Why true superstars never start as unknown – a key hiring insight

0:00understanding the difference between superstars and stars. He said something that really stuck with me, how he identifies superstars. He said, "Listen, we all want superstars, right? And we know them when we see them. But what I have noticed is that I've never not thought someone was a superstar and then later realized they were." He said, "Now, I've had people who came in and I thought they were superstars and then they turned out they weren't superstars, but I've never had the reverse happen where someone comes in, I don't think they're a superstar and then they become one." So, I took that as a key learning for myself, which is once we're bringing in high-level talent, we're bringing in leaders, we're bringing in in drivers, if we don't immediately think that they're a superstar, then it means that they're probably not a fit for that role. They're able to solve problems, bring solutions to the table, and implement them without your input. Often times, what you have to end up doing, giving up the next level of control, which is control around high-level decisions. You have to give people the autonomy and the power because a superstar wants that kind of power, right? They want that kind of authority.

0:53They want that responsibility. They want the responsibility because they want the credit for the outcome.