#126 - Steve Suggs • The Hidden Cost of a Bad Hire

#126 - Steve Suggs • The Hidden Cost of a Bad Hire

April 13, 2026 · 52 min · Season 1 · Episode 126

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Scott Grates interviews Steve Suggs about the critical importance of hiring the right people and the pitfalls of traditional hiring methods.

In this episode of Referrals Done Right, Scott sits down with sales leadership expert Steve Suggs to unpack one of the most overlooked but critical drivers of business success. Hiring the right people. With more than four decades of experience in recruiting and coaching, Steve breaks down why most hiring processes fail and how relying on resumes, gut instinct, or surface level interviews leads to costly mistakes. Instead, he introduces a more disciplined approach rooted in data, behavioral sc...

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Host: Scott Grates

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