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The two reasons to hire someone!

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I was recently speaking to a friend, and he told me about a person he recently let go. Within two weeks, he was frustrated. “She’s not fixing anything,” he told me.“What did you expect?” I asked.“She told me she had 15 years of experience, and I expected her to know what to do.,” he explained.The problem wasn’t the VA. It was him.He had hired someone as a patch. Someone to fix the chaos, not to solve for capability or capacity. Without a system in place, the new hire became another layer of confusion. And instead of freeing him up, she created more work.This is one of the most common mistakes I see business owners make when they start building a team. Heck, I made the same mistake. So I’m speaking from my own street education. It’s easy to hire too soon, for the wrong reasons, or without a plan.So let’s talk about the right reasons, the wrong reasons, and how to know if it’s time to add your next team member.Read more at: https://scotttoddwrites.substack.com/p/my-new-hire-was-terrible-but-theMe: https://www.scotttodd.net

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I was recently speaking to a friend, and he told me about a person he recently let go. Within two weeks, he was frustrated. “She’s not fixing anything,” he told me.“What did you expect?” I asked.“She told me she had 15 years of experience, and I expected her to know what to do.,” he explained.The problem wasn’t the VA. It was him.He had hired someone as a patch. Someone to fix the chaos, not to solve for capability or capacity. Without a system in place, the new hire became another layer of confusion. And instead of freeing him up, she created more work.This is one of the most common mistakes I see business owners make when they start building a team. Heck, I made the same mistake. So I’m speaking from my own street education. It’s easy to hire too soon, for the wrong reasons, or without a plan.So let’s talk about the right reasons, the wrong reasons, and how to know if it’s time to add your next team member.Read more at: https://scotttoddwrites.substack.com/p/my-new-hire-was-terrible-but-theMe: https://www.scotttodd.net

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