Hiring employees
Just kind of curious on everyone's thought as to what it takes to find good dedicated employees that will show up perform quality work and stick around ? We're located in Minnesotas twin cities area ...
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While I am just getting started in the home services business arena my experience recruiting, screening, hiring, leading and dealing with personnel is decades long.
This is going to sound a bit harsh too - the problem isn't usually with finding good people but usually with bad company management that has no clue how to effectively deal with people.
Leading people is in and of itself a specialized skillset. If one doesn't already have it that will need to be learned and developed like any other skill.
Begin with looking at your own company through their eyes.
See what you offer them through their lenses - and that will be eye-opening in and of itself when done honestly. So if you want better people - you have to have a better opportunity to offer.
Then you need proper onboarding, orientation, training and daily leadership with accountability. Finally - to really knock it out of the park you need to offer some kind of performance pay incentive that rewards their additional hard work.
Money is important. But so is how they are treated. Everyone wants to be respected and feel like they matter and are valued as Team Members. When you can make that happen, along with excellent compensation and high quality training and support - then you are on a whole different level.
That's my two cents anyway, and I hope it helps.
That’s a powerful mindset to lead with. Investing in your team from the start sets the tone for lasting growth. Incentivized bonuses and mutual development go a long way in building trust, loyalty, and a strong culture. Wholeheartedly agree! I’ve heard that’s actually one of the keys to long-term profitability.
Thanks - and I have found that to be very true in every single thing I have ever done in my life. Each organization where that has been done properly did well, and the companies where it wasn't deeply ingrained and part of the culture suffered and struggled.
The teams I have personally lead has always outperformed the competition by multiples in productivity, efficiency and loyalty (retention).
You can have an average product marketed and deliver by an exceptional Team and do very well - vs have an outstanding product but a terrible organization and a substandard Team - and the organization will always eventually fail. Usually after humping and bumping along and struggling in misery for years.
The ability to attract, recruit, onboard, lead and reward determines the ultimate level of success of the company - in my experience anyway.
Thanks again for your thoughts and comments too.
