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Episode #139: The FIT Formula: From Hiring Hopes to High-Performance Habits

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In this insightful and energizing episode, Suzie Price reveals how the FIT Formula helps leaders move from hiring guesswork to high-performance growth. If you’ve ever hired someone who looked perfect on paper but didn’t work out in real life, this conversation will change how you approach every interview, coaching session, and development plan.

Suzie breaks down the FIT Formula and Performance Dashboard—two tools that transform hiring chaos into clarity. You’ll learn how to define the top 3–5 priorities that truly drive success, assess the “whole person” behind the résumé, and use data-driven insights to fuel onboarding, coaching, and long-term engagement.

Through real-world stories, relatable lessons, and practical takeaways, Suzie shares how clarity, structure, and understanding what truly motivates people create teams that don’t just perform—they thrive.

You’ll Learn:

  • Why clarity creates confidence—and how to build it into every role
  • The five components of true FIT: résumé, behavior, skills, motivators, and culture
  • How the Performance Dashboard acts as your ongoing “GPS” for employee success
  • How to coach and develop with data instead of guesswork
  • Why hiring for FIT leads to trust, engagement, and retention

Whether you’re a leader, recruiter, or HR professional, this episode gives you the tools to hire right, lead better, and build a Wake Up Eager Workforce—one confident, purpose-driven hire at a time.

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Takeaways of Episode #139 --- 

  • Clarity Creates Confidence: The Performance Dashboard transforms hiring chaos into precision by defining the top 3–5 priorities that truly drive success in any role.
  • Hire the Whole Person: The FIT Formula helps leaders look beyond the résumé to understand how someone works, why they’re motivated, and where they’ll thrive.
  • Data Drives Development: Superior Performance Attributes (SPAs)Hiring Templates and TriMetrix tools extend far beyond hiring—they fuel onboarding, coaching, and leadership growth throughout the employee lifecycle.
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In this episode:

Suzie Price [00:04:11]: “Ninety percent of the time when someone is let go, it’s not because of their résumé—it’s because of missing intangibles like poor self-management, low accountability, weak communication, or misaligned motivation.”

Suzie Price [00:05:28]: “Start where clarity begins—the Performance Dashboard. It pinpoints the three to five priorities that define success in a role and gives leaders and employees a shared vision of what winning looks like.”

Suzie Price [00:12:59]: “Hiring based on the résumé alone is like buying a car just for the color of the paint. You need to know what’s under the hood, how they drive, what fuels them, and where they’ll thrive.”

Suzie Price [00:22:08]: “Stop betting on gut instinct and incomplete data. Start hiring and developing with rigor and heart—because when people are in roles that fit, they don’t just perform, they thrive.”

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