How I Recruited My 20M/YR COO

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Jordan Ross
April 05, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

My COO left his COO role at a $20,000,000 company to come work for me...

Here is how I convinced him to

My methodology for hiring all talent is to avoid committing too soon

I hired Matt in a part-time (PT) consulting role in 2022

He was looking to help businesses grow on the side of his COO role

In our first interview, I asked him a few important questions:

  • What are your long-term goals personally/professionally

  • What would be the ideal working scenario for you

By asking these, I began to understand what Matt wanted to accomplish in his life and his career

I felt something in my gut during that first interview that was electric…

I got full-body chills and had the sense we were meant to do amazing work together

I shared this feeling with Matt but said let's start a collab with a few clients

The #1 thing I have learned from 8F is to trust my gut for hiring

My gut has never led me astray and every time I don't listen to it, I make a bad hire

Once Matt started consulting a few clients, I began 'courting' him to see how we could collab full-time FT

  • I found out what he was making/year

  • I found out what he needed from me to leave his job

  • I demonstrated I was a worthwhile leader and he could trust his career with me

Over the course of 8 months, I began laying the framework for him to come work for 8F

  • I set aside additional cash

  • I made sure I increased profits to afford a C-level executive hire

  • I gave him the continual assurance we were ready to bring him on

This is critical

I waited months to ensure Matt was who I thought he was

I didn't have the NEED to hire him immediately

Because of my intentionality with this relationship, I knew exactly who I was 'getting into bed with'

This mitigates a bad executive hire

During the course of those 8 months, I showed Matt on several occasions:

  • My mission aligns with his

  • The future growth potential of 8F

  • The work we do is awesome (he was loving his clients and the impact he was making)

In addition to all of this, this wasn't my first time managing someone older than me

I managed over 2500 during my time at Amazon

I built up the skills and demeanor to be a person worthy of excellent talent working for them

The #1 person you must lead first is yourself!

Don't overlook this step

After several months, Matt had built up a serious level of faith in me and the company

Enough to make the leap from an 8 figure business to a 7 figure business

90 days before he left his full-time (FT) role, we met to build a transition plan

We identified how we could gracefully leave his 20M/year business with respect and how he can successfully transition into 8F as our new COO

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CEO & Founder @ 8 Figure Agency

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