Managing Stress- Hire the Right People

Written by Lorraine Pirihi


Managing stress is not easy if you don't haverepparttar right people in your business or team.

One ofrepparttar 104706 biggest challenges any business owner or manager has is hiringrepparttar 104707 right people.

I've recently discovered a simple, inexpensive yet very effective way which will help you get it right.

This week I've asked Nathan Chanesman, Managing Director of Myprofile Pty Ltd. to please explain…

"Without quality employees who share your vision and work ethic your business is not going anywhere.

So how do you findrepparttar 104708 "right" employee?

We've all experienced hiringrepparttar 104709 "wrong" person. It's a nightmare. Hiring mistakes costs money, time and worse can easily ruin your business and your health! A recent survey in Forbes Business Magazine revealed, "Hiringrepparttar 104710 wrong person isrepparttar 104711 prime cause of business failure inrepparttar 104712 USA". For most employers it's a lottery, hire someone and hope it works out.

People problems takerepparttar 104713 most toll on us personally producing significant emotional wear and tear.

What if you had a tool that could tell you in advance of hiring, ifrepparttar 104714 candidates applying haverepparttar 104715 right attitude and behavioural style to do that job successfully.

Now that would be something! Well read on. It's now possible to predict behaviour quickly and accurately.

People can do most jobs if they are qualified and skilled for that position. However some people have a more natural aptitude for a particular type of job. Their behavioural style closely matchesrepparttar 104716 job and as a result, they do better, are less stressed, can't wait to get to work, are enthusiastic and stay with you longer. The ideal employee! These arerepparttar 104717 people you need to hire.

Which Behavioural Style Are You? Four dominant styles define everyones behaviour

Whilst we are all different, our behavioural habits and style are more predicable than we think. We each have a dominant style and this determines how we manage at work, at home, in our relationships, how we communicate and importantly what careers we are best suited to.

D - Drivers. These are people who want to get things done. Active and fast paced, more interested in tasks than relationships. Often strong willed and very assertive, they push to have things done their way.

P - Promoters. These are people who want to be noticed. Active and fast pace they are relationship oriented rather than tasks. Often very expressive, chatty, friendly and usually dramatic. Do things more intuitively.

S - Supporters. These arerepparttar 104718 people who want to get along. Very social and relationship oriented and not as vocal or enthusiastic as Promoters. Very dependable, work slower, great team players, amiable, want to help, show concern and want take care of everyone.

Office Rage!!

Written by Syd Stewart


Inrepparttar last five to ten years,repparttar 104705 phenomenon of road-rage has been increasing, now we learn that office-rage is onrepparttar 104706 increase too. What is going on? What has changed? How would you react and deal with office rage?

Today, customers are more demanding. Competition is fiercer. Deadlines are tighter. Workload is increasing. There is less time to accommodate less capable or less committed staff. These increased pressure and demands, have possibly made people become less tolerant of one another, and so office-rage is onrepparttar 104707 increase.

A 'Smiling Manager' or 'Genetic Manager' is one who tries to applyrepparttar 104708 principles of genetics and evolution to lead their businesses. This incredibly simple principle of natural selection or ‘survival ofrepparttar 104709 fittest’, now confirmed byrepparttar 104710 science of genetics, has created powerful, elegant, awe inspiring organisms that have remained resilient and successful for millions of years. The process of evolution, which has constantly adapted torepparttar 104711 ever-changing environment, is also a very slow one, cumulatively building, in small steps, only on what has succeeded before.

Your genes determine your traits or features and capabilities. In business, genes can be thought of as you procedures, knowledge and experience as well asrepparttar 104712 traits and capabilities of you and your staff.

So, what wouldrepparttar 104713 Smiling Manager do about office-rage? If you were a Smiling Manager here are a few key things you might do.

First, you would understand your own personal genes, and that of your staff. Personality differences could lead to conflict when work pressures increase. Personalities can readily be understood by doing simple, quick computer based personality tests. Your good intuition about people can sometimes be fooled or misled. These objective tests, which should indicate their reliability,repparttar 104714 will revealrepparttar 104715 suitability of staff for certain jobs, how you and staff work under pressure, and whether staff will make good team workers or managers. You would then build and blend individuals so that everyone is working to their strengths with minimum tension.

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