There’s a lot of talk now about hiring people for attitude rather than skills.
I bet you’ve heard, “Skills can be taught, attitude can’t.”
While this might work for idealists writing feel-good Facebook articles, it is overly simplistic for people running businesses.
For senior roles in an organisation there is no substitute for deep specialist knowledge, to think otherwise is naive.
For frontline roles, skills can be taught.
But without specialist knowledge in your organisation who’s doing the teaching?
A while ago I encouraged my daughter Zara not to listen to a friend who wanted her to do something that she didn’t feel good about.
When we focus on a past that we don’t like, we are living in a state where we are hoping an imaginary future will heal a non-existent past.
Recently I was in a situation that wasn’t what I wanted, but there wasn’t anything I could do to change it.
If you fill up every area of your life with little regard for the quality of what you’re filling it with, there’s not much room left.
The thought of hard decisions is often worse than the consequences.
I’m in my office at the moment. This morning I’ve planned next week, had multiple meetings and worked on some strategic moves for my business.