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Lou Adler is the CEO and founder of The Adler Group, a consulting and training firm specializing in performance-based hiring. He is a recognized expert in talent acquisition and recruitment strategy, with decades of experience helping organizations improve their hiring effectiveness.
Known for: Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Great Teams
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Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Great Teams
Hire With Your Head introduces the Performance-Based Hiring system, a structured approach to recruiting and selecting top talent. Lou Adler provides practical strategies for defining job success, sourcing candidates, conducting interviews, and making evidence-based hiring decisions. The book emphasizes aligning hiring practices with business goals and building high-performing teams through objective evaluation and clear performance metrics.
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Defining Job Success Through Performance Profiles
The first step in hiring with your head is reimagining the core of the job itself. Traditional job descriptions—those endless lists of skills and degrees—are poor predictors of success. They create bias, constrain creativity, and repel top performers who are motivated by challenge rather than checkl...
From Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Great Teams
Sourcing: Finding High Performers Through Networks and Outreach
After defining success, the next challenge is finding people capable of achieving it. Too many organizations rely solely on job postings, attracting only those who are actively looking—and often for the wrong reasons. The best people, the ones you truly want, are usually not looking for a job. They’...
From Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Great Teams
About Lou Adler
Lou Adler is the CEO and founder of The Adler Group, a consulting and training firm specializing in performance-based hiring. He is a recognized expert in talent acquisition and recruitment strategy, with decades of experience helping organizations improve their hiring effectiveness.
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