Why Your Senior Hires Keep Failing (And How to Fix It) | ft. Daniel Moussa
Note sull'episodio
A wrong senior hire can cost a founder-led business 3–5x that person's salary. Daniel Moussa explains how to get it right the first time.
Daniel is the founder of Third Way Advisory, an executive search firm working exclusively with founder-led businesses across Australia and Asia. He and Chloe cover:
- Why a founder-led CEO role is a different job to a corporate CEO
- The "pre-season" hiring process Dan borrows from elite sport
- How to headhunt senior talent who aren't actively looking
- Why senior hires take six months, and how to start early
- How founders stop being the bottleneck in their own business
- Options when you can't yet afford a full-time executive
Connect With Dan:
Third Way Advisory: https://www.thirdwayadvisory.com.au/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-moussa-thirdway
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danmoussa_thirdwayadvisory/
Chapters:
00:00 Meet Daniel Moussa
00:29 Founder-led CEO vs corporate CEO
03:05 The real cost of a wrong hire
04:41 The "pre-season" hiring process
07:50 Fake CVs and volume recruiting
12:28 Stop being the bottleneck
15:49 Headhunting people who aren't looking
25:48 Why senior hires take 6 months
31:13 Interims and fractional executives
35:12 Dan's founder story
41:21 Dan's #1 advice: no plan B
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