“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”
Jim Collins stated it so simply in Good to Great (1990): you simply cannot achieve greatness if you do not have the right people “on the bus.” While the philosophy is simple, executing on competitive talent acquisition strategies is anything but. Finding and attracting exceptional talent is hard enough as it is; when you add in the complex dynamics of today’s workplace and hiring landscape, you have a seemingly daunting task.
