HR Secret #1: Get the right people on the right seats on the bus
In his influential book, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t, Kim Collins used the analogy of riding a bus. Business leaders are the bus drivers, the bus is their organization, and the passengers on the bus are their team members.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but according to Collins, the first thing a leader needs to decide is not where the bus is going, but rather, who will be riding on the bus. Making sure that every rider on the bus is dedicated to the other riders on the bus and to doing their best to reach the destination is of utmost importance. Sometimes that means people will opt to get off the bus. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
The right people on the bus will be nimble and able to adapt to changing circumstances—even a change in direction. They are also self-motivated. Keeping disengaged people on the bus, however, will prevent a good company from ever becoming great.
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