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How to Hire Smart (or else Manage Tough)

or, why 'slow is smooth, and smooth is fast'

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Robert Merrill
Aug 19, 2025
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Amateur leaders hire based on "gut feeling" alone, which is one of the worst mistakes you can make.

I've done it, too, when building my own team.

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It felt right in the moment.

But it cost me.

I once hired someone because I…

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