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Are You Hiring People Without Properly Assessing Their Strengths?
2009-07-05 20:04:37
Thousands of years ago Solomon stated "Like an archer who wounds at random, is he who hires a fool or any passerby." Although Solomon was arguably the wisest and richest man that ever lived, he lived thousands of years before the advent of the modern day corporation, publicly traded companies, balance sheets, income statements, press releases or Human Resource departments. It is stunning to realize that he had the foresight to state that you cannot hire just anyone to fill a role.
In fact, he is equating the act of hiring "warm bodies to fill seats" to an archer who wounds at random. This is not a pretty picture! I am sure that every leader has been guilty of hiring the wrong person at some time in their career. Solomon knew that the only way to properly build a team would be to hire people whose strengths fit the role they were being hired into and that they had character, integrity and discipline.
Although this seems like such a simple concept, it can be very hard to follow. It takes discipline on a leaders part to invest the time and energy to first define the role that is vacant and then evaluate candidates to ensure their strengths, character and chemistry will be a fit. Failure to invest this time up front inevitably results in employee turnover and more cost down the road. Conservatively, it can cost upwards of $50,000 to replace a low level executive position and over $100,000 to replace a higher level executive. This does not take into account the cost of lost business and ineffectiveness while the position is empty or the cost of loosing your client's confidence when they see the continual turnover. If you cannot get it right and end up hiring multiple times to fill a role, it can become a huge financial burden for your company.
Make sure you take Solomon's advice and don't hire a fool or a passerby. Take the time to understand your needs and then target hire a person with the strength zone to match.
Tags: hire, , strengths, , strength, zone, , Solomon, , employee, , turnover, , corporation, , riches, , wisdom
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2009-07-05 20:04:37
Thousands of years ago Solomon stated "Like an archer who wounds at random, is he who hires a fool or any passerby." Although Solomon was arguably the wisest and richest man that ever lived, he lived thousands of years before the advent of the modern day corporation, publicly traded companies, balance sheets, income statements, press releases or Human Resource departments. It is stunning to realize that he had the foresight to state that you cannot hire just anyone to fill a role.
In fact, he is equating the act of hiring "warm bodies to fill seats" to an archer who wounds at random. This is not a pretty picture! I am sure that every leader has been guilty of hiring the wrong person at some time in their career. Solomon knew that the only way to properly build a team would be to hire people whose strengths fit the role they were being hired into and that they had character, integrity and discipline.
Although this seems like such a simple concept, it can be very hard to follow. It takes discipline on a leaders part to invest the time and energy to first define the role that is vacant and then evaluate candidates to ensure their strengths, character and chemistry will be a fit. Failure to invest this time up front inevitably results in employee turnover and more cost down the road. Conservatively, it can cost upwards of $50,000 to replace a low level executive position and over $100,000 to replace a higher level executive. This does not take into account the cost of lost business and ineffectiveness while the position is empty or the cost of loosing your client's confidence when they see the continual turnover. If you cannot get it right and end up hiring multiple times to fill a role, it can become a huge financial burden for your company.
Make sure you take Solomon's advice and don't hire a fool or a passerby. Take the time to understand your needs and then target hire a person with the strength zone to match.
Tags: hire, , strengths, , strength, zone, , Solomon, , employee, , turnover, , corporation, , riches, , wisdom
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