Sit with them

 New starters start with a few ideas and a lot of questions. You give them a laptop, a place to sit and something to do, colleagues to work with, objectives to pursue, opportunities to chase, situations to handle – all you can think they need.

After a month, they’ll have a bunch of better ideas and a whole lot more questions.

So sit with them.

Offsite.

Somewhere neutral.

Lunch. Friendly. Open.

Get them talking and listen. Hard.

They’ll tell you things you know about your team – and things you don’t. They’ll give you ideas for what needs work and how to make it better – some of which you know, some you don’t.

They’ll ask you things. You’ll learn what needs explaining, what needs explaining better, where you need to be clearer, what you’ve missed.

Sometimes there are no good answers – and that’s worth knowing.

Skippy strategy: After a month – lunch and listen.

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