Instant Team Building: How to Build and Sustain a Winning Team for Business Success (Instant Success Series)

We are now not going to be concentrating on writing systems not at the job level, but higher up at the corporate level. These will be company systems that will focus on how the business operates in its entirety.

There are three main motivators: fear, desire and greed.

try and match up the predominant style of the new applicant with those of the rest of your team. You see, expecting two people with incompatible styles to work harmoniously together is asking for trouble.

High S’s are steady people. They don’t like to rush things. When everyone else is stressing out, they remain calm. They like to plod along, thinking things over before doing anything. They don’t like making quick decisions.

The hallmark of a strong leader is passion and responsibility. These two qualities really set them apart from ordinary or situational leaders.

bind all the resultant documents together, sorted by functional area or department, and the result will be a complete systems manual for your business.

We also tell them that a decision regarding a second, one-on-one, interview will be arranged for the two most suitable candidates, and that everyone will be phoned and advised of the outcome the following day.

habits can be changed. It only takes 21 days to instill a new habit; that’s all. Just concentrate on doing something in a different manner for 21 days and it will become a habit.

Respect them and never make them feel inferior.