How to Hire the Best Team for Your Family Business | Kathy Dawson 821

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“You can’t build an exceptional company without exceptional people.” – Kathy Dawson

What You’ll Discover Today:

How do you hire top talent in today’s ultra-competitive market, especially for a family business? In this episode, Dave Lorenzo sits down with Kathy Dawson, founder of Dawson & Dawson, to unpack the mindset, strategies, and systems that drive world-class recruiting results. Kathy also reveals her secrets to networking, building relationships that matter, and how she used focus and grit to grow her firm during the Great Recession.

Key Topics Discussed:

• The Dawson & Dawson Origin Story: How Kathy transitioned from corporate leadership to starting her recruiting firm in the depths of 2008—and why that timing was a blessing in disguise.
• Double-Sided Selling: Why recruiting is the ultimate sales challenge and how Kathy wins by selling to both the client and the candidate.
• Why Most Companies Fail to Attract Top Talent: Insights into outdated hiring practices and how flexibility and trust are game-changers.
• The Dawson Difference: The process, people, and principles that set her firm apart.
• Secrets to Building a Killer Network: Kathy’s best strategies for authentic relationship-building in local communities and national organizations like ProVisors.
• Hiring in a Family Business: The critical importance of fit, transparency, and culture alignment.
• Remote Work Reality: Why some companies still don’t get it—and how that costs them the best people.
• The New New World of Work: A conversation about Kathy’s new book and how job seekers and employers can thrive in a new era.

Links and Resources:

• 📘 Get the Book: The New New World of Work by Kathy Dawson & Patty DeDominic – Available on Amazon
• 🌐 Learn More: Dawson & Dawson Inc.
• 📧 Email Kathy: [email protected]
• 📞 Call Kathy: [phone]

Call to Action:

Need help finding the right talent for your growing business? Call Dave Lorenzo 305.692.5531