Hiring for Attitude: A Revolutionary Approach to Recruiting and Selecting People

<p><strong><em>Common hiring practices are destined for failure--here's how to hire the right people and build a company culture designed for long-term success</em></strong></p><p>In a recent groundbreaking study, the training firm Leadership IQ found that 46 percent of all new hires fail within their first 18 months. But here's the real shocker: 89 percent fail for attitudinal reasons--not skills.</p><p>Most hiring managers are getting it wrong. Of course skills are important, but a particular skill set is about the easiest thing to test in an interview. Although much harder to recognize, attitude should be your number-one focus during the hiring process. Don't suffer from poor chemistry--even one employee with the wrong attitude could cause years of suffering for your other employees and customers.</p><p>Whether you're hiring new employees, choosing existing employees for a new team, or upgrading your current talent pool, you need people with the right attitude </p><p>Attitude is what makes employees give 100 percent effort and turns customers into raving fans. Attitude sets your company apart from the competition.</p><p>In <i>Hiring for Attitude</i>, top leadership strategist Mark Murphy shows you: <ul><li>The five biggest reasons why new hires fail <li>Two quick and easy tests to discover the attitudinal characteristics that you need for your unique culture <li>The five-part interview question that gets candidates to reveal the truth about what their last boss really thi