The Truth About Being a Successful Manager: The Essential Truths in 20 Minutes

TRUTH 7 Hire people who fit your culture: my “good employee” is your stinker!

Many a manager has hired a new employee based largely on her skills and then lived to regret it. While skill competence is certainly an important ingredient in the making of a “good employee,” never underestimate the role that an organization’s culture plays in an employee’s success or failure.

Never underestimate the role that an organization’s culture plays in an employee’s success or failure.

Employee performance typically has a large subjective component. Bosses and colleagues have to make interpretations: Is Dave a team player? Is Tina taking unnecessary risks? Is Laura too competitive? And whether those interpretations are positive or negative depend to a ...