Comments on: …Believe That You Need To Hire “Rock Stars”

By: team building

team building — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:30:05 +0000

Team building and company achievement isn’t about the cult of personality. It’s a very rare company where they can make the claim that their CEO is the recipe for success.

By: Rock Stars, Glory Seekers, and Unicorns « The Staffing Advisor

Rock Stars, Glory Seekers, and Unicorns « The Staffing Advisor — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:23:14 +0000

[...] Watson wrote a wonderful post “Under No Circumstances Should You Believe That You Need to Hire “Rock Stars.” His point? “You don’t need to hire the best employees, just the right [...]

By: The Failing Point – …Not Understand What Type Of Leader You Are

The Failing Point – …Not Understand What Type Of Leader You Are — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:38:40 +0000

[...] we first invested in RLX, the management team was thought to be full of rock stars (remember what we talked about with regarding rock stars) from Compaq. The CEO had literally built the server market from scratch. That was a long time ago, [...]

By: David Semeria

David Semeria — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:51:35 +0000

Do you mean that, like Napoleon, you'd rather hire lucky generals than good ones? Or do you mean that you'd rather been born lucky than good?

By: brandonwatson

brandonwatson — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:00:52 +0000

People don't necessarily need to hear that they are the best. Working on hard and meaningful problems with a team that is the best is a great motivator.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:51:00 +0000

I guess if I was one of your employees I wouldn't be feeling that great about being labelled as “not the best”!

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:51:00 +0000

I guess if I was one of your employees I wouldn't be feeling that great about being labelled as “not the best”!

By: AndrewWarner

AndrewWarner — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:13:20 +0000

I had a few guys interview who came across as rock stars. I wanted to hire them badly. Thankfully, I had good people around me who showed me how to see beyond the rock star persona.

By: Chris Haseman

Chris Haseman — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:06:10 +0000

I'd agree, more often than not, I've seen rockstars do more harm than good. The measure of the team is not the sum of it's individual contributors, but how well they work together.

By: Chris Hamoen

Chris Hamoen — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:57:47 +0000

Great point, and I agree. Some people live for the thrill, challenge, and opportunity – these are great people to work with. I'm back again looking to add a developer right now – and am reminded by how little can truly be discovered about the person until a face to face discussion.