Highline Blog
Archive: Cultural Fit
05.30.24
Expanding The Outdoor Industry’s Definition of “Cultural Fit”
Across all industries, companies strive to recruit and hire for “cultural fit.” Understandably, they want their people, especially those in leadership roles, to embrace and embody the organization’s culture — its beliefs, mission, values, and behavioral norms. In the outdoor industry and sporting goods sectors, “cultural fit” has traditionally...
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Finding Freddie Mercury: Hiring Beyond Cultural Fit
Queen is a band that should never have worked by traditional standards. Brian May was raised as part of the British aristocracy, born with a silver spoon in his mouth and a genius intellect that has made him as accomplished an astrophysicist as a rock star. Freddie Mercury was...
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