EPISODE #867
Barbara Mason
Beyond the Resume:
Mastering Recruitment and Team Culture
867 Barbara Mason: Beyond the Resume
Why Self-Reliance and ‘Doing It All’ Slows Your Business Growth
We all know what it takes for women to juggle all the competing demands of personal and professional lives, and that belief that somehow, we have to be everything to everyone, all at once and all the time.
Women can often struggle to ask for help, and this ingrained mindset of self-reliance paradoxically can lead to feelings of inadequacy, not to mention burnout. It’s also one of the biggest roadblocks to scalable growth, because many women in business simply hire to late or fail to invest in building a team.
Barbara Mason is an HR, leadership and team culture expert who’s made it her mission to help countless high-performance female entrepreneurs hire, grow, motivate, and retrain great teams and get past the internal struggle women often face with asking for assistance. She’s the CEO of Career Pathways Consulting.
💡 Key Takeaways:
- When to Hire: Learn why an EA is not automatically the first person to recruit; it may be a sales, marketing or product lead that grows your revenue.
- Soft Skills: Discover why culture and purpose fit can transcend skills or experience in a resume.
- Crafting Interview Questions: How to elicit what you need to know about a potential new hire to ensure they align with your company’s unique culture, plus the predictive power of situational queries.
- The 90 Day Rule: Why it’s vital to have an evaluation period for all new hires, emphasizing key deliverables and providing regular feedback (and being willing to fire if it’s not a good fit.)
- Fractional HR: Why HR is important from the start and when to switch to a full-time HR professional as your business scales.
- Growth Mindset: How to get out of your own way, stop burning out trying to “do it all” and learn to receive help!
More about Barbara Mason at www.careerpathwaysconsulting.com
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More about Barbara at Career Pathway Consulting
Barbara L. Mason is the CEO of Career Pathways Consulting, helping countless high-performance female entrepreneurs hire, grow, motivate, and retain results-driving teams so they can position their companies for long-term success. With more than 20 years of HR experience working for Fortune 500 companies, Barbara honed her organizational development and talent management skills on the front lines of corporate America. An in-demand speaker, Barbara is often called to talk about talent management, effective leadership, how to create an engaging company culture, and other important HR-related topics.
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