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 we were at a horse show. Zara and I walked the course, and I read the jump off and told Zara what it was.
Observing many people and many businesses over time, I’ve observed two factors within your control that lead to much great returns.
Every morning, I meditate with Ernie resting his head on my lap. It’s a special time.
We should eat more leafy greens, go plant based, eat fish not red meat, don’t eat dairy…