What new hires told us that the founder didn't know
For one founder, we stayed with every new hire from day 15 to day 120 and brought the themes back to leadership. One came up early: people didn't understand the vision. They couldn't connect what they were doing to where the company was going.
That's not a performance problem. It's a communication problem, and it's fixable if someone tells the founder in month two instead of in the exit interview.
Hiring gets the person in the door. The first 120 days decide whether they stay.
