Konstanty Sliwowski

You don’t see things as they are.

You see them as you are.

That’s the problem with hiring.

You think you're evaluating candidates objectively.
But you're not.

You're seeing what you you want to see:

→ Confidence as competence
→ Familiarity as culture fit
→ Shared background as potential

It feels like instinct.

But it's usually just bias in disguise.

This is why structured hiring matters.

Because without a clear system,
even smart people make cloudy calls.

What you need isn’t more intuition.

It’s structure.

→ Clear role outcomes
→ Well planned interview flows
→ Aligned scorecards
→ Interview questions that surface real evidence
→ Debriefs that filter out noise

Hiring isn’t about spotting the “right” person.

It’s about defining what “right” actually means before you start.

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Konstanty Sliwowski

Most hiring problems don’t start with candidates.

They start with leadership.

If you’re struggling to hire (or keep) the right people,
the issue might not be the talent.

It might be you.

I’ve been there.

⇨ I’ve built two companies.
⇨ Sat in boardrooms during M&A.
⇨ Led post-merger integrations.
⇨ Hired 1,000+ people.
⇨ Interviewed over 12,000 candidates.

And I’ve made my share of hiring mistakes.

But then I saw the pattern (and started fixing it).

Today, I’m sharing 5 leadership habits that sabotage hiring before the first interview even happens.

They cost me great people.
They might be costing you, too.

Small habits.
Big consequences.
Compound impact.

Swipe to uncover the 5 hidden hiring blockers.

Fix the habits.
Watch your business take off.

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6 months ago | [YT] | 1

Konstanty Sliwowski

Hi everyone, welcome to my new YouTube Community. Now you can post on my channel too. To get started, tell me in a post what you'd like to see next on my channel.

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Konstanty Sliwowski

You don’t need the “best person” for your team.

Here's how I learned this the hard way:

I used to think hiring was about finding "the best"

And then I made three wrong hires in a row.

Ouch!

Each one looked great on paper.

→ Skills
→ Eduction
→ Great companies
→ Tenure

It was all there.

Yet, none of them worked out in the role.

Why?

→ I hired based on what they’d done not what I needed them to do.

→ I didn’t define what success looked like in 𝘮𝘺 company.

→ I focused on skills instead of outcomes.

I am sure they were "the best" at what they did they just weren't "right" for what I needed to be done.

The result?

Costly mistakes that slowed down my business
(and nearly cost me my team).

If this sounds familiar, you're not alone.

But you don’t have to keep repeating the same mistakes.

I've been invited by 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, one of the largest professional learning platforms in the US, to lead a live workshop on how to avoid these hiring problems.

🗓 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺, 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁
📅 October 29th, 2025 at 9:00 AM PT
🔗 Register: www.trainingmagnetwork.com/events/4196?gref=kon

⚠️ 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄. ⚠️

Here’s what you’ll learn:

✅ The most common hiring mistakes (and how to fix them)
✅ How to define roles based on outcomes, not just tasks
✅ The simple hiring system I teach leaders to make confident people decisions

This isn’t theory.

It’s a practical method built from 15,000+ interviews that has helped hundreds of leaders hire better.

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8 months ago | [YT] | 1

Konstanty Sliwowski

What is the biggest challenge you face when hiring?

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