--- title: "CEO-Ready: Hire for Attitude" description: This time on CEO-Ready, we're with PaveCo Founder/CEO Darin Whelan. Darin talks about the importance of hiring for attitude (be happy!) first and for skill second. He also talks about the creative ways he is instilling a close-knit culture, which is leading to major growth and success of the entire team and company. PaveCo is even adopting the CEO-Ready concept into their every day job performance (which was a big hit with yours truly)! image: https://blog.uspavement.com/hubfs/darin.png --- Call 1-800-PAVEMENT [![US Pavement](https://blog.uspavement.com/hs-fs/hubfs/USPavement/us-pavement.png?width=300&height=106&name=us-pavement.png "US Pavement")](http://www.uspavement.com/) Call 1-800-PAVEMENT [ Need a Quote? ](http://www.uspavement.com/estimates/estimates-business) # Blog ## CEO-Ready: Hire for Attitude Posted by [Andrew Musto](https://blog.uspavement.com/author/andrew-musto) on 7/5/18 8:31 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) This time on CEO-Ready, we're with [PaveCo ](http://www.paveco.com/)Founder/CEO [Darin Whelan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/darin-whelan-1006708/). Darin talks about the importance of hiring for attitude (be happy!) first and for skill second. He also talks about the creative ways he is instilling a close-knit culture, which is leading to major growth and success of the entire team and company.  PaveCo is even adopting the CEO-Ready concept into their every day job performance (which was a big hit with yours truly)! Darin lives out the CEO-Ready culture personally by trying to transform the lives of the people in his company.  His "job as a leader" is to elevate his team, individually and collectively, however he can.  Side note: that's a 1-ton Bomag roller in the background ... Can't miss out on a sunny day in New England! 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