273: Stop Hiring for Experience: The 3 Traits That Predict Top Performers | Ursula Mentjes

Ursula Mentjes, five-time bestselling author, award-winning entrepreneur, and business growth expert, shares why mindset and attitude often outperform experience—and how leaders can unlock outsize growth by hiring differently, delegating smarter, and dissolving limiting beliefs.

In this episode, host Damon Lembi and Ursula Mentjes explore leadership, sales, and business growth—digging into why “accidental salespeople” thrive, what really limits scale, and how AI can become a practical growth accelerator for modern leaders.

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Key Leadership Lessons from Ursula Mentjes’ Journey

• Hire for mindset, not just résumés: Attitude, openness, and coachability consistently predict top performance more than experience alone.

• Beliefs drive results: Breaking through limiting beliefs is often the fastest path to 2x—or even 10x—business growth.

• Delegation unlocks scale: Trusting your team, stepping out of the bottleneck, and leveraging AI frees leaders to focus on vision and impact.

Connect with Ursula Mentjes

• Website: UrsulaInc.co

• LinkedIn: Ursula Mentjes

Ursula’s insights on mindset, sales, delegation, and AI-driven growth help leaders scale to six and seven figures while working less.

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