“The Power of Leadership”

If you work for a large company, a leading edge company or utilize professional recruiting or search companies, you probably have many different tools available to identify what you are looking for when it comes to selecting new employees or new members from within your own company for your department or major project.

But, what if you don’t work for a large company or have the professional tools available to you, how do you know what to look for when selecting new hires or new team members for your project?

Here’s a simple idea that may help you. Start making a list of what constitutes the best performance from all of your team members, employees in your department or in your company. Make a similar list of what constitutes the worst performance from the same groups. Behavior is equally important as knowledge and technical ability.

The following might be some examples of what constitutes best performance by your best employees:

* They are dedicated to perfect attendance and being on time, no matter what
* They are single-mindedly focused on the job at hand
* They are passionate about understanding how each job in their department or company serves the company’s larger mission
* They are always optimistic
* They freely offer advice, opinions, and ideas at all meetings
* They are reliably devoted to process and rules
* They are always looking for a new and better way of solving old problems
* They always go the extra distance to best serve the customer
* They value process efficiencies and scalability
* They value cost containment

We could go on and on with what makes the best performing employees in your company. However, this only works if you make your own list. The list will grow over time as you learn more about yourself and what works best within your department and company. Determine which are your preferred behaviors, and you’ll know when you’re getting what you want in your department.

When you have you list defined, then recruit and select to the behaviors on your list. Don’t depend on what you see in other departments or companies. You do not lead those departments or companies. The people you select must fit the behaviors and culture of “your” department and “your” company.

“Forget your opponents; always play against par.” … Sam Snead

Have A Great Day!

Russ

Russ M. Miller, LLIF – Chairman & CEO
Performance Institute (Human Capital Development)
Global CEO Academy (Management Training)
Sunny Hong Zhang – Managing Partner – China
Shawn M. Miller – Managing Partner – USA

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