analytics — to discuss progress and acceleration via hiring in this space.Something you'll find a lot with people who hire is job insecurity. They don't always want to hire people they think may advance over them, but David explains why hiring people better than you puts the company on an upward trajectory, taking the company to the next stage.As CEO, a role he has been in for the last nine years, Oz wanted to know how David stands out amongst his peers. His answer was simple and profound: persistence. Simply showing up every day is how he has built a successful business that started in his school-going days.David shares how he finds out the true motivation for candidates wanting to work for the company. This is a vital step because, in the environmental tech space, it is essential that employees care about the same values, as this is what drives performance.He describes how they make the company’s mission intrinsic to company culture by sharing firsthand how their customers use their products.Resources mentioned:David Lu - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lu-aa9b3075/Clarity Movement Co. - https://www.linkedin.com/company/claritymovement/Airtable - https://www.airtable.com/Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, your host, Oz Rashid, is joined by Jequeatta Upton Smith, Vice President of Operations at Advocate Health Care, a non-profit healthcare system. They discuss inclusivity, diversity, interview questions to determine resiliency, affinity bias and hiring technology.Jequeatta describes what makes inclusion critical in healthcare and shares favorite interview tricks for determining resiliency in candidates.She explains why she hires for diversity of thought, background and experience over skill, which can be taught. She goes on to share how affinity basis in an interview process can lead to hiring misses when the candidate is simply a smooth talker. Jequeatta speaks about how she gives people a realistic understanding of what it's like to work with her and at the company. One way she does so is by including a panel of the candidate’s direct reports and relying a lot on the feedback from the panel.Jequeatta fills the interview with tons of unique insights every company could benefit from.Resources mentioned:Jequeatta Upton Smith - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jequeattaupton/Advocate Health Care - https://www.linkedin.com/company/advocate-health-care/The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias - https://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Guide-Unconscious-Bias-High-Performing/dp/1982144319OneNote - https://www.onenote.com/Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, our host, Oz Rashid, is joined by Daniel Murray, Founder of The Marketing Millennials — a digital marketing agency — to discuss marketing and recruitment.The discussion centers on the advantages and disadvantages of analytics, branding, core principles of building personal brands, and that the marketing function should be enmeshed with recruitment.Daniel, a former D1 athlete, explains the value of a sports background in entrepreneurship, and how it teaches you to push yourself further than you may normally go. He shares the qualities he looks for when hiring candidates and why he believes in hiring for attitude over skill, and what makes consistency most important to him.Oz and Daniel speak about how you can “miss” in hires by making the assumption that if a candidate was educated at a top-notch university, or worked for an exceptional company, that they crushed it in those environments, but it is within those parameters that Daniel has experienced the most misses. Some very unique insights!Resources mentioned:Daniel Murray - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing/The Marketing Millennials - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-marketing-millennials/The Marketing Millennials | Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marketing-millennials/id1527434899Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by Erica Anderson Rooney, Chief People Officer at Blue Acorn iCi and Keynote Speaker & Executive Coach & Consultant, to discuss empowering women to move into positions of power and keep them there, lessons learned in hiring and authenticity in the workplace.Erica has a lot going on: her children’s sports schedule, work at Blue Acorn iCi, C-suite executive coaching for women and hosting a podcast. Oz wanted to know how she gets such a lot done. Erica explains how she lets go of unrealistic expectations and does not spread herself too thin.Erica also stresses the importance of sleep, exercise and food, and that what you put in is what you get out.Diving into hiring candidates, Erica says she doesn't look for culture fit but instead focuses on culture adds. In other words, adding to the culture to further enrich it rather than always trying to look for the same kind of person.She explains the company’s core values and how they match those with candidates.Erica also shares the lessons learned from candidate misses, which mostly came about from snap judgments and misperceptions, and describes the importance of transparency in interviews. Resources:Erica Anderson Rooney - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericarooney/ Blue Acom iCi - https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-acorn-ici/From Now to Next Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-now-to-next-get-seen-get-heard-get-promoted/id1619692554Erica's Website - https://www.fromnowtonext.org/Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent. #talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by François Hoehlinger, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Troopy, to discuss fast company growth and hiring in a high-growth mobility environment.Troopy has developed a new way to move around the city to free people from urban mobility constraints and allows them to get to where they want to be in the city without hassles. The discussion centers around the differences between corporate culture in different parts of the world, for example, how Germany is different from France, and the principles for fast company growth.François explains their key hiring philosophies, the two candidate questions that get to the heart of what he looks for in employees, and why he likes to have a 15-minute casual coffee break with candidates.He shares tactics for avoiding bad-fit people and problematic personalities and provides a piece of advice for those just starting out in their careers. To them, he says, “Don’t compromise who you are”.