Hiring Goal: Be the Dumbest One in the Room!
May 6th, 2012What is the ultimate hiring goal of your business? It is usually to hire the right people to perform the task at hand. No matter what the industry or the job required, your business is on a mission, and to achieve its goals, it needs to have the right staff on hand to make it happen. Is that possible? If you want it to happen, as the employer, you really do need to be the dumbest person at the boardroom table.
How Missions Are Won
If you consider how the biggest and the best CEOs in the world have become successful, invariably it is not by just doing all of the work themselves. Those who succeed are those who are successful at hiring the right people to push them to the top. No one does it on their own, after all. If you want to achieve the mission goal, you need to hire the right people to get you to that place.
Why Being Dumb Matters
Imagine sitting around a boardroom table. Would you feel the most confident if you were the smartest person at the table or the dumbest one? If you want to succeed in the industry, then you need to be the person at the table with the least amount of information and skill. By surrounding yourself with the best of the best at their skill, you ensure you can move forward. A team filled with the best at their job will ensure you can move beyond and upward.
How to Find the Best People for the Job
To find those who are best suited for sitting at your table and working with you, measure anyone you hire by how well they can contribute to the team. Here are some things to keep in mind through the process.
- What is the role of the person who you are considering bringing onto the team?
- How will you measure his or her success at the role you want that person to fill?
- What attributes does the person you are hiring need to have in order to do the job properly?
- What attributes are critical to ensuring that the team member meshes well with the rest of the people sitting around the table?
If you want to hire a professional who will help you to succeed, hire someone who fits with your team but has skills and experience that pushes them further. Be the dumbest person at the table so that you can push your team to accomplish more. The right team member has the ability to gel with your team, but also take it further than what you can do on your own. Sure, you know your business incredibly well, but as an employer, you need to surround yourself with the very best professionals around.
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