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3 Red Flags to Avoid When Hiring Executives for D2C Companies

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
When filling leadership positions at direct-to-customer businesses, HR leaders should avoid candidates who demonstrate these three traits.

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5 Ways Leaders Can Help Beat Burnout

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
It is incumbent upon leaders to take a proactive approach to their employees’ mental health and well-being, and it starts by knowing what burnout looks like.

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When, Why and How to Hire a CFO

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
Today’s CFO role goes far beyond “bean counting.” They have an ever-growing influence on the entire structure of the organization. So just how can they add value and drive results?

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The New Bar to Raise Engagement and Lower Attrition

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
Even on this side of COVID-19, companies still find themselves challenged when it comes to employee retention and recruitment strategies.

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How to Successfully Implement a Hybrid Work Policy in a Post-Covid World

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
If you already have a remote work policy that functions well, consider rounding it out with a few more key details.

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How to Attract Top-Level Corporate Talent to Cannabis Jobs

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
What can we do to cut through the stigma and attract the best people to cannabis jobs and, as a result, grow the industry?

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Do You Have the Right Leadership in Place to Implement High-Performance Management?

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
An exploration of key leadership traits like accountability and bold decision-making, and how they help build a culture of collaboration and trust to drive team success.

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Is Virtual Leadership Right for Your Company?

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
When you’re looking to hire your next leader and you have the choice of remote versus local talent, which should you select?

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What Companies Need to Know to Hire High-Performing Virtual Leaders

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
Hiring your company’s next leader is hard enough when you can bring candidates into the office, but remote and virtual hiring has its own unique challenges.

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Seven Hiring Practices to Implement Today to Set Your Company Apart

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
Everybody and anybody can implement these hiring practices, but very few put them all to work.

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Five Habits of Highly Successful COOs

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
Hiring your company’s next leader is hard enough when you can bring candidates into the office, but remote and virtual hiring has its own unique challenges.

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How (and Why) to Find the Right Executive Search Partner for Your Business’s Needs

Max Hansen, Co-Founder and CEO at Y Scouts
Max highlights the high costs of hiring mistakes and offers practical advice on choosing a search partner who aligns with your goals and culture, ensuring a successful leadership hire.

PODCASTS

The Process Fixer Podcast

Finding the Right Fit – Recruiting in the AI Age featuring Max Hansen

Max Hansen joins Derrick for a conversation that covers employee retention, the importance of face-to-face interactions, and fresh insights into the evolving employee-employer relationship. Max also shares strategies for preventing candidates from ‘gamifying’ the recruitment process.

Beyond Your WHY Podcast

Purpose-Based Recruiting: A Better Way of Finding Talents with Max Hansen

Y Scouts co-founder and CEO, Max Hansen, shares how he founded his first company, revolutionizing the hiring process by aligning people with meaningful work through purpose-driven recruiting. He also discusses Y Scouts’ innovative discovery process and leadership model for finding top talent.

The Truth About Wealth

Hiring Leadership With Purpose Featuring Max Hansen

From aligning values to developing key leaders, Max Hansen shares valuable insights on how businesses can unlock their full potential through strategic hiring practices.

Into the Storm

Built on Purpose | Max Hansen | EP35

From the journey that led him to develop “The Y Scouts Way,” Max Hansen explains the connection between fitness and business success and shares his ventures in the cannabis industry and supplement business.

The ROI Online Podcast

Ep. 33: Hiring With Purpose, Vulnerability, & Music | Author Brian Mohr

Brian Mohr, Y Scouts co-founder, discusses proactive hiring strategies, leadership, and the role of vulnerability in cultivating success within teams.