How to hire the right people for the right roles, with Danielle C. Levy

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Hiring the right people is the biggest challenge to successful and sustainable growth for many companies.Putting the right people into the correct positions is crucial to the health of your business - and, of course, your employees too. When employees are in the right seats, working within their expertise or zone of genius, they stay happy, engaged, and productive, leading to increased sales and revenues. But when you hire the wrong people or, worse, assign work that's not within an employee's wheelhouse, you open up a pandora's box of costly mistakes: Employee morale will drop, absenteeism increases, or you'll have zombie-like employees just going through the motions. All of this translates into decreased productivity and lost profits. So how can you choose the right person for the right role in your company? And once and for all, remove the barriers that make hiring them difficult?In this episode of Help! My Business Is Growing, our guest Danielle Levy and I talk about how to get the right people into the right seats in your company. We try to get to the root cause of why this is such a struggle for many a growing business, and Danielle provides insights and actionable tips on how you can get hiring right to boost the growth of your business further.Danielle Levy is the CEO and Founder of The Boardroom League. She is a sought-after executive who has helped six and seven-figure businesses expand with clarity and efficiency by providing a Boardroom of trusted industry professionals to help them implement and scale their businesses. An Integrator at heart, Danielle believes in helping business owners build a trustworthy ecosystem of professional resources so they can focus on their zone of genius instead of being distracted by day-to-day business obligations. She holds an MBA, is certified as a Project Management Professional, and is a Certified Online Business Manager. In this week's episode, we discuss:02:26 What does it look like when businesses put the right people in the right seats - and when they don't?08:59 How do you converse with an employee struggling with tasks you gave them to do that is not in their wheelhouse or scope of expertise?12:03  Why do many founders or leaders struggle to put the right people in the right seats? What are the barriers that prevent it from becoming easier to implement?14:50 What are some tips to ensure a better way of hiring people? Are there specific questions to ask or preferred recruitment sites or channels? Where are the best places to find them? 20:24  What works well in integrating systems and processes in a growing business?23:19 What are the best practices for setting team or employee metrics? 26:12 What can business owners do, and what actionable steps can they take in the next week to get them closer to having the right people in the right seats? Resources:Danielle Levy, CEO, and Founder of The Boardroom League:https://danielleclevy.com/LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielleclevy/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielleclevy.co/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/danielle_c_levy/Kathy Svetina, Fractional CFO:https://www.newcastlefinance.us/Blog post | How to Hire the Right People for the Right Roleshttps://www.newcastlefinance.us/post/how-to-hire-the-right-people-for-the-right-rolesIs your growth causing financial headaches? Sales up, but profits lagging? Financial practices stuck in entry level mode?Don't worry, it's not you—it's your financial setup.Introducing NextGen Finance Blueprint by NewCastle Finance. This CFO-led roadmap: • Brings fuzzy finances into focus • Gives you a clear money picture • Creates a step-by-step action planReady to level up? Visit newcastle.finance/blueprint