If you are a business owner or entrepreneur, you’ve probably made one or two bad hires at some point in the past.
In today’s economy, hiring the best people for your business is more critical than ever. Leaders view great employees as investments and expect a good return of their investment over time. Hiring a great employee enhances your work culture and ensures that you are making the most out of your time and energy. However, hiring the wrong employee can be beneficial to you and your company as well, as it can give you important lessons and an opportunity to grow.
The hiring process does not end once the employee is on board. As a director and leader of your business, it is your role to spot potential and to see your employees where they can’t see themselves. It is your job to provide the environment for them to grow and blossom.
In this episode, we unpack what makes a great hire, how to know when to start hiring, and the lessons and learnings for entrepreneurs when hiring new people – whether they turn out to be the right or wrong ones for your company.
Remember that the best hire that you can make is yourself – growing yourself, upgrading yourself, and strengthening your leadership. For your business to grow, you also have to grow as a leader.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL FIND OUT…
- The two types of great hires (3:37)
- A great hire optimizes your time (5:26)
- Spotting potential as a leader (6:56)
- Nurturing and helping your people grow (8:21)
- Average efforts multiplied, beats perfect performance (14:03)
- We are really good at a few things, but not everything (16:04)
- Wealth dynamics framework (16:29)
- Hire for things you are not great at (17:33)
- Hiring people who compliment you in different ways (17:57)
- Hiring for things you are good at (19:11)
- Letting go of things you are good at (19:57)
- When do you know when to hire? (24:10)
- Knowing who to hire (25:42)
- Free up your time to focus on the things that matter (27:15)
- Being a master of delegation (29:05)
- The last three things to let go of as a leader: Sales, Marketing, Culture (30:11)
- Self evaluation to take hats off and give them to other team members (31:00)
- Be a master of evaluating yourself (31:31)
- Practical tips for you to grow professionally (31:47)
- Business is the best personal growth journey (33:23)
- Developing your positive growth mindset (34:19)
- The Parable of “We’ll see” (35:24)
- Making the decision to hire or not (38:04)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
- Xero
- Rescue Time
- Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman, Mark C. Winters
WHERE YOU CAN FIND US
CARL TAYLOR
Automation Agency
CarlTaylor.com.au
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PETER MORIARTY
iTGenius
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