108: Using your QBR to inform hiring with Alyssa Lang

RUN LIKE CLOCKWORK: SMALL BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Once you determine the role you really need to hire, what do you look for most? Do you look for someone who is an expert in a certain skill set? Or do you hire someone for their strengths and how they’d fit in your company culture?

Our guest on the Run Like Clockwork Podcast is Clockwork Superstar, Alyssa Lang, CEO of Workflow Queen and a certified Asana expert for accountants. Alyssa shares how defining her Queen Bee Role (QBR) in the Clockwork Accelerator clarified who she needed to hire and what qualities the hire needed. Alyssa has gone from startup to hiring 2 “unicorn” team members who embody her QBR of Support Cheerleader in a few short months!

Topics Alyssa + Emily discuss on this episode:

• Using the Queen Bee Role (QBR) to inform hiring
• Where your next hire is hiding
• Hiring for cultural fit vs learned skills
• How Alyssa’s QBR helped her attract her ideal team member

If you’re not familiar with the Clockwork concept of the Queen Bee Role or need a little refresher, check out this episode.

Alyssa and her namesake team member, Alyssa, truly embody their QBR and are a fantastic example of putting your QBR into practice and the magic and clarity it creates inside your business + in hiring. We know you are going to love the conversation and lively energy of this client spotlight episode!

Now that you’re refreshed on what the Queen Bee Role is and how powerful it is in action, we’d love to hear what your company QBR is! Or if you’re working on it and would like some help with it, tell us that too over on Instagram @rlclockwork!

If you’re ready to Clockwork and want support clarifying your company’s Queen Bee Role (among many other things), we’d love to work with you and your business. Apply for our Accelerator program. You will also get instant access to a free, private training all about “How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months” which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.