“Yet another NEW perspective from the Masters! If there was such a thing as something more than a 360-degree view, Perry and Haluska have invented it. Once again, I am totally amazed at their ability to surgically uncover details, perspectives, viewpoints, and needs in order to satisfy the mission of the employer, the applicant, the Team, and the company! Having partners like these guys is almost an unfair advantage to accelerating success and ultimately the bottom line! I am both anxious and in awe, wondering what else they can come out with! Prisa!!!”
– Larry Mench, Vice President of US Operations, Tim Hortons USA, Inc.
“CEOs consistently rank ‘human capital’ as one of the most important challenges to the success of their organizations. Addressing that challenge requires hiring great (not simply good) leaders. Hiring Greatness provides indispensable insight into exactly what it takes to make that a reality!”
—Timothy Keiningham, New York Times bestselling author of The Wallet Allocation Rule
“Just when I thought he said it all, David Perry does it again! He is walking proof that ‘creativity’ and ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking will enable success for us all. Having had the pleasure to read all his books, I remain amazed by his informative and innovative approach with each reading, which builds upon prior writings. Hiring Greatness introduced a unique formula for recruiting top-notch talent, which I intend to deploy at Numerix. Hiring Greatness is thought provoking! It has caused me to re-think my entire approach to hiring C-level candidates, or any potential employee for that matter. Numerix will now seek to locate ‘future employees’ who are not ‘currently running away, but toward something,’ as David suggest in Hiring Greatness. All hiring managers at any company and in any industry must add Hiring Greatness to their reading list.”
—Steven R. O'Hanlon, CEO and President, Numerix LLC
“Why would you bother to accept performance that's ‘good enough’? Just because it's acceptable, or it passed a litmus test? I don't think so. Since we too often have experienced good we certainly know Great is Better. And you can have Great by HIRING GREAT. David helped me Hire Great, by adding a final member to my team back in 2008. I witnessed these techniques first hand, more than once, and if applied boldly and with fervor, can attest that you too will HIRE GREATNESS.”
—Rudy Richman, VP, Sales and Marketing, Privacy Analytics
“Hiring Greatness is pure leadership. There are so many amateurs who practice this space. Read even one chapter and you'll immediately discover what a true professional really looks like. Perry and Haluska are incredibly talented. This book redefines everything we know about hiring the right talent the right way. You don't need to read every book on the recruiting process. You just need to read the right one. Look no further. Hiring Greatness is full of disruptive wisdom from two of the space's premier thinkers. Their record speaks for itself and this book shows how they've achieved it.”
—Alexandra Morehouse, Chief Marketing Officer, Banner Health
“Want to hire the right people for a high powered team that creates ‘VALUE’? Then read this book.”
—James Walsh, COO, Remitia
“Hiring Greatness—the most critical business activity you MUST get right! David Perry and Mark Haluska clearly define a systematic proven process that unequivocally identifies, qualifies, attracts, and lands greatness for you—greatness that exponentially accelerates and improves your bottom line.”
—Skip Freeman, CEO, The HTW Group; author, “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets
“Hiring Greatness, written by one of the true masters of executive search, is an indispensable resource for companies and leaders who realize that finding top talent is critical to business success. Hiring Greatness offers both keen insights into the realities of the marketplace and intensely practical guidance as to how to navigate it to achieve the right results.”
—Eric Golden, President and CEO, Imagility Inc.
“I've been recruited by Dave, retained his services as a recruiter, and used his book Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters to find and land my dream job. Now I'm at a lean software start-up, recruiting a key executive in an environment where all hires need to be great hires, and Dave comes to the rescue again.”
—Steve Munro, Chief Revenue Officer, Koneka
“The recruiting industry often operates using smoke and mirrors. Misdirection enables many firms to deliver mediocrity. Mr. Perry smashes the mirrors and clears the smoke. In colorful fashion, he has given power back to companies permitting them to extract true value from their recruitment projects and grow their business with top tier executives—difference makers. Also a great read for every executive search professional. David has laid out a brilliant road map for those individuals to become industry leaders.”
—Barry Johnston, VP Operations, Ignite Technical Resources
“In today's highly competitive market, companies that want to attract, and keep, star players had better understand what makes stars shine. Perry and Haluska challenge the usual—conventional, outmoded, and ultimately, inherently faulty—approaches to hiring the best and provide a clear, step-by-step process to getting it right.”
—Nathalie Thompson, author of fearLESS: How to Conquer Your Fear, Stop Playing Small and Start Living an Extraordinary Life You Love
“Most Canadians don't use language like how to ‘crush’ your competition, but they are kidding themselves if they think that tough executives in the US and China aren't thinking of doing that each and every day. In their book Hiring Greatness, David Perry and Mark Haluska point out that there is no substitute for hiring the best—it's people after all who produce income not assets. That's the difference between having a CEO like Steve Jobs at Apple or a Mike Zafirovski at Nortel. Some difference. In this amazingly candid, must-read, David and Mark disclose secrets to great recruiting—things like ‘never hire a liar,’ ‘people don't quit companies, they quit bosses,’ and ‘compensation is far more than just monetary’ will take your company to a whole other level.”
—Bruce M Firestone, PhD, Ottawa Senators founder
“We are advocates for advancing Canada as a competitive innovation nation where our firms stay ahead of global competition. The way to do this is to excel at strategy, talent management, and execution. David's game plans help bridge talent gaps that ultimately drive the execution of strategy and competitive innovative national success.”
—John Reid, CEO, CATAAlliance (www.cata.ca)
“Leadership is key to the success of just about any organization. The challenge is finding and attracting the ‘right’ leadership talent. Hiring Greatness lays out the steps, in detail and crystal clarity, for meeting this challenge. It is a ‘how-to book’ par excellence. The authors are true storytellers. They have used their passion and considerable experience to produce a management book that is a real page-turner. There are not many management books that have kept me up reading into the wee hours. Hiring Greatness was such a book for me. If you are a business executive and you read one book this year make that book Hiring Greatness.”
—Ron Wiens, author, Building Organizations that Leap Tall Buildings in a Single Bound
“David is a leader in his field with a proven track record applying common sense, achieving success for his clients across a spectrum of disciplines and counties. This book is a culmination of experience, wisdom, perseverance, and results. A must-read.”
—Aubrey de Young, Chief Executive Officer, Americas Gateway Development Corporation (Amega Ltda.)
“Hiring Greatness is the perfect road map for success in recruiting. So many individuals just fall into the job of recruiting, why not ensure success with deliberate edification? Dive into the latest from Perry and Haluska to uncover what a hiring professional really looks like.”
—Rayanne Thorn, VP–Marketing for Dovetail Software; editor for intrepidHR; creator and producer, HR Latte
“At last! A book on executive search that's easy to read and makes so much sense you feel empowered to take action immediately. Hiring Greatness has it all.”
—Josef Kadlec, author of the notorious book, People as Merchandise
“Making the wrong hiring decision can be detrimental to the organization and those in the hiring process. Money loss is just the tip of the iceberg, the loss of time and emotional intelligence takes a greater toll on everyone. Hiring Greatness will allow you to have a clear ‘yellow brick road’ for success in hiring the right talent for your organization.”
—Victor Scapicchio, Adjunct Professor–Organization and Environment, Bentley University
“The essential behind-the-scenes look at the nuts and bolts to recruiting and hiring the next generation of leaders in the twenty-first century. A must-have for Corporate Talent Acquisition leaders, CHROs, and anyone working with…or around them.”
—Gerry Crispin, founder and author, CareerXroads