Remember marketing again? When you are marketing to attract your target customer and a sale is made – your business must the deliver on what was promised in the sales process.  Once you employ someone, you need to make good on delivering everything you promised during the recruiting and hiring stages. This is key to building your team.

Step 1: Recruiting

–Getting clear on the position requirements – Organisation Chart and Job Agreement in place
–Getting clear on the type of person: their skills, their experience, their values and attitude
–Developing your message
–Putting your message out there
–Fielding the responses in readiness for the next stage

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“Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.” ~Brian Tracy

Why is building the best team important?

It’s important because I know that you have a big vision for your business, and to get there, you can’t do it on your own.  You and your business need the best resources you can muster and develop.  And you want to do it in a way that the business becomes less dependent on you to do it all and worry about everything.

To use a sporting analogy, you are building a team and you are selecting the best players for each position on the field.  And not only do you want them to be the best in their positions, you want them to work as a team with each other. Continue reading →