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BobG
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« on: January 26, 2009, 07:50:00 AM »
If hiring managers can identify, before the hire, future top performing employees, how do so many under performers get hired?
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Bob Gately, PE, MBA
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2009, 08:04:31 PM »
Hey Bob,

Good question.  The fact is, you can't build a  company with ALL top performers, it is just not realistic.  The way I see it, there are sprinters, and those that run the marathon.  Good managers will identify which employees fit into the appropriate category and  place them in the positions that they will be most effective.
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2009, 07:22:24 AM »
"Good question."

Thanks.

"The fact is, you can't build a  company with
ALL top performers, it is just not realistic."

So, when underperformers are hired, hiring managers did it on purpose?

"The way I see it, there are sprinters, and those that run the marathon. 
Good managers will identify which employees fit into the appropriate
category and  place them in the positions that they will be most effective."

True for good managers but what about the rest?

I was asking about the selection of employees not managing employees.
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Bob Gately, PE, MBA
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2009, 08:10:21 AM »
A couple of things...I think often managers will hire on potential...the good managers are able to see potential in someone and really bring it out of them.   Also, during boom times managers feel so much pressure to fill seats that they will hire underperformers - now, they may not make as much profit as if they had a star performer in that seat, but at least they are not losing money.
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2009, 08:33:22 AM »
"I think often managers will hire on potential..."

I agree but an applicant's potential is more often than not the hiring manager's gut feeling which is seldom related to the applicant's potential.

"the good managers are able to see potential in someone and really bring it out of them."

Good managers and bad managers are the same--they cannot see potential. Good managers however will bring the best out of their direct reports.
 
"Also, during boom times managers feel so much pressure to fill seats that they will hire underperformers"

I wish that were true but under performers are hired in boom times and bust times.

"they may not make as much profit as if they had a star performer in that seat, but at least they are not losing money."

I'm afraid that most hiring managers do not know how to identify future star performers so many of them try to hire other employers' star performers.
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