In ALL IN, Mike Michalowicz introduces this powerful framework to help business leaders build world-class teams.
We focus on the first half of FASO — Fit and Ability — because when the right people are in the right roles, your team becomes a force to be reckoned with.
Once you’ve successfully recruited and hired based on the right Fit and Ability, the next focus is retention — which centers on the second half of FASO — Safety and Ownership.
We think of FASO as a bridge that connects leaders with their teams. When challenges arise or alignment falters, great leaders return to FASO. They reflect:
Help business owners find employees with the right fit and ability using our proven process — The 5-Star Fit Method.
Demonstration is now Skills Testing
Shadow Day is now Test Drive Day
We believe that these new names more accurately reflect the intent and value of each stage — making the process clearer, more actionable, and easier to implement.
If you’ve ever second-guessed a hire or felt stuck with underperformance, this chapter will show you how to stop settling and start hiring with confidence.
We know that there are a few types of people out there…
The dabblers who skim the surface
The ones who wing it
The know-it-alls who think they’re too smart for this
The ones who pursue true mastery.
We’re here for the ones pursuing mastery.
If that’s not your lane, we’re probably not the right fit for you.
It all started when best-selling author Mike Michalowicz noticed a pattern.
After helping business owners implement the strategies from his other books (Profit First, Run Like Clockwork, Pumpkin Plan, etc.), one challenge still stood in the way: their teams.
Despite dialing in the other aspects of their business, leaders were still struggling with profitability, stress, and leadership. The biggest expense on their income statement? Payroll.
That’s when Mike partnered with Danielle Mulvey, business owner and hiring expert, to uncover the real reason behind these frustrations — and build a system to fix it. Together, they created the FASO framework and The 5-Star Employee Hiring System to help you go ALL IN on your recruitment and hiring.
Mike Michalowicz
By his 35th birthday, Mike Michalowicz had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had identified the formula for success, Mike became a small business angel investor… and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. Then, he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy and strong companies. Mike has devoted his life to the research and delivery of innovative, impactful entrepreneurial strategies to you. Mike is the creator of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit. He is the creator of Clockwork, a powerful method to make any business run on automatic. In Fix This Next, Mike details the strategy businesses can use to determine what to do, in what order, to ensure healthy, fast, permanent growth (and avoid debilitating distractions). Get Different will give you the tools to stand out in any market. Mike’s latest release ALL IN shows you how to build unstoppable teams where everyone wins.
Danielle Mulvey
Bitten by one too many bad hires, Danielle Mulvey hit her breaking point when she wanted to call in sick to her own company to avoid a toxic employee she was responsible for hiring.
From that day, Danielle made it her mission to figure out exactly what makes a candidate a perfect fit for the role at hand (and, no, it’s not based on their resume and a one-off interview). Fast forward 20 years, Danielle’s 5-Star Employee Hiring System™ has cracked the code on how to recruit, hire, and retain dream talent who do their jobs better than any owner.
Today, Danielle owns multiple businesses that generate over $50M in annual revenue. Thanks to her teams of 5-Star Employees, Danielle only spends 10-hours per week overseeing the operations of these businesses which affords her the freedom to host the Profit First Nation Podcast and team up with Mike on ALL IN.
Join our growing community of owners, C-suite executives, and managers who are hiring better, leading strong, and building unstoppable teams.
In the free ALL IN Community app, you’ll find:
Daily Inspiration
Insightful Content Around Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention
Collaboration with Other ALL IN Community Members
Answers to and Discussions on Trending Hiring Questions
Leadership and Team Building Resources
Tune into our curated playlists filled with insights on hiring, leadership, and team performance.
The ALL IN Company helps entrepreneurs like you build a high-performing team using a proven, systematic hiring process. If you’ve read Mike Michalowicz and believe in doing more with less — this is for you. We take the guesswork out of hiring by finding people who fit your values, thrive in the role, and actually deliver results.
This isn’t about resumes. It’s about precision hiring that drives profitability.
A 5-Star Fit is someone who doesn’t just look good on paper — they thrive in your unique business environment. They align with your mission, take ownership, and produce meaningful results. We believe every person is a 5-Star Fit for something — but not every role.
Using our proprietary ALL IN Assessment, we score candidates based on the exact traits, motivations, and skills needed to succeed in your role — so you only spend time with the top 20%. If hiring has felt like a gamble, this is your missing system.
Unlike recruiters who often just hand over resumes, we provide a done-for-you model. From custom job postings to candidate skills testing, interview packets, and an onboarding blueprint — we do the heavy lifting to make things as stress-free as possible. You stay focused on your business while we deliver fully vetted, high-performing candidates.
About 10%. You stay in your lane — we handle the heavy lifting. Once we’ve gotten all the information we need from you about what you’re looking for and why, we handle getting the job posted, writing custom interview questions for your role, and screening the candidates. You get to follow along and make the final decision, but our goal for you is to spend less time working IN your business and more time working ON your business.
87% of our clients make their first 5-Star Hire within 25 days of going live. Not because we rush, but because our system is built to attract the right people and repel the wrong ones.
When you hire someone who’s truly aligned with your values and strengths, retention goes up, turnover drops, and your business starts running more smoothly. It’s not magic. It’s methodology.
“I’m just not good at hiring…”
“I don’t have time to hire anyone…”
“There are no good people out there…”
… Then your hiring process isn’t serving you — and as Einstein famously said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
So, let’s make the change now!
The 5-Star Employee Hiring System delivers BIG RESULTS. DONE.
If you want hiring to be simple, painless, and FAST, implement The 5-Star Employee Hiring System. Get the team you need — without the stress.
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