I was invited onto Tim Hughes‘ ‘Tim Talk’ for a live recording discussing ‘how to hire your Number Two (or Second in command’ or ‘2iC’). Tim invited me on as he’d read my article titled ‘How do I hire my Second in Command‘.

As Tim mentions right at the start of the interview ‘How to hire your Number Two’ is such an important issue with Business Owners and Founders, but it isn’t a topic that gets discussed much. We also covered a few other key issues that drop out of this process, and at the end of the discussion there’s even a free offer! have a watch below;

Here’s the time stamps of what we discussed;

01.30 – An overview of the pre-cursor to hiring a Number Two

03.00 – The first key factor in hiring a Number Two (the ‘pre-interview)

03.45 – Defining your new Number Two’s (and its impact on you)

04.45 – The benefits of ‘pre-interviews’

06.00 – Who pays for coffee and what it says

08.30 – Can you do the job and how would you do the job?

09.40 – Are you willing to let go?

10.30 – One of the key benefits from bringing a Number Two in and the ‘tricky bits’

14.10 – The issue of trust, with staff

16.00 – People issues…. and brilliant jerks

20.00 – What on earth am I, as Founder, going to do now? 

20.45 – FREE offer to solve your biggest business problem.

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