Tag: Hiring

Hiring

Hiring? Make notes. Speak little.

Chris Labs

Your notes need not refer in any way to what the potential employee or supplier is saying. It can be gibberish. Or it can, more usefully, be your impressions of the person and their responses. Have a series of questions handy to shoot out when they grind to a halt. Then focus like mad on what your instinct and your intuition is telling you. As to speaking little yourself, remember you are being interviewed, too. It is impossible for the other side to tell that you are not as clever as they are if you keep your mouth shut. -How … Continue reading Hiring? Make notes. Speak little.

Learnings

Do not mistake serious negotiations with management bargaining.

Chris Labs

They require very different skills. Let’s say an employee wishes to deposit and collect their child from school each day. This will interfere with his/her “normal” working hours. Big deal. If the employee is important to you, you will probably bend over barckward to “negotiate” a solution. If they are not, you will probably enforce the letter of law (and fire them). Whatever you decide to do, you are not involved in “negotiating” – you are problem solving. -How to get rich, p.150 Continue reading Do not mistake serious negotiations with management bargaining.

Learnings

It’s usually better to leave no doubt in your visitor’s mind if you’re not interested in their project or idea.

Chris Labs

In a way, it’s kinder, as well. While the temptation is to say, “I’ll confer with my colleagues and get back to you,” this will eventually come back to haunt you and waste more of your most valuable resource. Time. -How to get rich, p.130 Continue reading It’s usually better to leave no doubt in your visitor’s mind if you’re not interested in their project or idea.

Being CEO

What talent seeks, as often as not, is the chance to prove itself and the opportunity to excel.

Chris Labs

You must identify talent. Then you must move heaven and earth to hire it. You must nurture it, reward it properly and protect it from being poached. If necessary, dream up a new project. Better still, get the talent to dream it up. -How to get rich, p.107 Continue reading What talent seeks, as often as not, is the chance to prove itself and the opportunity to excel.