In business, we are all too good at pointing the finger at other people when things go wrong: customers, suppliers, but mainly staff. The truth is, your staff is a reflection of you.
Let me enlighten you something about your staff.
If they’re not performing, it’s on you.
Constantly moaning about your staff is a reflection on you as a boss in more ways than one.
Why your staff is a reflection of you
- You employed said person
- You ‘trained’ this person
- You allowed this person to behave this way (probably still do)
- You allow this person to dictate to you
- You allow this person to infiltrate bad vibes around the whole company
- You are too weak to reprimand this person
he finger at other people when things go wrong: customers, suppliers, but mainly staff. The truth is, your staff is a reflection of you.
Let me enlighten you something about your staff.
If they’re not performing, it’s on you.
Constantly moaning about your staff is a reflection on you as a boss in more ways than one.
– YOU employed said person
– YOU ‘trained’ this person
– YOU allowed this person to behave this way (probably still do)
– YOU allow this person to dictate to you
– YOU allow this person to infiltrate bad vibes around the whole company
– YOU are too weak to reprimand this person
STOP IT NOW!
Nobody comes to work to do a bad job. Nobody applies for a job to be a bad employee. But by allowing and accepting some of the above, you are affirming that all of this is OK.
Hire Slow but Fire Fast!
Oh, and when you’re pointing your index finger at ‘that person’, have a look at the direction your other fingers are pointing. It’s normally always you.
Fixing this with a proper recruitment plan
One of the very first things we do at TradeCoach is set you up with a robust recruitment plan. It’s a plan designed so you never have to deal with this type of behaviour again — one so robust that people will be knocking your door down to work with you. The good ones who come on board will never want to leave. For more on getting recruitment right, see our recruitment advice for trades businesses.