🚀Great advice!François Hoehlinger - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoehlinger/Troopy - https://www.linkedin.com/company/scooter-troopy/Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by Patricia van de Sande, Corporate Director at Arts Commons, and Business Advisor, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Nexii Building Solutions, to discuss hiring people in high-growth environments like clean tech.Patricia provides insightful answers about sourcing people in this space and describes why clean tech companies really need to live their values or risk losing their people.Oz and Patricia chat about due diligence in acquisitions because the people aspect tends to be the toughest, and how bringing two cultures together with different services and offerings, will ultimately be the “make or break.” Patricia advises that to avoid future problems, it is wise not to underestimate non-technical due diligence — for example; the people, processes and integration of systems.Patricia is a big believer in listening to your gut when making hiring decisions. She explains to leaders how they can ensure that can trust the hiring capability of directors, managers and whoever else is on their team.She puts an emphasis on value before dollars and shares how this prevents you from making mistakes.Patricia provides questions for candidates to help judge culture fit and talks about why the timing of questions is critical.Resources mentioned:Patricia van de Sande - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pvandesande/Arts Commons - https://www.linkedin.com/company/artscommons/Nexii Building Solutions - https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexii-building-solutions/The Ideal Team Player | (book) - https://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Team-Player-Recognize-Leadership/dp/153186385XTech Conference - Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, your host, Oz Rashid, is joined by Paul Martino, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at VillageMD — a company that aims to change people’s health outcomes — to talk about picking the person to build a culture of esprit de corps loyalty.Paul shares the pillars that make up a company with a mission to change the way healthcare is done and tells stories of the employees they hired for character more than anything, and why they remain loyal years later.He explains how VillageMD has built a culture of loyalty to keep turnover low and retention high.Paul describes his hiring mistakes and speaks about the one question he likes to ask prospective employees. He explains why their answers to one question show the real person instead of spotlighting things of slightly less importance, such as qualifications, experience, skills and so on. After all, things that can be taught are less important than character, which is instinctual.Resources mentioned:Paul Martino - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-martino-1b03944/VillageMD - https://www.linkedin.com/company/villagemd/Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success (book by Herb Keller) - https://www.amazon.com/Nuts-Southwest-Airlines-Business-Personal/dp/0767901843Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (book by Angela Duckworth) - https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, your host, Oz Rashid, is joined by Anastasia Volkova, CEO and Co-Founder at Regrow Ag, to discuss hiring in a truly innovative company specializing in science and technology that transforms farming, food systems and the future of the planet.Being an industry disruptor, we wanted to find out how they foster a culture of innovation and get inexperienced employees to open up about their ideas.Anastasia shared how Regrow Ag defines an ideal diverse workforce, and how they bring people with a lot of different backgrounds together with strong, inclusive practices.She explains the company’s three hiring pillars and how they go about finding the cross-section of people who fit key qualities, as well as the four typical questions they like to ask prospective employers and why.Anastasia also provided the antidote for “hiring misses” that they came up with to avoid those situations…(tip: hire for now, not for the future, because the future is really uncertain.)Resources mentioned:Anastasia Volkova - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-volkova1/Regrow Ag - https://www.linkedin.com/company/regrowag/Who: The A Method for Hiring | Book - https://whothebook.com/Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent. #talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, your host Oz Rashid is joined by Ovi Vitas, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at AmeriLife — a Fortune 500 financial organization — to discuss digital marketing and how video games are leading the way in the marketing space, as well as how Ovi makes hiring decisions.The type of people Ovi looks