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When To Say When
by Adam Zack — November 2, 2016
Here’s to great hiring managers.
Most everyone in management has hired someone you thought was the bomb, but turned out to be a mistake. Your instincts tell you that you have the right person for the job. They talk the talk, sling the lingo and dress to impress. You think you’re hiring royalty, but it turns out that the emperor has no clothes. And not in the good way. It’s kind of like you have a great first date. Maybe two, or even three. Then the next date there’s some not-so-discreet nose picking or a burp without an “excuse me”. Next thing you know you’ve stumbled into being engaged then married and are thinking, “I don’t want to get divorced again. If I just ignore her it will get better.” But it doesn’t, and before you know it your family is staying away and questioning your taste and decision making ability. If only you’d had the cajones to say after that first booger dig “You know, I don’t think this is really going to work out.” So the strong managers, the real leaders, realize when they’ve made a mistake. They take into account the best interest of their company and their employees and do what’s right by them and make the change. They do it quickly and decisively. They learn from it and ask better questions in the future. Yes, it’s hard to admit you chose wrong. It’s painful to let someone go when they have family depending on them. It’s not fun, and you may lose some sleep, but doing the right thing is not always easy. Here’s to the great hiring managers and owners whose experience and instinct has allowed them to be surrounded by greatness without a line of fallen bodies that were mistakes along the way. Your skill is under-appreciated in our business. Salud!
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