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Lesson 4: How Not to Go Wrong with Hiring | Suzy Welch

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October 13, 2025

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When addressing a medical condition, doctors follow a clear treatment plan to ensure the care is tailored to the diagnosis. Similarly, in hiring, a structured approach is essential to accurately assess candidates and select the best fit for the role. Without it, common tendencies — like biases — can undermine decision-making. Fortunately, as Professor Suzy Welch explains, there’s a solution. It starts with recognizing the problem.

In this video lesson, Welch offers actionable strategies to refine your hiring process and build stronger, more effective teams.

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About Suzy Welch:

An award-winning NYU Stern School of Business professor, tech entrepreneur, and three-time New York Times best-selling author, Suzy Welch is known for imparting warmth and wisdom about business and culture, captivating an enthusiastic and expanding audience.

Over the course of her multifaceted 40-year career, Suzy has been a crime reporter in Miami, a consultant at Bain & Co., and a columnist for O: The Oprah Magazine. A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Business School, she has been (and remains) a frequent guest of the Today Show and an op-ed contributor to the Wall Street Journal. But Suzy Welch’s greatest passion is in the classroom at NYU Stern School of Business, where she teaches two acclaimed classes, “Becoming You: Crafting the Authentic Life You Want and Need,” and “Developing Managerial Skills.” She is also the director of the NYU | Stern Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing, a community of management scholars and practitioners committed to advancing the discovery of authentic meaning.

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