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joelexing — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:59:39 -0000

Getting the right personnel is no joke. If you find the perfect group, keep it right.

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Diks — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:14:58 -0000

Very informative article. Thanks for sharing.

Regards.

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ozzinjury3 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:11:31 -0000

this really was a very helpful article, thanks a lot for sharing mate, I do hope everything went out fine.

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Indie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:17:53 -0000

Thanks for this sharing tips this would be helpful to the companies in choosing their employees for promotional purposes.

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hadouken — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:25:10 -0000

Brilliant presentation, with the order of views evenly arranged. Those are really words to keep in mind and heart. I'm looking forward to attend more and more summits like these one.

Re: Hire and promote first on integrity

Denis — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:22:35 -0000

Trust goes way beyond than integrity and loyalty ;)

You can entrust most people with a cash register without fear of theft but integrity will never be enough to entrust a passenger airplane.

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cesaridrovo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:08:55 -0000

Thanks for your comment Denis.

I guess you had to be there and I may have failed to match Pollyanna's practised delivery. She expanded on this with her interpretation of Dee Hock's views by saying that it was absolutely essential to be able to trust your people. If you don't trust them, be it to do the job right or even not to steal from you, then they should probably be removed or not hired in the first place, and the other attributes don't really matter in this case.

In every-day situations such as software engineering, there are those who will refuse to develop functionality they suspect supports illegal or even dubious activity unless the legal department is brought in on the decision. These are often also prepared to lose their jobs to stand by their ethics and sleep well at night. There are others who accept such a request thinking that either no-one will ever know or that if found out they can hide behind the excuse that they were following requirements. I know which of these two I want to work with.

When we exclude such boundary cases then I agree with you that the focus should be on the balance of qualities. Even more than that, the selection needs to pay due consideration for the balance of the team and the enterprise.

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Denis — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:39:28 -0000

First let me congratulate you for opening this blog and say I am happy to put the first comment.

Among other things in the linked article I will touch on the substance and form dichotomy which is less than efficient and typically ill advised (see what I wrote on this). I would even say it contradicts the idea of getting rid of old ideas.

Further the concept of the 'right person' is downright wrong ! As is the idea that the qualities of a person (including integrity) can be ordered. They all need to mix to form a balanced individual that you will enjoy working with !