selection and hiring: HIRE SLOW FIRE FAST
- 03/27/16 02:26 PM
Hiring quickly can be a costly mistake. That could be you next admin employee or agent. Some of us may feel what the heck, I will find out soon enough. That is correct but how much damage has been done? If you have read Jim Collin’s book “Good to Great” you know about how companies become great companies. Collins surveyed companies and found that their greatness was not due to a special sauce or a great product but rather because of the people in the organization. It all starts with high quality, high performing people. Collins refers to this as getting the … (59 comments)
selection and hiring: PAST BEHAVIOR IS PREDICTOR OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE
- 04/12/15 12:15 PM
Unlike investing in the stock market, when hiring people past behavior does predict future performance. If you are not looking at behavior when you are interviewing you should be. Jim Collins and his team laid out the principle in the book Good to Great. It is as simple as “Getting the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats.” It may be simple but it’s not easy. You will need to change the way you hire people. Here is a simple fact. I have found that many employers in Westchester County NY … (30 comments)
selection and hiring: CAUTION: SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BITE YOU!
- 11/02/14 11:18 AM
Social Media has been embraced more or less by most businesses and more so by the Real Estate Community. We have read numerous articles on how to leverage social media, how much time to spend on it, how to create content and so forth. The purpose of all of this is to be found and be at the top of the search. All of this should help you. But social media can bite you if you are not careful. People put a lot of information about themselves on social media so it is natual that people checking potential employees, renters, buyers … (73 comments)
selection and hiring: HOW DO I SELECT AN ASSOCIATE OR AGENT FOR MY BUSINESS?
- 09/21/14 10:55 AM
Would you like to grow your real estate brokerage or your real estate services business in Westchester, NY?. Depending on what you are doing you may hire an employee or you may want to bring and agent or associate to work under your umbrella. Let's start with an agent or an associate who will not be your employee. I have known a few brokers that are trying to get as many people under their umbrella for bragging rights. I want to ask them, "How's that working out?" Whether it is an employee or non employee, if you have the wrong person … (24 comments)
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Hiring quickly can be a costly mistake. That could be you next admin employee or agent. Some of us may feel what the heck, I will find out soon enough. That is correct but how much damage has been done? If you have read Jim Collin’s book “Good to Great” you know about how companies become great companies. Collins surveyed companies and found that their greatness was not due to a special sauce or a great product but rather because of the people in the organization. It all starts with high quality, high performing people. Collins refers to this as getting the … (59 comments)
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