Crack the code to scaling beyond 7 figures by finally hiring top talent the right way.

When agency owners talk about freedom, they often underestimate the cost of broken hiring systems. In this episode, we uncover a proven 7-step system for hiring top talent that fuels exponential growth, eliminates bottlenecks, and positions your business for scale.

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Why Hiring Top Talent Is the Growth Lever You Can’t Ignore

In this episode of The Catalytic Leadership Podcast, titled The System for Hiring Top Talent and Scaling Past 7 Figures, I sit down with Kasim Aslam, founder of multiple 6, 7, and 8-figure companies, including Pareto Talent. He is also the author of Hire: The Essential Guide to Building Powerful Teams and Reclaiming Your Time.

Kasim has built, scaled, and exited businesses by implementing a 7-step framework for hiring top talent that allows him to run 17 companies without managing a single one. His system transforms hiring from a reactive chore into an evergreen funnel that consistently attracts peak performers.

This conversation reframes hiring not as a cost but as your highest-leverage system for sustainable growth.

For Agency Leaders Scaling Past 7 Figures

If you are leading a high-performing digital agency, this episode speaks directly to you if:

• You’re experiencing bottlenecks because too much depends on you personally
  
• You’ve tried delegation, but it fails because team members don’t deliver at the right level
  
• You’re tired of wasting time on hires who look good on paper but can’t execute at scale
  
• You know AI and automation can amplify your team but only if the right people are in place
  
• You want a clear, repeatable hiring system to fuel growth without micromanaging

The Catalyst: Why Cracking Talent Changes Everything

One of the most consistent challenges I see in coaching agency leaders is this: they’ve built incredible businesses, but they are still the bottleneck. They carry the weight of client delivery, operations, and leadership because they don’t yet have the right people in the right seats.

Here’s what I’ve learned — once you crack the code on talent, everything else changes. You no longer need to be the one solving every operational puzzle. You don’t need to micromanage. And you stop losing sleep over the “what if” scenarios that keep you tethered to the business.

Hiring top talent is not about filling seats. It’s about multiplying capacity. When you treat people as peak performers, you unlock results that no system, automation, or marketing tactic can deliver on its own. The real freedom for agency owners scaling past 7 figures is not just systems — it’s people who can own outcomes and drive results without you holding the wheel.

If you want sustainable growth, don’t just build systems. Build people who can run those systems better than you ever could.

Episode Highlights: The 7-Step System for Hiring Top Talent

• 00:01 – Why Kasim Aslam returned for a second episode
  
• 01:27 – Why delegation always fails without the right hire
  
• 02:36 – The paradigm shift: people are not commodities
  
• 05:57 – How the Pareto principle exposes true peak performers
  
• 07:23 – Selling the #1 Google Ads agency for eight figures
  
• 09:13 – How top talent can be ruined within 90 days
  
• 10:23 – Why paying more leads to exponential ROI
  
• 13:10 – Creating a distribution strategy for hiring
  
• 14:36 – Filtering applicants with Zapier, AI, and “fly traps”
  
• 16:04 – Trial projects that reveal real performers
  
• 20:17 – Why interviews should be used to manage, not just hire
  
• 21:49 – Onboarding for success: authorship creates ownership
  
• 24:40 – Running 17 businesses without managing one directly
  
• 26:14 – Transformational relationships with global EAs
  
• 29:40 – Why retaining top talent is the wrong goal
  
• 35:07 – Free hiring resources at TheHireBook.com

Books Mentioned

• Hire: The Essential Guide to Building Powerful Teams and Reclaiming Your Time by Kasim Aslam
  

Connect with Kasim Aslam

Download Kasim’s free book, audiobook, hiring templates, and global job posting board at TheHireBook.com. If you’re ready to hire an EA, his company Pareto Talent can do that for you.

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About Dr. William Attaway:

Dr. William Attaway is a seasoned Executive Mindset and Leadership Coach who helps 6-, 7-, and 8-figure digital agency owners scale their businesses with clarity, systems, and confidence. With over 30 years of experience, he equips growth-driven entrepreneurs to build high-performing teams, implement scalable systems, and transition from freelancer to CEO.

He hosts the Catalytic Leadership™ Podcast—ranked in the Top 1.5% of podcasts globally (source: Listen Notes)—with a weekly reach of over 50,000. Each episode features elite agency owners and top digital entrepreneurs sharing what actually works when scaling a service-based business.

From leadership development and visionary thinking to mindset transformation and team optimization, Dr. Attaway empowers agency leaders to build a business that thrives without their constant oversight—and a team that flourishes under intentional, scalable leadership.

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