SOME OF OUR favorite articles on SELECTION • How to Hire and Onboard to Engage Star Employees by Robert Gabsa (Gallup) - permission received to reprint • Set Your New Hires Up for Success: Up Their Game with Detailed Talent Feedback by Mindy Murphy • 5 Biggest Interview Pitfalls – and How to Avoid Them by Beth Sunshine Hiring decisions are perhaps the most critical decisions a company ever makes because talent is directly connected to performance. While other factors contribute to sales performance as well (training, pricing, marketing, etc.), the best managers know that selecting the right people for the company is job one! As Peter Drucker said, “If I have put a person in a job and he or she does not perform, I have made a mistake. I have no business blaming that person, no business complaining. I have made a mistake.”