Contractors - Pass Along Your Wisdom
Friday, March 28, 2008
If your business has more than one employee - you - it is important that you pass along everything you know to help keep your company rolling along. Your company depends on your knowledge, wisdom and experience. I have a philosophy for every small business owner - "Learn it, Do it, Teach it." When you pass on what you know to a good worker, you'll end up with a great worker. But it shouldn't stop there. Thanks to your training, that good worker has become a great worker and should now teach other employees what he or she knows. When excellent workers leave your company - and this happens to every company - you'll be missing their talents. To prevent this, make sure they learn from you, perform well on their own, and then pass along their knowledge.
This practice of "Learn it, Do it, Teach it" keeps any one person from becoming indispensable. It protects your business. And, as an added benefit, it helps those star workers gain additional fulfillment beyond a job well-done. Helping others learn a trade or craft can be very rewarding.
Pass on your experience and skills to your workers, follow up and evaluate their work, and have them pass on their skills to new protégés. You'll sleep much better at night knowing you did.
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