07-25-2024, 06:45 PM
A lot of companies welcome the outsider perspective, that's why they seek out contractors, partners and suppliers.
But you look for people who
A) share the same interests
B) are at the same level
C) are at a higher level
D) show a lot of potential or have an interesting new perspective
You don't do what Microsoft HR does, hire someone who hates guns to be the producer on HALO or just hire them because they're in a wheelchair.
That's the insanity we've arrived at and it basically brings down well functioning teams.
I've seen it happen a lot around me. Just this week I got a call from one of our clients.
When he started out it was just him and 2 others, everything was smooth sailing and he had a lot of fun building the company.
After they took over another company and expanded to 30 - 40 employees, he's now tied to someone in charge of branding, someone in charge of marketing, someone in charge of sales etc. . Just because that's how you are "supposed" to do things. We were doing a project kind of under the radar to prevent these people from fucking it up and his boss called me when he was on holiday that it had to be put on hold because people felt uncomfortable being left out of the loop. When he returned he was (obviously) livid and quit.
As their results get worse and worse, these people are just not focused on the bottom line at all.
In 12 months they burned like 60% - 70% of the value of the company with nothing to show for it.
All they care about is 'values' and circle back to get everyones perspective.
Now that he is gone the people left are the incompetent nincompoops that select the worst suppliers and vendors because they see a pretty powerpoint or a LinkedIn post.
The boss obviously knows this, but he doesn't want to be the guy on LinkedIn that fired 50% of his useless employees. So they'll just circle the drain to bankruptcy.
But you look for people who
A) share the same interests
B) are at the same level
C) are at a higher level
D) show a lot of potential or have an interesting new perspective
You don't do what Microsoft HR does, hire someone who hates guns to be the producer on HALO or just hire them because they're in a wheelchair.
That's the insanity we've arrived at and it basically brings down well functioning teams.
I've seen it happen a lot around me. Just this week I got a call from one of our clients.
When he started out it was just him and 2 others, everything was smooth sailing and he had a lot of fun building the company.
After they took over another company and expanded to 30 - 40 employees, he's now tied to someone in charge of branding, someone in charge of marketing, someone in charge of sales etc. . Just because that's how you are "supposed" to do things. We were doing a project kind of under the radar to prevent these people from fucking it up and his boss called me when he was on holiday that it had to be put on hold because people felt uncomfortable being left out of the loop. When he returned he was (obviously) livid and quit.
As their results get worse and worse, these people are just not focused on the bottom line at all.
In 12 months they burned like 60% - 70% of the value of the company with nothing to show for it.
All they care about is 'values' and circle back to get everyones perspective.
Now that he is gone the people left are the incompetent nincompoops that select the worst suppliers and vendors because they see a pretty powerpoint or a LinkedIn post.
The boss obviously knows this, but he doesn't want to be the guy on LinkedIn that fired 50% of his useless employees. So they'll just circle the drain to bankruptcy.