“But I am busy,” protested Byron. “How am I going to find time to read resumes?”
“Schedule it. You need to be thinking, each and every day about your team and what would happen if any of them needed to make a change. Your most important function as a manager is personnel and recruiting. In fact, if that is all you ever did, was to build a high performance team, and then walked in front of a bus, at your funeral, I would describe you as one of our greatest managers. Because you left behind, a high performing team that could carry on.”
“It’s that important?” Byron tested.
“Top priority.” -TF
Byron sounds like a whiner and if he is really a stratus III kinda guy – would it not be his natural inclination to do this anyways???
How did Byron ascend to his level if he was not already astutely aware of these issues?
Arne,
Byron is certainly a newbie at Stratum III, currently finding his way in his new role. Unfortuantely, his company is little help in defining that role nor what it takes to be succcessful as a Manager. Like most companies, they have no clue.
Newbie at Stratum III – Hmmm – I seem to remember St. Jacques saying that it was nigh impossible – or maybe he is a youngling? (Remeber the force) In that case I would understand.
On your last comments – I hear you loud and clear.