--- title: How To Hire Employees That Fit Your Company’s Culture with Todd Perlman description: "Listen, Subscribe, and Leave a Review on: https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=24578367                    Todd Perlman is the President of BT Partners," image: https://blog.topgrading.com/hubfs/Chris%20Mursau%20Headshot.jpg --- [Go Back Up](https://blog.topgrading.com/podcast/resources/blog/how-to-hire-employees-that-fit-your-companys-culture-with-todd-perlman#top) [Skip to Content](https://blog.topgrading.com/podcast/resources/blog/how-to-hire-employees-that-fit-your-companys-culture-with-todd-perlman#body) [![](https://blog.topgrading.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Logo%20-%20homepage.webp?width=339&height=68&name=Logo%20-%20homepage.webp)](https://www.topgrading.com) Toggle Menu - [Human Capital Governance](https://topgrading.com/human-capital-governance) - [Solutions](https://topgrading.com/solutions) Toggle children for Solutions Main Menu (Press to Return) \> Solutions - [Hiring](https://topgrading.com/hiring) - 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As the President, Todd strives to establish trusted relationships with clients and is focused on going above and beyond to help them achieve their goals.  Before joining BT Partners over 20 years ago, Todd worked in public accounting as a Controller and Operations Manager for several companies across industries. He’s also served as Committee Chair for the Illinois CPA Society and is currently a member of AICPA and APICS. Additionally, he’s a Board Member of the Information Technology Alliance. ## In this episode… Todd Perlman faced the same challenges, but after some big mistakes that impacted the company, he had a wake-up call. Todd realized that he needed to trust his hiring committee, give everyone veto power, and make sure they were focusing on the culture fits. To further improve the hiring process, he included detailed culture fit interviews, made sure that each member of the committee was on board for a new hire, and confronted bad hires right away.  In this episode of the *Talent Wins* podcast, Chris Mursau sits down with Todd Perlman , the President of BT Partners, to talk about the hiring process and gauging culture in an interview. Todd shares how his hiring process developed throughout the years, the book that changed his perspective, and the disadvantages of hiring C and D players. ## Resources Mentioned in this episode - - [Chris Mursau on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-mursau-037708/)  - [Topgrading on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/topgrading-inc-) - [Topgrading](https://topgrading.com/) - [Todd Perlman on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-perlman-9152073/)  - [BT Partners](https://www.btpartners.com/) - [*Who* by Geoff Smart and Randy Street](https://www.amazon.com/Who-Geoff-Smart/dp/0345504194) - [*The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism* by Hubert Joly](https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Business-Leadership-Principles-Capitalism/dp/1647820383) - [*Ownership Thinking: How to End Entitlement and Create a Culture of Accountability, Purpose, and Profit* by Brad Hams](https://www.amazon.com/Ownership-Thinking-Entitlement-Culture-Accountability/dp/0071772456) ## Topgrading Team ## Ready to Transform your Business with Little Effort Using Brightlane? 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