Why You Should Ditch Job Descriptions in Your Organization with Carol Schultz

It’s crucial to focus not only on hiring talent with a high-driven purpose, but also in catering to the needs of your department, being open to feedback and communication, and shifting to a talent-centric organization that provides a safe workplace for you and your co-workers.

Carol Schultz is the founder and CEO of Vertical Elevation. She is a talent equity and leadership advisory expert. Recognized for her proficiency in corporate leadership, she’s spent three decades helping executives gain clarity in their careers, make bold leadership moves, and create cultures of performance. Schultz and her team have helped hundreds of companies– from seed-stage pre-initial public offerings to publicly traded companies– transform their organizations and create sustainable, talent-centric cultures that run at maximum efficiency. She’s the host of the popular podcast, Authentically Successful, and the author of the new book, Powered By People: How Talent-Centric Organizations Master Recruitment, Retention, and Revenue (and How to Build One).

In this episode, Carol shares how you can execute a talent-centric strategy for you and your business while providing an open-to-growth safe space for you and your coworkers.

 

What you will learn from this episode:

Discover the three core principles of a talent-centric organization Learn how to switch up your job descriptions and make recruitment much easier Understand the power of being open to conversation and getting feedback within your organization and the departments

 

“It's about shifting how you think, and therefore how you work. You cannot shift how you think and have mindset shifts, unless and until we can start coming up with and figuring out where your blind spots are.”

- Carol Schultz

 

Valuable Free Resource:

How you can execute a talent-centric strategy and welcome growth into your business: https://verticalelevation.com/

 

Topics Covered:

02:07 - Building a talent-centric organization and fixing up your strategy: What Carol does best to help you and your organization

03:54 - Carol shares how to spot a talent-centric organization and how to make yours into one

05:41 - How often does misalignment happen in the workplace?

06:11 - Who Beats Who: Carol talks about why departments aren’t supposed to be treated as competition in the organization

07:47 - Carol explains what are the three core principles that are at the center of a talent-centric organization

09:42 - What are the blind spots in your organization that you should be looking for?

10:53 - Doing It How It’s Supposed to Be: What made Carol write her book?

12:38 - Carol shares what’s the goal of her book and what she wants readers to learn from it

13:58 - Being More Than Just That: Carol examines what goes into a job description and shares how you should be writing yours

16:13 - Ditching the Post-and-Pray: Carol points out why you should stop doing the post-and-pray method and start writing some compelling job ads

17:54 - Why should you pay more attention to talent activities than any other thing?

20:18 - Carol shares how important being open to conversations really is especially in the workplace

21:09 - Q: If you're a leader, are you really actively, proactively putting your hand down for other women than helping them like men have done in time in memoriam? A: And if you are a woman who is not a leader, and you're looking toward your women leaders to say, "Hey, you know. Are you willing to help me up?"

22:04 - Learn more on how you can execute a talent-centric strategy by clicking here: https://verticalelevation.com/

 

Key Takeaways:

“The reality is, recruiting is never your problem. What your problem is a strategy problem.” - Carol Schultz

“Each individual and every single department in the company has to contribute to being a healthy sustainable company.” - Carol Schultz

“So many people think their problems are something other than what they actually are.” - Carol Schultz

“You need to go ahead and hunt people. That's the way to find people.” - Carol Schultz

 

Ways to Connect with Carol Schultz:

Email: carol@verticalelevation.com Website: https://verticalelevation.com/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/authentically-successful/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/verticalelevationinc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarolBSchultz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AuthenticallySuccessful LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vertical-elevation/

 

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