I Quit!

"When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them."

-- Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker

I think the number one instigator of stress in a business is people. Whether it is the employee with the bad attitude (that we never seem to let go because we don't want to have to recruit someone new), or the employee that walks in one day and resigns.

How do you eliminate these two big stressors? Always be recruiting and build a Virtual Bench.  

A Virtual Bench is a list of great people who are working for someone else but have been vetted and acknowledge they would like to work for you in the future. Always be recruiting means keeping your eyes and ears open all the time to people you encounter with great attitudes and talents.

But you don't like recruiting. How do we overcome anything we dread doing? By simply doing it and making it a habit over time. The more we practice it, the easier and more fun it can be.

Plus, if you don't have a job opening hanging over you, the pressure of filling the slot is absent and the whole process can be more enjoyable.

So if we are always looking for talent, talking, meeting and vetting your Virtual Bench at least two stress inducing events no longer will stress you out.    

All the best, 

Rick Wallace