Saturday, November 29, 2008

Managing Stress - Hire the Right People

"By Lorraine Pirihi"
In this article the author says that managing stress is not easy if you don't have the right people in your business or team.
In his point of view every business owner or manager has a challenge to hire right people for a specific job in the organization to reduce stress in the organization. Its very difficult to assess the right person for right job or objective or goal.
He 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 find the "right" employee?
He also mentioned that we do bad experiences by hiring wrong employees for different jobs which causes organizational stress because they are not fit for the goals and objective of the organization. They don’t have skills and abilities to meet the organizational goals.
“People problems take the 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, if the candidates applying have the 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.”
Author said people can do more jobs if they are qualified and skilled for that position. However some people have natural aptitude and behavioural style which is much effective for the job. Those are self motivated they didn’t feel any stress to do that job. These are the people need to hire.
The question is how we can select to right employees? Which type of behavioural style they should have in their personality?
Author also mentioned that 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 are the 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.
A - Administrators. These are people who want to get it right. Task oriented, not big on relationships, not very social and don't express their feelings. Very analytical, cautious and risk averse. They work at a slower more methodical pace and are less assertive and less expressive.
Each style has it's own behavioural patterns. Some styles don't get along, others are more suited to each other.
Interestingly the population is evenly spread, in other words 25% are one of four styles and more significantly 75% are of a style different to yours.
Conclusion:
Managing stress at work can be kept at a healthy level if you understand what behaviourial type you are and those around you.
Using a simple tool such as MyProfile for yourself and your people will be of great benefit. Stress is caused by many factors and often it's because the wrong people have been put into jobs that they are totally unsuitable for.
Stress can be reduced in many organizations if they people do what they supposed to do. There may be possibility of mistake in hiring process. There may be some persons who don’t much knowledge and experience to choose suitable candidate. If all the hiring authorities are qualified and they have much experience and knowledge about the selection of candidates then its much better for an organization to manage stress easily.
It is necessary to consider all the elements while making the hiring process more effective. Myprofile is the best way to choose a suitable candidate for any job. It makes the selection and assessment so easy for owners or managers. They can make effective decision regarding selection of employees.

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