Model
These are the three virtues in the model Jeff, Bobby, and Clare came up with
What are Hungry, Humble, and Smart?
Ted's athletic hobby in retirement
What is golf?
Clare preserved this from the first discussion of the model.
What is a placemat?
Of the three virtues, this is the one Nancy needs to work on
What is smart (people smarts)?
Jeff spent three full days re-interviewing this many foremen and project leads
What is 17?
Jeff met with Bobby and Clare before Ted's interview to clarify this
What is what they were looking for in a person for the position?
The number of professional references Ted provided to Jeff
What is zero?
How did Ted remove himself from the interview process
What is a phone call?
After Ted withdraws, Craig is chosen for this role
What is VP of Field Operations?
Dani, the unauthorized reference who called about Ted, was this relation to Kim
What is Kim's brother's girlfriend's sister?
Jeff used this type of visual to work with the model
What is a Venn diagram?
The position Ted is being considered for
What is VP of Field Operations?
This person advised Jeff if you hire politicians you get politics.
Who is Maurine?
This executive, who earlier worried about the pressure to hire fast, is the one who suggests Craig for the job
Who is Bobby?
VB's "biggest moral victory" was rehiring this foreman, who had quit amid the politics at Oak Ridge
Who is Pedro?
On the Venn diagram, this is where the all-stars fall
What is the intersection of all three circles?
During their interview, Clare took Ted on this errand
What is picking out a present for Clare's daughter's friend's birthday?
What is NBC (North Bay Construction)?
In Nancy's re-interview, Jeff tells her Craig once described her this way, and it gets her to open up
What is humble?
Six months in, Craig told Jeff to stop making this the enemy of the good
What is the perfect?
On the Venn diagram, Nancy landed here
What is the intersection of humble and hungry?
Ted's team built a bridge over this river
What is the Napa River?
This is where Landan would take prospective employee for lunch.
When Craig helped interview Ted, Jeff asked him to probe for this virtue, to find out whether Ted really wanted the job or was just bored in retirement
What is hungry?
At the Q4 off-site, Bobby threw Jeff a T-shirt with this word circled and crossed out
What is "jackass"?