Career Advancement Newsletter

Are you the boss …?

???? will you ever be the boss …

??? ??????????people want??

If you ever supervise a single person … you must answer that question.?

You ... could be ... the boss people want!?

Have you thought of what qualities potential employees are looking for in a potential boss??

Have you seriously thought of how that affects your ability to hire good employees??

Surely, you recognize people have a choice. They can choose whether they are willing to work for you or not. ?Yes, they are paid, but they can choose to accept, keep or … fire their boss.?

Since you know they have a choice, why not recruit, train, and lead so you can attract the best??

Here are four qualities the best potential employees look for in their boss. ?How do you measure up??

1. ?Character: ??Potential employees want to know where they stand … at all times.?

They expect their boss to be a leader and be honest, truthful, trustworthy, fair, encouraging and a person of integrity. ?Every individual, including your employees wants to grow and become a better person.?

They want a boss they can look up to as a …?

????? role model.?

The best employees want to …?

????? grow personally.?

2. ?Competence: ??Potential employees want to work for a boss who knows what he/she is doing and does it well.?

It is not enough to have a boss who knows; that boss must be willing to invest time and energy in teaching, coaching and encouraging them.?

They want a boss who can and will impart knowledge and teach skills and become ...?

???? ??their mentor.?

The best employees want to …

?????? grow professionally.?

3. ?Opportunity: ??Potential employees want to work for a boss who is building or growing something.?

That kind of organization attracts the people who want to advance their careers by growing personally and professionally.?

Those organizations not only attract the best employees; they attract the best bosses.?

The best employees want the opportunity to …

????? advance their career.?

4. ?Trust: ??Potential employees want a boss who values their input, will listen to their point-of-view, and …?

???? trust them to make decisions.?

Without trust, an employee feels like he/she is nothing but the boss’s puppet on a string. The best bosses trust their employees, value their input,? are good delegators and attract good decision makers.?

The best employees want to …?

????? be trusted.?

The best potential employees understand and practice the first Principle of Creative Followership.?

Choose Your Boss?

Surely, as a boss … you want to attract the best employees.

Why would you settle for anyone less than the best to work for you???

If ... you are ready, willing, and able to fulfill this four-point criteria of a good boss, you can …?

????? attract and keep the best!?

Remember, hiring is not a one-person process. You get to choose and the person you are recruiting also has a choice.?

You must not only choose.?

You must recruit!?

If you truly desire to recruit the best employees, then you must be more than just a boss; you must absolutely be the best boss.?

The best people are also looking for …?

????????? the best boss!?

You ... could be ... their best boss!?

--- Jimmy Collins

?Like stories? My latest book Jimmy’s Stories is available on Biblio.com .?

Career advancement principles are in my book,?Creative Followership? ?also available on Biblio.com .????

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