I am currently suffering through a heat wave at my home in Manhattan, Kansas. But we come to expect and plan for this, as August is nearly always a very hot month in the sticks. However, what is not hot in the month of August is finding good recruits. Believe it or not, recruitment does have very hot and cold seasons, too. If you are looking to recruit talent for your planning firm, it would be helpful for you to know when your chances of finding that talent are higher and plan for it.
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Archive for August, 2007Time. No one has enough of it and most all of us want more of it. We all know that time slips away from us, especially in our businesses. You know that list of goals you want to accomplish but keeps gathering dust? Or those systems, services, and operations you have been meaning to implement for the past year? Or, in my case, writing my blog! Let’s face it, we all lose track of time. If I could completely solve the time conundrum and dish out a block of time for each person who wished they had more, I would. But that’s impossible, so let’s take ourselves back to the basics of business management. The basic key to finding more time is discovering the power of leverage—that is, developing support systems for the most valuable members of your team so they can add even more value. Support systems in your firm could be technology hardware or software, outsourcing, consultants, administrative workers, or professional talent. By far, the maximum amount of leverage provided to an owner of an advisory firm is his professional talent. But before you jump and go out a hire professional help, there are some things that you need to think about. |
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