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What’s an IDEAL hiring process?

What’s an IDEAL hiring process?

By Nina Kaufman, Esq.

If you look up the definition of “control freak” in the dictionary, you’ll see a picture of a business owner. Brilliant, fiercely independent people … but that stubborn streak can cap their business growth. Like, when less critical tasks crowd their plate. When they can’t focus on what makes their company profitable. When their Nobody-does-it-better attitude makes them a micromanaging nightmare My client Nicole runs a marketing firm. She would get resentful trying to train people and have to let them go because things didn’t work out. I’m wasting my time. I can do it faster myself. Why bother delegating? Because you can’t scale yourself. You can’t claw back time. And your business can’t grow. It will stay in chaos. So I took her through her my IDEAL™ hiring process. Here’s the basic formula: Identify the high-priority tasks that the business needs, but you’re not good at Determine the skills sets that you need the worker to have Evaluate whether you need someone on-site, full-time, or other flexible arrangement Ask the right questions to qualify…

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Nina Kaufman

Flying solo doesn’t have to mean going it alone.

I’m Nina Kaufman.

I know first-hand that running a knowledge-based service business has unique challenges. It’s so much easier when you have an advocate in your corner. Over the past 25 years, I’ve worked with thousands of New York business professionals who want a legal advisor to guide and support them as they navigate the business world.

With wide-ranging experience as a business attorney, strategist, and media authority, I bring the added power of a business lens to the legal issues my clients are facing.

And because I’ve been a business owner myself, I’ve lived through the soaring highs and devastating lows – like when my first law firm failed. So I understand what’s involved to serve great clients, detect business risks early and build a true legacy.

I can’t get those 12 years back. That’s why I have made it my mission to ensure that business professionals like you can become wise and discerning leaders, build a solid business, and live your best life.