How Staffing Leaders Use Skills-Based Hiring and Role Clarity to Improve Team Performance

What should you focus on when growth slows but expectations don’t? In this episode, Michelle Sims, CEO of YUPRO Placement, answers that question by sharing how her team moved beyond stalled requisitions and shifting budgets by focusing on what they could control: people, skills, and structure.

She explains why going back to basics—realigning roles, retraining teams, and leading with transparency—had a direct impact on performance. “We all needed to go back to some basics and really rebuild some skills in this economy,” Sims says, highlighting the importance of re-skilling and internal trust in building a team that can grow ahead of the market.

If you’re trying to drive performance without waiting for conditions to improve, this episode outlines what you can do right now.