Hire Slow And Fire… Slower?
How often have you heard someone from a company say, “We hire slow and fire fast?”
I’ve heard this line so often that it sounds sort of a like a mantra or one of those wise sayings that are taken for granted but are generally wrong: “I invest for the long term,” or “There is no room for emotions in the work place,” or “The Red Sox will never win.”
This is not to say that it’s always wrong to “hire slow.” However, it’s important to understand the different ways that a company can hire slow. Some of them make more sense than others. What, fundamentally, does it mean to hire slow? For that matter, what does it mean to “fire fast?”
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October 25th,2010 Published Articles | tags: business planning, communication, confidence, conflict, culture, fear, hiring, leadership, management, recruiting, success |
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