How Leaders Make
the Right Hiring Decision Every Time
Keith
Rosen, MCC
Costly hiring decisions that are doomed from the start
can easily be avoided
if you simply make the choice to do so.
Firing someone is never easy. Even when it’s glaringly
apparent that it’s the right choice,
I’ve never met a manager who likes letting someone go.
Sales managers often wait until the very last possible moment before coming to that often painful, almost shocking realization that they need to terminate someone’s employment,
Sales managers often wait until the very last possible moment before coming to that often painful, almost shocking realization that they need to terminate someone’s employment,
hoping that they’ve done everything in their power to
turn that person around
and make them successful in their role. But even after
this difficult decision has been made,
sales managers still wonder: How did it even get to this
point?
Think about the people on your team who just don’t fit your culture or lack the necessary aptitude, attitude, and discipline to be successful. Most of the time,
Think about the people on your team who just don’t fit your culture or lack the necessary aptitude, attitude, and discipline to be successful. Most of the time,
a sales rep doesn’t work out because they were never the
right fit to begin with.
They’re getting fired mostly because they should have
never been hired in the first place!
Whether you hired them or inherited them, are you aware of the gap in your hiring
Whether you hired them or inherited them, are you aware of the gap in your hiring
and interviewing process that allowed this person to fly under the radar
undetected
and land on your team?
Maybe the gap has nothing to do with your process,
and everything to do with your attitude around hiring.
Make Hiring a
Choice, Not a Need
Even if you have all the procedures in place to ensure a
successful hire,
the biggest mistake employers make is hiring from need
rather than choice.
In other words, if you are in a position where you
desperately need a salesperson
and you're looking for a quick solution, there's a strong
chance that you are going to force
the process. Think about how the mis-hires on your team
initially made the cut.
In general, finding, assessing, hiring and onboarding top talent is a fairly high-pressure,
In general, finding, assessing, hiring and onboarding top talent is a fairly high-pressure,
time consuming activity. During the time that a vacant
spot exists on a sales manager’s team,
your company could be actively losing money. Leadership
often makes it clear
that somebody needs to be hired as soon as possible to
fill that position to cover a territory
where your competition is quickly securing market
dominance.
This turns up the heat for the manager.
This turns up the heat for the manager.
They look at the list of the non-negotiable knowledge
base, characteristics, competencies, experiences, relationships and skills
needed to ensure a successful hire.
Then, they review the potential candidates. They look at
the clock. The pressure intensifies.
And in that instant, the deterioration begins.
And in that instant, the deterioration begins.
The managers starts to concede on their list of necessary
attributes.
The Erosion of
Integrity
Whether you are engaging in crisis management tactics
because your top salesperson left,
you have more leads than you can handle, or you simply
feel you can't take on
the added responsibility that comes with hiring a
salesperson,
taking shortcuts and omitting the necessary steps in the
hiring process
compromises your staffing objectives as well as your
standards of professionalism
and excellence.
As time ticks away, the manager’s criteria start to erode. A candidate might not have
As time ticks away, the manager’s criteria start to erode. A candidate might not have
all the necessary, non-negotiable traits, yet because of
the mounting pressure
to get the position filled, the justification process
ensues. “Well, they have five out of eight critical, non-negotiable
competencies needed. That’s not so bad, right?”
In desperation, the sales manager tells herself, “I can definitely train that new rep
In desperation, the sales manager tells herself, “I can definitely train that new rep
to develop those skills. I’ll just have to invest a
little more time in them, that’s all.”
Subsequently, an offer is extended to a person who is not
a fit, and will likely never be.
The moment the manager feels pressured to fill the empty position in as little time as possible,
The moment the manager feels pressured to fill the empty position in as little time as possible,
the hiring process is doomed. The irony is whatever
standard or value you compromise
will likely become the reason you fire them or that
salesperson quits.
The Cost of
Compromising Your Standards
Because sales managers are reluctant to let people go,
this ill-suited rep will consume
a significant portion of the manager’s time over the
coming months (or even years) dealing
with problems that could have been avoided if they simply
hired the right person to begin with!
It becomes a vicious cycle: the more time a manager gives, the less they want to admit
It becomes a vicious cycle: the more time a manager gives, the less they want to admit
that it isn’t working out. And for some strange reason,
there exists a great population of managers who actually believe, “If I have to
fire them, then I failed! And I don’t want to fail!”
And while the manager invests their precious and limited time in the wrong person,
And while the manager invests their precious and limited time in the wrong person,
they’re not doing so with the right people on their team
-- the ones who actually hit their goals
and make the manager look good.
The bottom line is: You can’t make the wrong hire the right fit.
Remember, you’re not serving that person, the company, or yourself keeping someone around
The bottom line is: You can’t make the wrong hire the right fit.
Remember, you’re not serving that person, the company, or yourself keeping someone around
who shouldn’t be there in the first place. In fact, you
wind up hurting everyone instead.
If you make the wrong hiring decision, own it, learn from it, adjust, adapt, and move on.
If you make the wrong hiring decision, own it, learn from it, adjust, adapt, and move on.
Otherwise, you’re bound to spend the rest of that
person’s career trying to make
the wrong person the right fit. And that is a
quintessential exercise in futility.
Hire Slow. Fire?
No!
In order to hire right, you have to hire slow.
Hiring
decisions made under time constraints are bound to be bad ones.
And if you hire slow, you’ll be
in fewer situations where you have to fire.
Take the time to find the right person for the job,
Take the time to find the right person for the job,
and you’ll actually save countless stressful,
unproductive hours.
Your reward will be a positive ROI, less stress, a
happier team, and more productivity.
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