# Performance Based Hiring and Why Most Companies Still Get It Wrong with Lou Adler

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Podcast: [CMMSradio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cmmsradio-4997094)
Published: 2026-04-13T18:19:42+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cmmsradio/episodes/Performance-Based-Hiring-and-Why-Most-Companies-Still-Get-It-Wrong-with-Lou-Adler-e3hq609
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Performance Based Hiring Why Most Companies Still Get It Wrong!Lou Adler (CEO of Performance-Based Hiring) joins CMMSradio to share how manufacturing and maintenance thinking can fix broken hiring. From his early days running an automotive accessories company, Lou tells the story of tearing down a stamping machine to implement preventive maintenance instead of constantly reacting to breakdowns.He applies the same logic to recruiting! Stop producing “bad hires” (scrap) by focusing on performance outcomes rather than traditional skills matching. *Great hiring requires the same process discipline as great maintenance. Find Lou Adler on LinkedIn! He knows his stuff!

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