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Firing sucks. How to avoid doing so by hiring A players.
In 2022, OpenBB grew to 20 people. But amongst all of our hiring, we also had to let some people go.
Before 2022, I had never fired anyone in my life but in my new role, I had to learn how to do it. If you’re a manager, you know that this is the hardest part of the job.
Having that said, I wanted to use my Christmas holidays to understand how we can avoid letting people go. For this, I needed to start from the beginning and improve our overall hiring process.
This blogpost will be highly based on the book “Who: The A Method for Hiring” by Geoff Smart and Randy Street, which I highly recommend.
Introduction
What is an A player? A candidate who has at least a 90 percent chance of achieving a set of outcomes that only the top 10 percent of possible candidates could achieve.
In this post, I will go over the steps to get an A team.
A method for hiring
1. Scorecard
This is a document that describes the mission for the position, outcomes that must be accomplished, and competencies that fit with both the company culture and the role.
