10 "not-so-secret" steps for business success - Step #5

Step 5 - The right people . . .

When business activity increases, it often means there’s more work to do than the number of people on hand. So the natural answer is to hire another person to help. And when it comes to adding staff, the golden rule is to hire the right people.

So how do you determine who is the right person for your organization? This entails several steps:

1. Understand and identify your specific needs.

2. Develop a detailed job description to define the role to be filled.

3. Set reasonable expectations of the qualifications/skills you want and the market value of the position.

4. When selecting an individual, take as much time as necessary to make you find the right fit.

5. Be willing to invest the training, time, and resources into that person in order to help him/her succeed.

Sound easy, but it's amazing how many times the process gets "short-circuited". If can’t follow through on all five of these steps, your chances of success are significantly diminished.

Just like a successful sports franchise finds position players to fill each specific role, a growing business needs that same level of scrutiny and evaluation to fill its employee needs. Besides, when it comes to employees there’s too much at stake not to manage the selection process correctly.

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