Taking on staff
Taking on staff is one of the biggest commitments a leader or manager makes. Here are some principles:
- it may sound rather harsh, but it is for everyone’s long-term benefit: be slow to hire and quick to fire
- in the early days, you may not be able to attract the perfect employee who has both the skills you need to get important tasks achieved and who can represent the values of your company. If you cannot find the perfect employee, in the early days it is better to employ someone who can get the tasks done efficiently in order to free you up from things that you shouldn’t be doing, but in the longer term it is critical that you employ people who can represent the values of your company
- this also means that you need to be aware that you will need to adjust both your staff and your employment criteria as your company grows
There’s still more to come in this min-series in the days to come …
Useful links:
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/7155-startup-hiring-tips.html
http://www.smallbusiness.co.uk/running-a-business/employing-staff/
http://humanresources.about.com/od/recruiting/tp/recruiting_employee.htm