Hiring values ​​is more important than ability

Welcome to the Startup CEO series, where we discuss how an entrepreneur can teach himself to be a great CEO, as the greatest startup in history is often led by such people.

Entrepreneurship CEOs often fall into the trap of being highly employable, but not particularly business-minded - because the front line is already in the fight, and companies need "power," business and technology in particular, so often do not care More, come find strong hand to say.

This is a trap, because at the moment you can easily make that decision, in the face of the functional needs of the pile, day and night off the site, so many customers want to go attack, quickly find a few powerful people come in The most reasonable solution.

The problem is that people who combine values ​​well with others are very hard to come by. So you tend to have only two powerful people but different values, or two people who have the right combination of values ​​but lack the practical experience to choose from. However, because of the urgency of the demand, the CEO often chooses the former - at least he can help me fix the problem immediately. Personality and values, we can slowly adjust.

God knows that's the beginning of pain. Because this person comes in, there may be a honeymoon period at first, but over time, you will find him beginning to rub with others and often privately or even publicly criticizing the company's size decisions. His attitude began to affect the company's partners, and those who disagree with him often quarrel at the meeting, regardless of mood, business will be dragged down, and some people even started to stand with him on the same front, that companies do anything Very blind.

But because he is a strong man, you tried his best to communicate, tolerate and compromise to the last company's system and culture because of his fighting power. Because of this man's drastic change, you will not wake until one day. What have you done?

Of course, this is an extreme example. However, for a person who has a strong ability and does not have suitable values, the result is mostly a similar situation with only a difference of degree.

The problem here is that you forget the ability to learn, but a person's values ​​can hardly be hard to change. So what you should hire is consistent with the values, although some lack of ability, but he actively want to learn, improve people.

How to find people with consistent values? You should thank God for being in a social media age. When you blog every day, Facebook to tell the world your idea, like-minded people will naturally find you. In fact, all six of appWorks's partners are now reading my blog and agreeing with my Vision before deciding to join me. And if they do not come looking for you, then it means your vision is not attractive enough, or you can not speak it well enough, so what you should do is keep working until you can say something that attracts and recognizes you, Powerful people to join you so far.

Anyone who has built a company knows that an organization's values ​​and culture are far more important than all. And everyone in the company, especially the top ten partners, affects this culture. So as a startup CEO, you should think of it as the core of your work, and then very carefully to operate.

It is easy to say that "it is better not to abuse oneself than to abuse oneself", but it is those CEOs who truly insist on being able to create a great, long-term and sound enterprise.