Hiring is a big problem that has always been a headache for business owners.
When do you hire someone?
I currently have a couple of clients with a mountain of business challenges, and in their case, it was imperative to hire other people. So, how do you know when to hire?
I tell all my clients that they have to establish a list of what they do, that is, an audit of business systems and a spreadsheet with four different columns.
The first column is everything I do in my business. If you have employees, give it to them; it would be everything the employee does. Column two is designed to answer the question: Just put a little checkmark in this box. It would answer questions like, “What do you not like to do? “What would you not do? What is a waste of time, energy, and talent? “What is it that you don’t want to do? What are you not good at?
Then, in the third column, there are all the things I enjoy doing: what I should do the most as a homeowner. Once you have that in place, you must ask yourself some questions.
Number one, can I automate, delegate, or outsource this item? So, there will be three other columns: outsource, automate, or delegate. The fourth column shows how much time you spend on this weekly task. If you keep that spreadsheet up to date, when it comes to hiring someone, decide who to hire, what kind of skills to hire, if I don’t actually have to hire an employee, etc.
Too many contractors work from home and don’t want to return to work; they want to start their own virtual assistant business. And once you fill it out, you can sort that spreadsheet based on how long it takes you weekly.
Virtual assistant and hiring
I have an assistant who now has four or five assistants. This is because, at this point in my career, I don’t want to do any graphic posts on social media, I don’t want to do any programming, conference calls, and webinars, and seminars, and manage a mailing list, and many other things. I don’t want to do that job anymore. At first, I had to do it, but not anymore. And then I found someone who loves to do it. They are good at it. If I give them more of that kind of work, they will be super happy, and she will do a great job.
As you get older, there will be no excuses to stop working. But once you get to the point where you have 1015 hours of work per week that you shouldn’t be doing, think about the amount of income you make per year divided by the number of hours you will be working that year. And that’s what your hour is worth.
There are two types of clients: those with a second or third business that they have been running, and this is not their first rodeo, and those who are running their first business. So, the hardest part is for the owner to let go of that control.
These people are always saying, “If I had someone else like me, you know, they would have had two more people like me …” Business owners are complaining all the time, “If only I had someone else Like me, the challenges are like, okay, I need someone else like me. This is what I want to hire him for. “
Instead of empowering their employees to be successful in what they do, they say, “They can’t; they are not like me.” It’s a roller coaster ride for the typical business owner, and what you have to understand is, “Okay, learn to delegate properly.”
Last tip
When you give someone a task, ensure they can and have the skills and training to do it. Therefore, when I tell my people, “Okay, here’s the deal. You are going to take on this task in the business.” I expect that you are ten times better than me in this task, and I will give you the training, the resources, and whatever it takes to be successful in that role.
You can ask me up to two questions a month. Other than that, I’m giving you the property. You can make as many mistakes as you need because that’s how you’ll learn. You have my permission to get the training you need, the tools you need, whatever you need, but I was hoping you could take full control of this task in this area of my business. I don’t want to do it again, and I trust you.
Otherwise, why would you hire him? Why would I waste my time?
That’s the biggest challenge most small business owners have when they hire someone, go through the entire hiring process, find someone, and then don’t give them the power to succeed. If they fail, they say, “Oh my gosh, it’s the end of the world.”
