How To Fix Your Bad Hire
Make the call on whether they stay or go - live - with a community of consulting leaders.

Materialize Founder Alex Nordlinger grew from a one-person shop to a 20-strong team - and learned the hard way how much a bad hire costs.

Projectworks CEO Mark Orttung has spent three decades in tech and consulting, and still makes hiring mistakes - but knows how to fix them without losing sleep.
In this live 45-minute conversation you’ll:
Make The Call
Mark and Alex will share how they’ve make the tough decisions on whether it’s a wrong hire worth saving, or time to fire - then help you do the same.
Pressure-Test Their Replacement
Get Mark and Alex's top three hacks for pressure-testing a new hire before you offer them the job - and how AI is shifting the way they recruit.
Rebuild Your Talent Pipeline
Steal Mark and Alex’s shortcuts for building a rolodex of future hires now, so you’re ready to hire talent as fast as you’re winning work in 2026.
How To Fix Your Bad Hire
Make the call on whether they stay or go - live - with a community of consulting leaders.
Your Z-Suite for this session:

Materialize Founder Alex Nordlinger grew from a one-person shop to a 20-strong team - and learned the hard way how much a bad hire costs.

Projectworks CEO Mark Orttung has spent three decades in tech and consulting, and still makes hiring mistakes - but knows how to fix them without losing sleep.
In this live 45-minute conversation you’ll:
Make The Call
Mark and Alex will share how they’ve make the tough decisions on whether it’s a wrong hire worth saving, or time to fire - then help you do the same.
Pressure-Test Their Replacement
Get Mark and Alex's top three hacks for pressure-testing a new hire before you offer them the job - and how AI is shifting the way they recruit.
Rebuild Your Talent Pipeline
Steal Mark and Alex’s shortcuts for building a rolodex of future hires now, so you’re ready to hire talent as fast as you’re winning work in 2026.
Join Alex, Mark and other consulting leaders for an unmissable conversation:
