Show Notes
Your new hire isn't evaluating the company — they already picked the company. In their first two weeks they're answering a much more personal question: how much of me is safe to give here? And once they answer it, that answer hardens.
In this episode, John Espinosa breaks down The First Thirty — three moves that decide whether the person you just hired gives you everything they've got, or quietly turns themselves down and stays that way for years.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN • Why day one is a proof problem, not an information problem • The one hour you must block — and what to say in it • Why "shadow someone for two weeks" teaches new hires they aren't needed • The exact sentence that hands over real ownership • The thirty-day question that gets you the truth before the window closes • How this maps to the LEAD Framework: Listen, Envision, Align, Drive
THE FIRST THIRTY
Make Day One Proof, Not Paperwork Hand Them Something Real by Friday Ask the Thirty-Day Question ________________________
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