for when hiring are those who contribute to diversity, as well as people who are disruptors. All in all, desired character traits would depend on the role that needs to be filled. Overall, the most important quality is that candidates be good communicators, and he explains why.Ovi shares the three questions he usually asks during interviews to help him understand how interviewees manage up, how they manage down and what motivates them, as well as the lessons learned from past hiring mistakes.Oz provides advice about hiring candidates for qualities that are difficult to determine when hires are trying to impress. He emphasizes that the focus should be on the relationship match between the company and the candidate.Ovi Vitas  - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ovi-vitas-553439/AmeriLife - https://www.linkedin.com/company/amerilife/Resources mentioned:Grit by Angela Duckworth (book) - https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining your host, Oz Rashid, is Wael Barsoum, President and Chief Transformation Officer of Healthcare Outcomes Performance Co. (HOPCo). Previously, Wael was President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic Florida and, under his leadership, growth at the clinic tripled, so we were especially excited to hear his thoughts about hiring.Oz and Wael discuss discretionary effort, and that when you build a strong corporate culture, discretionary effort becomes the standard.Leadership training is important because, as a leader, you have to model the behaviors that you want to see in the rest of the organization.Wael shares what’s important to him when hiring: the staying power of a candidate, and that a leadership team should be complementary and embrace diversity and inclusion.The conversation also covers Wael’s interview style and process, and his favorite questions to uncover desired characteristics. Wael also discusses the kinds of questions he wants prospective hires to ask, and what candidates' questions tell him about what’s important to them.Wael Barsoum - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drwaelbarsoum/Healthcare Outcomes Performance (HOPCo) - https://www.linkedin.com/company/hopco17/Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent. #talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s show with your host Oz Rashid, is Donna Corley, Founder and CEO of Guiding Star Advisory, LLC.Donna was with the same company for close to 27 years, where she experienced 15 different roles before setting up her current business. Now she coaches people who want to get to the C-suite level, guiding them as to how they can stay true to themselves on that journey.We chat about her almost-27-year career with one company and how it was a two-way street of career progression. Donna explains in detail what it’s like being a Chief Risk Officer, which was her role before running Freddie Mac’s residential mortgage business and ultimately becoming an entrepreneur.Donna shares her hiring philosophy which is based primarily on considering the current team composition, and how the candidate will complement it.Insight and visibility with candidates are also top priorities for Donna. She says that it’s critical to align candidate expectations or you could end up hiring the wrong person. We share the same philosophy, for sure.Donna parts with this little gem: “You need to always stay outside of your comfort zone but in your element.” (Listen to the podcast for the full details).Resources mentioned:Donna Corley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnacorley/Donna Corley's | YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@GuidingStarAdvisoryConnect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining your host, Oz Rashid, is Julie Kring, Founder and CEO at Khepra — a company that developed breakthrough technology for renewable electricity to break down consumer and agricultural waste into fuel.At MSH International, we believe that all companies are people companies. This aligns with Julie’s philosophy of leading with love, so we wanted to know what other aspects she looks for when hiring. Oz and Julie chat about honesty, integrity, self-awareness, understanding your own abilities, and what makes these qualities important for choosing hires and interns.Julie shares her most memorable interview experience and favorite questions to ask in interviews; she enjoys asking questions that relate to what’s important to her culturally and to gain insight into the person as a whole. For example, she’ll ask candidates how they maintain their health. The questions are strategic, they are looking to hire based on building a desired culture.Resources mentioned:Julie Kring - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-k-70425689/Khepra - https://www.linkedin.com/company/khepra/LanzaTech - https://lanzatech.com/All About Love : New Visions |Book - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_Love:_New_VisionsConnect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid.  Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com.  Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent. #talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me, your host Oz Rashid (although I’m not so sure I was the host for this one…!), is Lisa Lou, Vice President at a global security organization.Lisa is a phenomenal communicator, exceptional at extracting information and really listening. So much so, that I got lost in the conversation and forgot we were doing a podcast about hiring.The discussion is frank, insightful and deep, and I’m pretty sure you won’t want to miss a word of it.It covers stuff like building for legacy vs. ambition and how hiring staff for your business fits into either of those goals, how self-awareness impacts the way you hire, and how interviewing makes you smart.Lisa has learned incredible life lessons and shares some of them on this show. A couple of examples are: don’t ask people who are already accomplished to prove anything to you in the hiring process and mentor those just starting out in the workplace.She offers three pointers for career starters: 1) Be intentional 2) Build a board that helps guide you to your goals and 3) Be true to yourself.She asks thought-provoking questions. We talk about a shared appreciation for the Breaking Bad series and discuss how it brought real-life clarity to what we are striving for.What deep introspection and passion!Lisa Lou - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-lou-67584865/Connect with me, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent. #talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me, your host Oz Rashid, is Jamie Bailey — Chief Financial Officer at Baylor College of Medicine — to chat about sports (of course), the top character traits Jamie looks for in candidates, diversity in the workplace, his personal game plan in prepping for interviews, favorite interview questions used to ascertain true candidate behavior, what he considers important in the candidate experience and his definition of a successful day.Jamie also spends some time offering career advice, especially for young African Americans wanting to get into the finance space.Oh yes, he also explains why he enjoys boring meetings…Resources mentioned:Job Desrcriptions Episode | https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eFH70gqV1k747qcwvSJzNJamie Bailey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-bailey-mba-cpa-b822227/Baylor College of Medicine - https://www.linkedin.com/school/baylor-college-of-medicine/Connect with me, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Oz is joined by our guest Rachna Bhasin, Founder of EQ Partners — a strategic advisory, consulting and investment company that primarily serves early-stage technology and media companies.Oz and Rachna chat about the day-to-day handling of private companies and startups of different maturities across multiple industries; working with founders and criteria for assistance; inclusive practices and diversity longevity; qualities of desired candidates; what makes a good candidate interview; behavioral attributes of high-growth employees; measuring candidates’ philosophies; definition of success; confirmation bias in hires; and attracting best-in-class tech talent.You’re going to want to stick around for the wise insights from this expert negotiator and mentor.What a blast!Rachna Bhasin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachna-bhasin72/EQ Partners - https://www.linkedin.com/company/eq-partners-llcConnect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode is John Ferguson, Chief Human Resources Officer at NASCAR, to talk about his core responsibilities, motivation, leaving a footprint with people, coaching opportunities within candidate consideration, and what to expect from NASCAR as an employment candidate.John offers amazing advice for candidates to stand out, such as mentioning the connective tissue to an interviewer and listing what you want interviewers to learn about you and then finding a way to weave those details into the conversation. He also emphasizes the importance of the brand within the candidate experience, such as providing interview feedback, and speaks about what prospective NASCAR employees should know before joining the company.This interview is pure gold for candidates, spectator sports brands, and businesses looking to up their hiring game.John Ferguson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john--ferguson/NASCAR - https://www.linkedin.com/company/nascar/Connect with me, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download, and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent. #talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me (your host Oz Rashid) on this episode is Amos Schwartzfarb, Managing Director at Techstars — a mentorship-driven capital accelerator — to discuss entrepreneurship, investing and, of course, hiring.Amos chats about the criteria for assistance from Techstars and offers interesting tidbits from the book he co-wrote, “Levers.” He also talks about the importance of intellectual curiosity and a growth mindset in candidates, and why entrepreneurs should surround themselves with people who have the ability to provide different perspectives.We discuss the reality of starting a business, what it takes and how to persevere during hard times. And Amos shares what it was like to co-author a book, and the intention behind it.Man, I really appreciate all the raw insight from this interview.Amos Schwartzfarb - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amosschwartzfarbResources mentioned:Levers | Book - https://www.leversbook.com/Connect with me, Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, I am joined by Mandy Shaw — President and Chief Executive Officer at Blaze Pizza, LLC — for a conversation about managing with intention and by example, how parenting makes you a better leader, company culture by design and how small actions speak volumes.Parenting has had a huge impact on Mandy’s leadership abilities and she describes how. She explains the company’s “free to be you” culture and what it means on a daily basis. She also talks about how to get people to enjoy what they're doing every day; it’s all about leading with intention.We spoke about what makes high intellectual curiosity so important in a candidate, how it’s usually the high performers who sacrifice the most when the wrong people are hired and why company culture should be demonstrated on a practical level during