4 Cast a Wide Net

Recruiting and hiring is an ongoing responsibility of management, like answering the telephone and replying to requests. Just as a company is seeking new customers all day, every day, managers must be looking for new people constantly. A lack of talented people is the only real constraint on your ability to get more and better results.

Once upon a time, in those distant days that are gone forever, we would start looking for a person only when we had an opening or a need for that person. Today, however, you must be in a “permanent hiring mode.” You must scan your world like radar scans the horizon, continually looking for more and better people to work for you. It is a never-ending job, the success of which will largely determine ...

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