Jim Collins in his book Good to Great raised the question: are the right people in the right seats in your business? In some cases the answer is no, and the result is a pain point in your organization that…
Jim Collins in his book Good to Great raised the question: are the right people in the right seats in your business? In some cases the answer is no, and the result is a pain point in your organization that…
After taking some time to rethink this blog and its theme I looked no further than my bookshelf for inspiration. Acquiring knowledge is done in many formats. For me, it’s reading about topics such as marketing, leadership, motivation and spirituality.…
When you make a mistake in your job, what happens? When your department misses a deadline, or loses revenue because of an oversight, how is this handled?
Jim Collins, co-author of the best seller Good to Great suggested setting Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals (BHAG) for your business. HubSpot answered his call.
Here’s the challenge. You can’t use computer software exclusively to screen new team members. You can’t discriminate based on age or any other preconceived bias. You can’t use formulaic interview questions designed to make the applicant trip up, thus “ruling them out.”
“Most companies build their bureaucratic rules to manage the small percentage of wrong people on the bus, which in turn drives away the right people on the bus, which then increases the percentage of wrong people on the bus, which increases the need for more bureaucracy to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline, which further drives the right people away, and so forth.”
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