Ten Important Hiring Lessons We Can Learn From The Trump Presidency

Let’s put aside the sheer lunacy of Trump’s having been elected president in the first place, and all the attendant misdeeds that brought it about, and just keep to the lessons that this event can teach us about the hiring of CEOs and other important management types.

NOTE: I‘m using the masculine gender here, but this could equally apply to females.

1. Never hire A CEO who constantly brags about how rich he is. All of the best company leaders tend to just consider money a bi-product of work, and really want to be remembered for the good they did and not the wealth they accumulated doing it.

2. Never hire a CEO whose agenda appears to be centred totally around himself. Good leaders always look outward into their company to really see what needs to be improved and spearheads ideas to make the company better.

3. Never hire a CEO who see his job as an opportunity to build a family dynasty. Again, the focus here becomes not on the well being of the company so much as creating opportunity for the individuals in his family, despite the fact that they may not be qualified to actually do the job.

4. Never hire a CEO who believes and states publicly that “he alone” can conquer all the challenges the company faces. These people are not team players or anything close.

5. Never hire a CEO who would staff his departments with people who are ill-suited or totally unqualified for the role they must play. This either means that he looking for people that can be easily controlled, or he is simply looking to be the ultimate solver of all the problems these incompetent people will invariable create.

6 Never hire a CEO who is out of touch with the truth…who creates lies to make himself look good. Conversely, never hire a CEO who constantly blames others for the mistakes that he makes.

7. Never hire a CEO who believes that creating debt is a good thing. Because no matter how you slice it, that is complete and utter shortsightedness and a rationale for incompetence.

8. Never hire a CEO who will share company secrets with competitors. This is a telltale sign that he is completely and utterly disloyal to the company.

9. Never hire a CEO, who demands public displays of loyalty from his staff. These people are insecure and while they may look confident on the surface, the equals he has to deal with to grow the business will see through it almost instantly.

10. Never hire a CEO whose ideas are based on perpetuating methods that are quickly becoming out-dated. This is an true indicator of lack of vision.

When I started to write this post, I wasn’t sure I could come up with 10 things to populate it. But now that I have, LOL, I have seen another dozen or so.

But I think you get the idea. And, let’s face it, 10 is a nice round number.

Have a great day, and keep your eyes on your fries.