The Other E-Myth

[GordonJ]

Thanks Michael,

The SECRET I'm referring to is to take the JOB out of the job. Incentives.

When a person's compensation is tied to performance as Jim does it, and also in Ben Suarez's business too...

It won't take long to find out who is ready, willing and able.

The problem I see is the thinking of "employees". Change that to partners, in the real in your bank account sense...and it may produce a change in conduct and performance.

So yes it may be "difficult" to hire trustworthy employees, but that is building a problem into the process...the mind set that Mark has.

Ben Suarez shows up ONCE or twice a year. Other biz owners have checklists and reports.

The small minded businessman wants trustworthy employees, but in many instances isn't willing to pay for them. And as for the employees, recently it was announced that Goodyear is compensating 4 executives over 31 million dollars, the same day many former HARD WORKING, loyal, reliable and trustworthy employees were told they were no longer being offered life insurance. Imagine a 60 year old guy with 33 years of service suddenly being cut off of his life insurance (which he was contributing to already)...

My POINT is that there is a lot of distrust among potential "employees' of employers "sticking it to them".

Jim and Ben and others build trustworthy employees by making them part of the act and not thinking of them as tin soldiers in their little tin box business. Many employers have the "worker bee" mindset, and that is what they get.

Give them part of the action, and you'll see the trustworthy worker rise to the top where she should be.

Gordon