Why Your Team Reflects Your Leadership More Than Your Hiring

You review a stack of resumes. You conduct three rounds of interviews. You find the perfect candidate. You pay top dollar to secure their talent. You feel a massive sense of relief because you finally hired an absolute professional. Six months later, you watch this exact same individual show up late, cut corners on the job site, and deliver a completely mediocre result to your best client. You feel cheated. You blame the candidate. You blame the recruiter. You complain to your peers that nobody wants to work hard anymore. This comfortable lie protects your ego. The brutal truth cuts much deeper.