interviews.I gotta tell you, there was no BS in this interview and Mandy gave me some good ideas I’m gonna steal for my own organization…Connect with me, Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent. #talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me (your host, Oz Rashid) on this episode, I’m joined by Wade Mitzel – Chief Operating Officer at UofL Health – who shares the reason (I personally believe) why UofL has probably not experienced a shortage of APCs (advanced practice clinicians), even though it’s a worldwide issue.UofL Health is a fully integrated regional health system with more than 12,000 employees, made up of highly skilled healthcare professionals. The focus is on the organization’s primary mission: to deliver patient-centered care to each and every patient, every day.The discussion centers on living out that mission and culture daily, to make it real and not simply a statement on a piece of paper.In addition, it’s about hiring the right people and leading with empathy.I gotta tell you: I have a lot of admiration for this healthcare COO who’s second to none in terms of compassion and love for his people.Wade Mitzel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wademitzelConnect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me, your host Oz Rashid, on this episode, I am joined by Amelia Sordell, Founder of Klowt — a personal branding agency — to discuss Klowt’s hiring process, culture and the innovative onboarding strategy they use to enable continual improvements.Klowt’s hiring philosophy is that both sides need to benefit, so they utilize a unique methodology that ensures the candidate feels heard and at the same time, enables Klowt to identify the qualities of candidates.Amelia explains what happens during a new employee’s first week and how the business uses it as a mechanism for constant improvement.She delves into how Klowt cares for its team in ways that are meaningful to each individual, and recounts how she dealt with gender prejudice way back when and what she learned from it.Man, I loved this interview!Amelia Sordell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameliasordell/Resources mentioned:Chris Walker, CEO at Refine Labs - https://www.refinelabs.com/chris-walkerJustin Welsh - https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwelsh/Harry Hugo, Co-Founder of Goat - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryhugo-thegoatagency/?originalSubdomain=ukGallup - https://www.gallup.com/home.aspxHeka - https://www.hekahappy.com/HelloFresh - https://www.hellofresh.com/Connect with me, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/.Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/.Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me [your host Oz Rashid] on this episode, I am joined by Jeff Nadler, Chief Information Officer at Teladoc Health — a telemedicine and virtual healthcare company — to speak about scaling, supply and demand, and innovating on the fly during Covid.Jeff shares with me his “art versus science” in hiring and says that when he started at Teladoc Health, there were a total of 30 employees. Fast forward to today: they’re a global company with more than 5,000 employees worldwide.The discussion, fast-paced and fun, centers on how weird stuff (experiences) can change your life, how memorable moments (the good, the bad and the ugly) help people improve, and how candidate experiences make or break the end goal (a company may lose out on a great candidate if the person has a poor interview experience).A damn fun interview with a Problem Solver who is passionate about technology and people.DISCLAIMER: Please note that this recording was done in 2022, and Jeff was referring to the 2022 fiscal year revenue.Jeff Nadler - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadlerjeff/Teladoc Health - https://www.linkedin.com/company/teladoc-health/Connect with me, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid.Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com.Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me [your host Oz Rashid] on this episode I am joined by Deanna Meador, CEO at Couture Technologies — virtual try-on technology — and Director of Entrepreneurship at Vanderbilt University — a private research university in Nashville — to speak about her dual roles and involvement with hundreds of hires.Some of what she shares is her hiring strategy, including sourcing high-demand skills.Deanna describes the details around the questions she asks when interviewing and explains why she focuses on good fit over anything else. Her strategies work — her technology company has a 95% retention rate due to creating an environment where people find meaning in their work and by offering a competitive wage.I asked Deanna to outline the tenets of a good candidate experience in the interview process, which she did, and says that, “those responsible should take care of the little things in order to streamline the candidate experience.”A great interview with this CEO, inventor and entrepreneur extraordinaire.Deanna Meador - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanna-meador-99bb5640/Couture Technologies - https://www.linkedin.com/company/couture-technologies/Vanderbilt University - https://www.linkedin.com/school/vanderbilt-university/Connect with me, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/.Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/.Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me [your host, Oz Rashid] on this episode I am joined by Anders Jones – CEO and Co-Founder at Facet – who shares the unique financial model that Facet is built upon, as well as how the company handles being completely virtual, and their unique hiring ideologies.Facet is a FinTech company that provides financial planning for those who wouldn’t typically work with a traditional financial advisor.The business operates in a completely virtual environment and as such, Anders shares with me how they handle stuff like collaboration, culture building, development and everything else that’s typically done in person.The company’s success has been built around hiring the right people. Anders describes how to extract the information in interviews that points to a candidate being the “Facet Archetype” (listen to the show to find out what that means!).A damn insightful interview with a fascinating financial wiz.Anders Jones - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anders-jonesStuff mentioned:Ian Hoffman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-m-hoffman/Connect with me, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/.Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/.Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me [your host Oz Rashid] on this episode, I am joined by Steve Nudelberg, Principal Thinker at On the Ball Ventures — a coaching company that helps entrepreneurs and businesses to grow — to share strategies to stay “On The Ball” with sales hiring.The conversation covers a lot of ground, including life tips, public speaking advice, sports, leadership, interviewing, forward-thinking and planning, career advice, parenting and priorities. And ice cream.45 Minutes of wisdom, passion and energy.Screw it, it’s impossible to describe the value of this episode, so you’re just gonna have to listen to it. You’ll be glad you did.Steve Nudelberg - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenudelberg/On The Ball Ventures - https://www.linkedin.com/company/on-the-ball-marketing/Stuff mentioned:Confessions of a Serial Salesman (book) - https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Serial-Salesman-Influencers-business/dp/0692901051Pat Riley (coach) - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pat-RileyConnect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid.Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com.Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With me [your host Oz Rashid] on this episode, I am joined by Jenn Crenshaw, Chief People Officer at Prospero Health, to share her early career experiences, hiring philosophies, work ethic and favorite interview questions.Prospero Health — a company that grew to 1,000 employees within a period of just 30 months — is focused on palliative care and treating elderly patients in a way that goes beyond standard treatment; it’s a lot about the patient experience.Jenn says that the company focuses on the patient experience, because the healthcare industry needs to rethink how healthcare is delivered.She shares how waiting tables impacted her career and provides honest insight into what has bamboozled her in interviews and talks about how a candidate’s choice of words can also provide fascinating insights.A damn interesting interview with a person pioneering a people strategy for high-growth healthcare startups.Jenn Crenshaw - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenncrenshawhrdba/Prospero Health - https://www.linkedin.com/company/prospero-health/Resources:Kubler-Ross Stages of Grief - https://grief.com/the-five-stages-of-grief/Kick-Ass Confidence (book) - https://www.amazon.com/Kickass-Confidence-Your-Brain-Game/dp/0983392714Connect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid.Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David MacLaren is Founder & CEO at MediaValet Inc. On this episode, he joins Oz to talk about aligning the right candidates with the right roles. MediaValet Inc. is a leader in the rapidly emerging cloud-based digital asset management (DAM) industry.David’s hiring philosophy focuses on the heart. He wants to understand each candidate’s authentic self, and he shares strategies for interviewing for culture fit, both in-person and remotely. He also talks about why reference checks are critical for tempering emotional hiring decisions.David and Oz also discuss how positive candidate experiences set new hires up for success, what led to David’s hiring misses, a CEO’s responsibility to environmental impact, and the exciting work MediaValet Inc. is doing for the Jane Goodall Institute.After you listen, connect with David MacLaren and follow MediaValet Inc. on LinkedIn.David MacLaren | @ContentGuy | https://twitter.com/contentguyConnect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Chief People Officer for Curaleaf, one of the world’s largest cannabis companies, Tyneeha Rivers is responsible for cultivating a positive company culture at scale. She and Oz discuss who is responsible for culture within an organization and how it impacts the hiring process.Tyneeha shares how her experiences of working in an exclusionary workplace have shaped her approach to culture. It starts with leaders that inspire and motivate; it expands within an organization that supports the growth and development of every individual. Each person has a voice.She and Oz also talk about hiring for diversity, conducting interviews with empathy and her top priorities in 2023: a better candidate experience, more effective onboarding programs, individualized career development journeys and more. Lastly, Oz gets quite the surprise when he asks about Tyneeha’s time working for the Philadelphia 76ers.Tyneeha Rivers - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyneeha-lenet-rivers/Curaleaf - https://www.linkedin.com/company/curaleaf/Connect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast soyou won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What kind of talent does it take to solve the world’s water crisis? Eric Rosenfeldt, CEO at Magna Imperio Systems