Fast Company  Hire Great People Fast  Lessons from Netscape,
Cisco, and Yahoo! on how to find the right people and get them
up to speed -- fast.  It's the toughest -- and most important --
challenge in business today. Lessons from Netscape, Cisco, and
Yahoo! on how to find the right people and get them up to speed
-- fast.  Jim Barksdale, CEO of Netscape Communications, is
standing before 50 new recruits at an orientation session. He's
a congenial guy with a wry sense of humor. He's old enough to be
the father of many people in the room, which is precisely what
he doesn't want to be.  First he asks a question: "What's the
purpose of this business?  "To make money," replies one new
employee.  "Wrong!" Barksdale snaps. "Our purpose is to create
and keep customers. Somehow each of you has to be a part of that
purpose."  Next he sets goals: Netscape wants to land 200 new
corporate accounts by the end of the quarter, to deliver its
software on time all the time, and to double revenues every
year.  Then he does som