The Entrepreneur's Guide to Hiring and Building the Team (Entrepreneur's Guides (Praeger))

There are few absolutes in business, but here is one: Thriving businesses employ a superior team. No matter how great the idea, how strong the entrepreneur's finances, how excellent the location, or how magnetic the advertising, the success or failure of the business rides on the quality of the workforce. And here's another absolute: Long-term financial success depends on keeping effective employees from jumping ship. In this book, business veteran Ken Tanner guides entrepreneurs through the three critical components of staffing a business—recruiting, teambuilding, and retention. As he shows time and again through advice, anecdote, and example, solving these challenges is like adding rocket fuel to the entrepreneurial business. Yet new business owners tend to take a lax view of personnel issues. They hire the first person who walks through the door or interview using a canned sheet of questions snagged from the Internet. Teambuilding consists of showing the new employee where to sit and who to go to for answers. And retention? What's that? The Entrepreneur's Guide to Hiring and Building the Team begins by helping entrepreneurs understand why staffing is so important. Then it guides them through the entire process of recruiting to attract top-notch talent to the budding organization. But that's only the start, Tanner maintains. It's critical to get these talented people to work together to drive the business, and it's equally critical to keep each employee challenged, motivated, and satisfied—the keys to retention.

there Are Few Absolutes In Business, But Here Is One: Thriving Businesses Employ A Superior Team. No Matter How Great The Idea, How Strong The Entrepreneur's Finances, How Excellent The Location, Or How Magnetic The Advertising, The Success Or Failure Of The Business Rides On The Quality Of The Workforce. And Here's Another Absolute: Long-term Financial Success Depends On Keeping Effective Employees From Jumping Ship. In This Book, Business Veteran Ken Tanner Guides Entrepreneurs Through The Three Critical Components Of Staffing A Business—recruiting, Teambuilding, And Retention. As He Shows Time And Again Through Advice, Anecdote, And Example, Solving These Challenges Is Like Adding Rocket Fuel To The Entrepreneurial Business.

yet New Business Owners Tend To Take A Lax View Of Personnel Issues. They Hire The First Person Who Walks Through The Door Or Interview Using A Canned Sheet Of Questions Snagged From The Internet. Teambuilding Consists Of Showing The New Employee Where To Sit And Who To Go To For Answers. And Retention? What's That? The Entrepreneur's Guide To Hiring And Building The Team Begins By Helping Entrepreneurs Understand Why Staffing Is So Important. Then It Guides Them Through The Entire Process Of Recruiting To Attract Top-notch Talent To The Budding Organization. But That's Only The Start, Tanner Maintains. It's Critical To Get These Talented People To Work Together To Drive The Business, And It's Equally Critical To Keep Each Employee Challenged, Motivated, And Satisfied—the Keys To Retention.

There are few absolutes in business, but here is Thriving businesses employ a superior team. No matter how great the idea, how strong the entrepreneur's finances, how excellent the location, or how magnetic the advertising, the success or failure of the business rides on the quality of the workforce. And here's another Long-term financial success depends on keeping effective employees from jumping ship. In this book, business veteran Ken Tanner guides entrepreneurs through the three critical components of staffing a businessrecruiting, teambuilding, and retention. As he shows time and again through advice, anecdote, and example, solving these challenges is like adding rocket fuel to the entrepreneurial business. Yet new business owners tend to take a lax view of personnel issues. They hire the first person who walks through the door or interview using a canned sheet of questions snagged from the Internet. Teambuilding consists of showing the new employee where to sit and who to go to for answers. And retention? What's that? T he Entrepreneur's Guide to Hiring and Building the Team begins by helping entrepreneurs understand why staffing is so important. Then it guides them through the entire process of recruiting to attract top-notch talent to the budding organization. But that's only the start, Tanner maintains. It's critical to get these talented people to work together to drive the business, and it's equally critical to keep each employee challenged, motivated, and satisfiedthe keys to retention. Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 I Recruiting Your Team......Page 16 1 Preparing to Recruit......Page 18 2 Finding Great Candidates......Page 31 3 The Candidate Screening Process......Page 45 4 Selecting Great Team Members......Page 58 5 Bringing Them Onboard......Page 67 II Building Your Team......Page 82 6 A Group of Diverse Individuals......Page 84 7 Sharing a Common Culture......Page 97 8 Working Together......Page 107 9 Toward Worthwhile Goals......Page 117 10 A Foundation of Integrity......Page 122 III KeepingYour Team......Page 134 11 The Real Cost of Attrition......Page 136 12 The Four Pillars of Retention......Page 145 13 Filling Job Needs......Page 159 14 Filling Career Needs......Page 174 15 Holding On and Fighting Back......Page 185 Coda: One at a Time......Page 194 Index......Page 198 About the Author......Page 202 A human resources consultant/former senior executive of well- known companies goes beyond the usual clichés about recruiting, teambuilding, and retention. In offering step-by-step advice on each stage of these processes with examples drawn from business, politics, and sports, he often counters the conventional wisdom; e.g., he asserts that the greatest teambuilding mistake entrepreneurs make is to hire team members whose styles (which he delineates) are like theirs. The author invites readers to contact him at his e-mail address for further assistance. Tanner's other titles include Recruiting Excellence, Retaining Employees A recruiting and retention expert shows how to find and hire people who will have an immediate impact, integrate them into the team, and retain them for the long term