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GO FOR GOLD IN PEOPLE, GO FOR GOLDEN PEOPLE



BUSINESS WISDOM: Go for gold in people. Go for golden people.

By Tayo Onaleye

Andrew Carnegie, a billionaire, was once asked how he developed so many millionaires to work for him.

At one time he had 43 millionaires working for him.

Carnegie noted that they weren’t millionaires when they started working for him.  

He then said, “Dealing with people is a lot like mining for gold … when you mine for gold, you must literally move tons of dirt to find a single ounce of gold. However, you do not look for the dirt — you look for the gold.”

Application

1. Develop the gold in your staff.

Grow them. Groom them. Invest in them.

Turn your organisation to a people development factory.

You don't build the business; you build the people and the people build the business.
There's gold in your staff. Go for it. Bring it out. 

2. Let go of staff who refuse to be golden.

It's grow or go. Shape up our ship out. Hire slowly but fire fast.

It's a business organisation and not a rehabilitation center. 

The staff who doesn't fit will make you throw fits.

Let them go.

If you have to, keep firing the wrong staff until you get to the right ones.

Like Carnegie, you may have to fire a ton of wrong staff before you get an ounce of golden ones.

Go for golden people.

Don't settle for less.

Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 14, 2017 at 11:43 PM

    Wow this is an eye opener. Most of the time we attach sentiments to our hiring process and we end up getting mediocres .

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