Corp., talks with Oz about seeking alignment between a candidate’s core values and those of the organization to help achieve strategic outcomes.Eric shares strategies for balancing structured and open-ended interview questions to uncover characteristics like humility, confidence, high emotional intelligence and a teachable spirit. He also talks about the two biggest contributing factors to making the wrong hire — rushing through the process and not collaborating with others.Oz and Eric discuss how the candidate experience should bring substance to the job description and give potential hires a clear understanding of what real life will be like in the role. They also touch on what MI actually does, Eric’s day-to-day life as CEO, and why, as an early investor, he was really investing in the talent.Connect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams #misystems #watertreatment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Matt Poepsel, Vice President and the “Godfather of Talent Optimization” at The Predictive Index (PI). PI offers a variety of tools and assessments that help organizations solve business problems through the lens of understanding individuals.Transparency is key to Matt’s hiring philosophy. He discusses business challenges openly with candidates: how can you hire a good problem-solver if you spend the entire interview process hiding all the problems? When candidates are open and honest in return, both parties can evaluate each other for real fit.Matt and Oz also talk about Matt’s career journey from the Marines to a Ph.D. in psychology and to software. They discuss how companies use assessments like PI in the hiring process, and why companies should assemble diverse interview teams that include a candidate’s future teammates, peers and collaborators from other departments, and a designated culture interviewer.After you listen, connect with Matt Poepsel and follow The Predictive Index (PI) on LinkedIn.Connect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast soyou won’t miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Oz welcomes CEO and Co-Founder at CaringWays, Wes Sellers. CaringWays is a medical fundraising platform designed to help patients and their families collect funds for health expenses. It also provides donors and supporters with security and peace of mind by ensuring that funds are directed to the right places.Wes shares the inspiration behind CaringWays – the founders’ personal experiences with cancer and the burden of high medical bills. He also discusses his priorities and challenges as CEO of an organization that serves clients in life-or-death situations.Wes’s hiring philosophy is simple: character matters most. He and Oz talk about getting to the root of a candidate’s character with Wes’s favorite question: what is your biggest failure? They also touch on the candidate experience, what leads to a bad hire, and mental health in the workplace.After you listen, connect with Wes Sellers and follow CaringWays on LinkedIn.Wes Sellers - Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wes-sellers-65473876/CaringWays - Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/caringways/Connect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna Talerico, CEO at Corporate Finance Institute (CFI), joins Oz to talk about hiring for an L&D organization. CFI is a global provider of professional development courses and certifications for finance professionals. Anna shares what helps build a culture of learning — hiring for curiosity and a commitment to helping others to learn and grow.Anna focuses on finding a candidate’s innate curiosity by creating interview environments that empower them to bring their best selves forward. How they demonstrate curiosity in the interview can reveal what they value, how they solve problems, and even business acumen and EQ.Anna also shares her most memorable interview (multiple bunnies were present), how she minimizes bad hires by sticking to her dealbreakers, and her strategies for designing authentic candidate experiences.After you listen, connect with Anna Talerico and follow CFI on LinkedIn.Connect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/. Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/. Don’t forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#talent #hiring #learning #teams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Oz welcomes the COO of Seed Health, Eric Kau. Seed Health is a microbiome company focused on developing or pioneering “living medicine.” Most people are familiar with probiotics, but Seed Health is taking the science even further by pioneering new ways for microbes to help alleviate a variety of medical conditions.   Eric shares his hiring philosophy: businesses should take a “measure twice, cut once” approach, especially in small, high-growth startups. He identifies culture fit, not capability, as a common denominator across all of his wrong hires–it’s not that the candidate is not good at what they do; rather, what they do well is not what the company really needs.   Eric and Oz discuss strategies for minimizing bad hires, the importance of the candidate experience, and common mistakes recruiters make. You’ll also learn Eric’s favorite interview question and what it can reveal about a candidate’s perspectives and priorities.   After you listen, connect with Eric Kau and follow Seed Health on LinkedIn.   - Eric Kau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-kau-87a9593   - Seed Health: https://www.linkedin.com/company/seedhealth   Connect with Oz Rashid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid/.   Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com/.   Don’t forget to rate, download, and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.