Hiring Curse

HIRING CURSE

Good is the enemy of Great! Successful organizations are created when mediocrity is banned, average is shunned and above average is discouraged.  Successful organizations have iconic leaders  who are revered by the investors, employees and vendors , who mature into a brand internally.  In today’s world, companies need to hire for attitude and give them the skill than the other way.

A good leader when hired doesn’t need an induction, handover, job description or process exposure.  He will discern and transcend them quickly to work on results. Unfortunately such successful people are already in great jobs and are taken. Hence spotting and attracting talent is paramount to building a fine institution.

Many organizations  today suffer without proper leadership and languish in mediocrity. When the investor decides to hire the leadership team, he entrusts it to specialized hiring firms. Often hiring firms start without a proper brief about the leadership skill set needed, job description, industry specific skills needed  to succeed. Similarly the interviewing company do not devote the quality time to comb the candidates and spot the talent. In the end, HR is blamed and the unanimous conclusion is there’s not enough talent.

As they say, “If you haven’t found what you want, you haven’t searched harder enough”

K. Subramanian.

07/06/2018

(The author is the founder of Drawing Board Advisory and Consulting Services, based at Bengaluru. Views expressed are personal. He can be reached at subbu@drawing-board.in)