most places you go into the employees look like fugitives from a fatfarm...
Posted on 10/05/2013 7:42:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
At our company, we work to fill our roster with “athletes.” I don’t mean this necessarily in the physical sense, although it turns out that quite a few of our members are literal athletes – we have a national-class triathlete, I have a personal interest in competitive and recreational bodybuilding, and there are multiple marathoners, bikers, soccer, and basketball players, CrossFit enthusiasts, etc. on staff. We also have a companywide interest in health and fitness, which we call “Fishbowl FIT.” But when I advise people to seek and hire athletes, what I am really referring to is the athlete traits (akin to leadership traits) that make any individual an exceptional hire.
The traits of athletes we desire are as follows:
1. They have the drive to practice a task rigorously, relentlessly, and even in the midst of failure until they succeed. Athletes are tenacious—they seldom or never give up. They also have a strong work ethic and the ability to respect and deal with the inevitable issues of temporary pain (along with the intuition to know when the cause of the pain is an issue too serious to safely ignore.)
2. Athletes achieve their goals. If one avenue is blocked, they find another path to success. If their physical strength has given out, they learn to work smarter, not harder. As they learn to become more effective they become more efficient.
3. Athletes develop new skills. Even though an athlete is highly specialized at certain skills, such as speed, blocking, or hand-eye coordination, they are also good at adapting to scenarios that call for cross-functional skills....
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Not to mention any names but my son’s company requires their people to be under a certain BMI number. If they are over they pay a percentage of their healthcare based on how far over they are.
most places you go into the employees look like fugitives from a fatfarm...
Just a thought.
Been to a Wal-Mart lately?
I’d have a lawyer in a New York minute.
Do they have an officer linebacker?
last night... it's always a freak show
Yep. Me too.
Sure...put Barry Bonds, Mike Tyson or Mike McQueary type in a position of trust.
Or Gerald Ford, Fran Tarkenton, Jack Kemp, John Elway, Gayle Sayers or Jesse Armstead?
No fat bastards.
Pain train comin’ ! Woo woo!
I’d rather hire polite, well-spoken, intelligent nerds than arrogant, jacked-up, over-testosteroned meatheads.
So you assume everyone here is fit and trim? I doubt it.
I made the mistake of shopping earlier this afternoon, so I’ll miss the show tonight.
Athlete types are great for the lowest levels of an organization, coaches are great for team leaders and foremen, but you definitely don’t want athletes where you need people who can work and think independently, which is pretty much everywhere above “clerk”.
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