How to Avoid Recruitments Most Common Mistake

04/26/15 • -1 min

http://podcasts.smallbusinesshour.com/recruitment.mp3 Having the right experience, work history and job knowledge does not necessarily define the best job candidates. Even if they DON’T have the best experience or work history but possess the right attitudes, behaviors and discipline they are often open to learn all they need to know very quickly. In short hiring success is not based upon WHAT candidates know but rather on WHO they are. Our job as employers is to figure that out!

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Family Business Outcasts

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How do we keep the “family” separate from the “business” in a family business? Let’s face it what happens in a family usually finds its way into the business. Regardless of whether these are enduring, edifying values or embarrassing, unshakable dysfunctions, the business must navigate the culture of the family to secure a foothold in the marketplace and industry. Along the way family businesses can create outcasts of their own employees.

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Millennials Need Freedom

http://podcasts.smallbusinesshour.com/Podcast%204%20final%20Millenials%20Need%20Freedom.mp3 Family business founders and senior leaders must understand that millennial successors typically embrace freedom above all else. They want to be free to do things “their way.” They have a different view of how their work and their personal world fit together. This often is in stark contrast with the values of post war and baby boomer leaders. It can create conflict both within the family as well as in the business. The good news is that these differences can be resolved with deeper understanding and respect from both parties. This podcast can provide you with some ideas of how to deal with this in your family business.