The Power of Teams
One of the areas that we concentrate on when helping business owners triple their business is the skill of building dynamic, power teams. They are essential to cope with the extra workload that you’re going to be taking on.
It is a team where the members trust each another, who all work towards a common goal, who hold one another accountable for making things happen and support each other where they can. It was Kurt Lewin, a social psychologist and change management expert from the early 1940s, that is credited with coining the term "group dynamics” and it’s these behaviours the are reflected in the dynamic power team. Further research has found that when these teams are working together, its members are nearly twice as creative as an average team, making them a great asset for any company.
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How Do I Speed Up My Recruitment Process ?
The process of recruiting the right talent can sometimes seem slower than a glacier’s progress. There are a multitude of reasons for this; poorly written job adverts, ineffective interviewing processes and unrealistic expectations of candidates are some of them. However, the main reason is procrastination, which we’ve encountered in every recruitment step in some companies.
So how can you speed up the process, so that you are sweeping up the best talent and not losing them to someone else due to your procedural delays?
Let’s be realistic, recruiting staff is a process that demands your time and care to get right but there are steps that you can take to eliminate doubts at each step and make the whole process slicker.
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How Can I Select The Right Candidate ?
It’s a real worry for you, isn’t it? You know this has been a problem with recruiting before and this time, you want to get it right.
First, let’s be honest, the ideal candidate that you want is unlikely to be out there. You may be able to buy oven ready chickens, perfectly prepared for the oven but you can’t buy the perfect candidate, however much you’re willing to pay.
The hard skills, experience and education are easy to see on CV and to some extent, easy to check. However, the soft skills are far harder to ascertain. This attributes like honesty, integrity, professionalism, willingness to learn and openness, just name a few, are difficult to drill into.
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