When hiring new people, avoid this common mistake: Many people only consider what professional skills a candidate has and what they will do. You overlook an important factor—their temperament and personality are very important. This mistake can happen to anyone, even NASA. NASA needed agile minds, so their strategy was to bring all the smartest people together to undertake major projects. This approach seemed ideal. What happened? These smart people wasted a lot of time on pointless arguments, lobbying each other and pushing their own views. The team couldn't reach consensus, and a lot of urgent and necessary work was messed up.
Management & Methods
Get These 9 Types of People, and You'll Have an Unbeatable Team!
When hiring new people, avoid this common mistake: many only consider professional skills and job duties, overlooking the importance of temperament and personality. Even NASA made this error by assembling all the smartest people, who then wasted time on endless debates. According to Belbin's Team Role Theory, a balanced team needs nine roles: Plant, Monitor Evaluator, Coordinator, Implementer, Completer Finisher, Resource Investigator, Shaper, Teamworker, and Specialist.