« So What Can I Do? | Main | Communication »
June 10, 2004
Hire, Sire, Fire
- Hiring people just like you may seem like a good idea at first, but it’s actually pretty risky long-term. Imagine you come in to work one morning with the best idea in the world – a real killer. If everyone is just like you, there won’t be anyone to tell you it’s actually a heap of shit. So make sure you hire a wide variety of people, based on their skills at doing the job rather than if you get a nice vibe. Hiring ‘new’ types of people may be a little tricky at first, but keep with it, and your team will create a new stronger version of team spirit, where they realise that any decision everyone agrees on is really strong.
- It’s tough, but you’ll also have to accept that your organisation is dynamic. Your staff are continually developing, and they will move on eventually. Remember it’s not personal – after all, you may have moved into this role without hating your previous boss! When someone is moving on, it’s an opportunity to reevaluate what everyone’s doing, and perhaps call some of the other interesting people you’ve been cultivating in for an interview. Also, learn when to spot someone needs to find something more challenging to do – you never know when that pastoral view will repay big-time.
- Appraisals – your HR department should advise you on this and give you training. There will be a local policy. If they offer workshops go on them. Twice if you can.
- Sometimes staff see the training budget as their ‘fun fund’. If a programmer comes in and says they want to go on a radio sitcom writing course, you should take that as a cue that there’s some bit of them that’s not being utilised in their job.Try to drill down to find that fundamental, and between you come up with a way that those skills could be used for the benefit of the business.
Posted by Tom Dolan at June 10, 2004 04:27 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.sparklefluff.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/638
Comments
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)
