I have noticed a number of times throughout the years that some companies have new hires that seem to take forever to be trained. Now I’m not talking about an employee being slow, but the attitude of the management.
Doug Sundheim mentions how he helped a client deal with the same issue.
He had a client who “…used to take three months to ramp-up new hires – now we’ve turned that into one. "I truly thought it would be a disaster," she admitted. "I thought too many things would go wrong. However, I've recently recognized that they learn better if I get them on the court sooner. By letting out 'the leash' earlier (while simultaneously providing strong support), we've created an environment where people want to step up, learn, and take responsibility sooner."
If you’ve seen this with your company, here a several suggestions he offers to put things on a quicker speed.
He gives five suggestions:
1. Be aware of any place where you seem to be over-planning before taking action.
2. With regards to that situation, if you knew you couldn't fail, what's the first action you'd take? why?
3. What's the second action you'd take? why?
4. Realize there's a good chance you already know what you need to do to get started.
5. Stalling might mean you're waiting for a certainty that will never come.
A couple things to think about:
Don’t let your employees spend too much time waiting to get in their and mix it up on their jobs. It is only allowing them that experience that will eventually make them into great employees.
Getting them out their can be a motivating challenge for them to prove what they are made of. And that’s just good for business.
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