Getting wonderful people on the team is the most important job of the leader. Here’s what the great look like compared to the not-as-great:
The great The not-as-great
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Stable work history |
Job hoppers |
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Progressed in responsibilities |
Didn’t progress much |
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Pay steadily increasing over time |
Pay static/decreasing |
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Looking for challenge/opportunity |
Looking for a job |
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Made some mistakes and learned from them |
Made lots of mistakes and didn’t learn much |
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Have enjoyed lots about their work life |
Haven’t enjoyed much |
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Steadily improving their skill set |
Staying static |
| Has worked well with most bosses |
Has had trouble with most bosses |
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Left other jobs for exciting opportunities |
Got nudged out more than 20% of the time |
| Have overcome work obstacles |
Have found work obstacles insurmountable |
The great want jobs that will challenge them. They want to contribute to their workplace. And most of all, they have a history that shows that this has been the case in the past.
The greatest predictor of future performance is past performance.
Set your sights on attracting the great.