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Hey Unfiltered Folks,
Leadership Challenge - "WHY CAN'T I FIND GOOD PEOPLE?"
Answer: Because you're looking for unicorns instead of training horses.
You want someone who can do the job perfectly on day one.
That person doesn't exist.
Or they're too expensive.
Or they have better options.
Stop looking for perfection.
Start hiring potential and training them.
This is your fault.
You're too picky or too cheap. Pick one. Actually, you're probably both.
Question to Consider: What's your onboarding and training process?
Why: Good people are grown, not found.
Here's what's happening: you post a job. You interview 50 people.
No one's perfect.
You keep looking.
Meanwhile, the position stays open.
The team is stretched.
Projects slip.
You blame the "talent shortage."
There's no talent shortage.
There's a training shortage.
You want someone who's already done this exact job. It is impossible to find a direct replacement.
The cost? The position stays open for months. Your team burns out covering the gap.
Good candidates pass because your hiring process is too long. Finally, you settle for someone mediocre because you're desperate. They underperform. You fire them. The cycle repeats.
You created this by demanding perfection instead of investing in development.
You want a ready-made solution. That's expensive or impossible. So you stay stuck. Meanwhile, your competitors hire A-players and train them into the role. They win.
Action: Lower the bar today.
Hire for 70% fit and high learning speed.
Then train them properly.
Build a real onboarding process.
Invest in development.
Stop looking for perfection. Start building good.
Perfect doesn't exist. But trainable does.
Find trainable. Train them. Keep them.
Stay Unfiltered,
— Andy
P.S. You created this by demanding perfection instead of investing in development.
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