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This month, our guests are Rocki Howard, Chief Diversity Officer at SmartRecruiters, and George Randle, Managing Partner at Talent War Group and Best-Selling Author of “The Talent War” book. Our topic is “bringing a human & empathetic touch in an automated & impersonal hiring process.”

Key takeaways:
- HR is the table. Not at the table (George).
- You can’t see talent, you have to discover it (George).
- Companies with diverse groups of people outperform those that don’t embrace diversity (Rocki).
- Humility is the trait of great leaders (Rocki).
- A subset of leadership is to find the right people to build the right team (George).
- The applicant screening should be outcome based (Rocki).
- AI should be used in support of diversity efforts (Rocki).
- ‘A’ leaders select ‘A’ players. They put their ego aside to hire smarter people than they are (George).
- Diverse teams hire diverse people (Rocki).
- Great interviews are great conversations (George).
- Diversity starts with getting to know people (Rocki).