{"id":1197,"date":"2022-03-29T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2022-03-29T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:30:10","slug":"what-it-takes-to-go-from-good-to-great-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/29\/what-it-takes-to-go-from-good-to-great-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What It Takes to Go from \u2018Good\u2019 to \u2018Great\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Right People<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\" <\/a>In his book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . and Others Don\u2019t<\/i>, author and researcher Jim Collins discusses seven key traits of highly successful companies.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Level 5 Leadership<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. First Who, Then What<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Confront the Brutal Facts<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Hedgehog Concept<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Culture of Discipline<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Technology Accelerators<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The Flywheel<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In this article we\u2019ll take a look at the second characteristic that\u2019s critical for going from good to great. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    GREAT COMPANIES\u2019 TRAIT #2: FIRST WHO, THEN WHAT<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

    Collins advises business owners to put \u201cwho\u201d questions before \u201cwhat\u201d decisions. \u201cWhat\u201d decisions\u2014strategy, vision, tactics\u2014will be easier to tackle when a company has the right people on board.<\/p>\n

    Whether a contracting business has a handful of workers or hundreds of employees, having the right people on a team can make or break productivity and performance. A good\u2014even a genius\u2014leader cannot compensate for the problems created by hiring individuals who are not a good fit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Consider a business with four workers. . . one \u201cbad apple\u201d represents one-quarter of the workforce. The company\u2019s owner or a supervisor will have to spend a lot of time managing that person. Also, that individual\u2019s poor attitude or shoddy work can quickly hurt the company\u2019s reputation and lower employee morale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    How can you avoid this trap?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Focus on building a team of capable people<\/b> who share your company\u2019s values and work ethic.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Be choosy about whom you hire. <\/b>Don\u2019t be in a rush to fill open positions with \u201cwarm bodies.\u201d With labor shortages hurting our industry, it may be tempting to hire the first applicants in the door. Instead, take your time and assemble a team that will work well together for the long haul.<\/li>\n
    • Hire for the attitude, train for the skill.<\/b> While people can learn many trade skills, a positive outlook and motivation to do an excellent job come from within. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Compensate your employees at or slightly above the \u201cgoing rate.\u201d<\/b> Remember that no matter how much you pay, the right people will perform their best, and the wrong people won\u2019t care about their impact on your business.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      <\/b>Stay tuned for more about going from good to great! Next time, we\u2019ll talk about the third characteristic, \u201cConfront the Brutal Facts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Right People In his book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . and Others Don\u2019t, author and researcher Jim Collins discusses seven key traits of highly successful companies.\u00a0 Level 5 Leadership First Who, Then What Confront the Brutal Facts Hedgehog Concept Culture of Discipline Technology Accelerators The Flywheel In…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}