Outline your vision and mission and make the candidate feel like he or she will be an integral part of the plan.

Out of understandable desperation, warning signs are overlooked or ignored, resulting in non-optimal hires when, with a little more effort, a better fit could have been found.

If you want to get to the top you have to take everyone with you. Most recruitment efforts are won or lost before you speak to your first candidate.

Studies have proven over and over it takes 5 positive employees to compensate for one negative force or employee. Start showing the love and be positive at all times.

Take every decision and hold it up to the light of integrity and ask yourself, does it allow you to lay your head down at night and know, without question, it wasn’t for personal gain but for the good of the company, staff and client.