Hiring Shortcuts No One Talks About - HR Strategies to Predict Great Hires and Business Success

Tired of Hiring Guesswork?

Reverse-engineering your top performers isn’t magic—it’s methodology.

In this episode of The Mason Duchatschek Show, I sit down with Theresa Bassett, CEO of The Diamond Group and author of Uplevel, to talk about how elite companies remove hiring guesswork by building systems that replicate what already works.

If you’ve ever struggled to find the right fit or watched a promising hire crash and burn, this episode will give you tools to fix the problem at its root—with science, not luck.

Key Takeaways

✅ Top companies don’t guess—they build hiring systems that work
✅ Reverse-engineering top performers is a repeatable process
✅ Psychometric testing and structured interviews = data-driven hiring
✅ Hiring the wrong person is expensive—don’t wing it
✅ Culture, performance, and profit start with the right people

Listen to the Full Conversation

🎙 Podcast Episode:
https://shows.acast.com/themasonduchatschekshow/episodes/recession-proof-your-business-strategies

📺 Full Video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6eMkF7H-xvg

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