“A good leader understands how to lead his people, but a great leader understands where they should be led.”   “Often, people end up in one-sided opportunities where their vision and desires are disregarded and undervalued. It takes leadership to pair and match the people to the right companies that value their vision, regardless of their background.”   Joe Mullings is the chairman and CEO of The Mullings Group - the world's leading search firm in the medical device industry responsible for more than 7,000 successful searches with more than 600 companies. Among his clients were multi-billion dollar companies such as J&J, Google, Medtronic, Abbott, Siemens, as well as emerging startups bringing cutting-edge technologies like surgical robotics, telerobotics, AI, and deep learning to the market.   Recently, Joe Mullings was appointed as the Chief Visionary Officer of MRI Networks, the third-largest executive recruiting firm with 400 offices worldwide. He's also the President and CEO of Dragonfly Stories, which is the production company behind the award-winning docu-series, TrueFuture, of which he is the host and producer.   He's also a founder of the media platform TMG 360, a med-tech news and opinion website, and he has an engineering degree from the University of Dayton, Ohio.   In our conversation, Joe Mullings talks about his new way of talent acquisition and how he leads talents  to an environment that helps them become who they want to be:   Reshaping the market’s current methods of assessing talent Talent should be viewed as “individuals,” not “candidates” Defining leadership competencies and behaviors (over pedigree) is required now more than ever The intersection between fear and selfish orientation Quotes   “Be curious about everything, and commit to being a lifelong learner.” - Joe Mullings   “Every C-suite exec should have a reasonable amount of their bonus based on their hiring brand in the marketplace.” - Joe Mullings    “‘Candidate’ refers to a thing, and when you start to refer to people as things, you start down a slippery slope.” - Joe Mullings   “If your primary game plan and strategy for finding people is putting out snappy job postings, the A-players are not answering those. ” - Joe Mullings   “Fear is normal, but always keep in mind that you're worrying about something that hasn't happened yet and you might disarm yourself of coming with your best self because you'll be pulling your punches.” - Joe Mullings Did you enjoy this episode? Make sure to follow the show so you can get notified of new episodes.    If you have 2 minutes, I'd highly appreciate it if you can leave me an honest review on Apple podcasts!