Hiring a dream team to help your business grow is the best investment you can ever make.
As your business becomes successful, new opportunities tend to arise, and you soon start to realize there are better things you could be doing with your time to help further increase growth, sales and profits.
Whether you’re a solopreneur or have a team in place, it’s often necessary to bring on additional team members to support your growth.
The ability to successfully delegate tasks to a team you trust is always worth more than the cost of adding members to your team. Hiring virtual on a per-project or hourly basis frees up your time to focus on essential revenue generating activities that only you can do. It’s an investment that will reward you greatly in the long run.
What if you know you need more support, but don’t have the time to hire yourself? There are companies like DemGen that are a one-stop-shop for pretty much any need and can also recruit staff on your behalf.
Regardless of the route you choose to take when hiring, the essential first step is to map out your entire list of priorities to determine what can be delegated and the skill sets required.
Begin by making a list of all your strategic priorities, initiatives and to dos in a spreadsheet. Then make note of all of the tasks only you can do. After that, indicate any tasks that can be delegated to existing team members. Once these steps are completed, you will have a good sense of where the holes lie in your team.
The next step is to outline all of the essential skills required to fill those gaps. Don’t edit yourself. If you require specific skills or a certain personality type, don’t settle for anything less.
The better you can define exactly who and what you are looking for, the better chance you will have at finding them. If you aren’t clear about your needs, you risk not being able to effectively communicate what you require and potentially hiring the wrong person.
If you follow the steps outlined above, putting together your dream team can be as easy as it was to assemble the 1992 US Olympic basketball team.
Happy hiring!
© Tamara Smith, DemGen Inc 2013
