Taking the plunge to grow
by Andrew Smith on 30/03/07 at 10:25 pm
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We have written before about timing and strategy in hiring new staff to grow a company. There are only so many hours in a day, and shouting “all hands on deck!” during a crisis is not so much fun if the only 2 hands around belong to you.
Ryan Carson runs a software company and is facing that issue right now. He wrote about it here. Most of the comments say “go for it!”, which is a very easy thing to say from the sidelines. However, there was a pearl of wisdom in Ross Williams’ comment (about half-way down) who said, “Just be sure that you don’t abdicate responsibility to new hires – keep them targetted with measurable goals.” I think that is an excellent piece of advice. Abdication is delegation’s evil sister, and the sooner I learn to tell the difference between them, the better!
Andrew Smith is the pedantic systems guy behind Live Alchemy, a SA e-commerce company. Andrew writes for Ideate in an attempt to make the world a more efficient place. View more articles by Andrew Smith.
