Once you start your own business and grow to the size where you have to hire staff you discover something that very few human beings will ever know.
You find out how wildly incompetent most people are.
I can tell you stories for days on end about staff. Every business owner I know has similar experiences.
Was talking to a friend yesterday. He was organising a pretty decent sized event (50+ people) and he asked a staff member to handle the booking of the venue.
Asked on Monday. Got back with him on Friday to make sure everything was booked.
Answer:
"No, because I emailed the venue but didn't get an answer yet. So... yeah..."
Let me do some mind reading for a second. I will beam my consciousness across time and space and try to get a sense of your response.
Was it something along the lines of:
"THEN WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND GIVE THEM A CALL!!!!"
Because that was my response. And my friend's response.
I've been thinking about the reason for this for a long time. And I just eventually settled on the explanation that they don't care enough.
If it was life or death, the venue would be booked. If it was their wedding, the venue would be booked. If it was a bowling meetup and the friend group asked them to book? You guessed it! The venue would be booked.
But it's none of those. It's: 'just work'.
I'm happy (and proud) to tell you that this doesn't happen if my team and I work with clients. Not because I'm an incredible people manager and a once-in-a-lifetime trainer.
Because of two simple reasons:
So if you start running into this sort of stuff it pays to direct their attention to the standards you put on yourself, your work, and the organisation as a whole.
Instil pride. It fuels civilisations.
Talk soon,
Adir
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