{"id":584264,"date":"2016-05-07T16:59:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T20:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/?p=584264"},"modified":"2022-08-11T11:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:21:30","slug":"ep-11-finding-great-people-podcast","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/podcast\/ep-11-finding-great-people-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 11: Finding the Best People – with Guest Marilyn Machlowitz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nothing is more important than your people. Nothing.<\/p>\n

But how do you find 5-star staff members? What are the signs they\u2019ll be 5-star? What should you ask in an interview? Should you hire a recruitment firm to help? What if it\u2019s for somebody senior like a new Executive Director?<\/p>\n

I recently wrote a blog post about how to hire a great Executive Director and I didn\u2019t advocate to work with a recruiter. Instead, I suggested looking at your own network to find the right person.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that that\u2019s bad<\/em> advice. But then I got an email from Marilyn Machlowitz, the principal at recruitment firm Machlowitz Consultants. Marilyn\u2019s firm has a particular strength in filling both program and non-program jobs for leading foundations and other nonprofits and working with board-level search committees seeking CEOs.<\/p>\n

Marilyn advised me my advice was incomplete. And she\u2019s right. Sure, look in your network, but if that\u2019s all<\/em> you do, you\u2019re missing out on some amazing candidates. And for some organizations, it would actually not<\/em> make sense to look inside its network.<\/p>\n

I was intrigued. I asked Marilyn onto the podcast. We had a great<\/em> conversation.<\/p>\n

A bit more on Marilyn\u2026 her shop is boutique, small, and best-of-breed. She wrote a book called Workaholics<\/em> (link below), if oft-quoted in The Wall Street Journal<\/em> and has a cool job \u2013 a high-level matchmaker connecting the most remarkable people to the most remarkable organizations.<\/p>\n

We discuss everything from the keys to a great search to why sometimes the wrong people end up \u201con the bus.\u201d<\/p>\n

IN THIS EPISODE:<\/h2>\n