Productive Insights Podcast Actionable Online Business Growth Made Easy With Ash Roy

IntroductionSmall business hiring in 2024 might feel like walking through a maze blindfolded. But not only is this not impossible, it's life-changing.Over the last 10 years, I've made all the mistakes in the book when hiring new team members. I wrote this blog post so you don't have to make those same mistakes. I won't beat around the bush. These are simple actionable insights you could use to transform your team into a lean mean profit generating machine.In this article, I'll share the key things you need to do to hire great team members, the dos and don'ts around hiring, the mistakes I've made along the way, and how to avoid them.Ready?Let's dive in. My painful journey around hiringWhen I started Productive Insights back in 2013 I knew nothing about hiring as a small business owner. I'd managed teams in my previous roles back in the corporate world but I'd never actually recruited as a business owner. Turns out, when you're hiring for your own business there's a lot more at stake. One bad team member can ma