CONCLUSION

The quality of your staff can make or break you as a manager. However, selecting the right staff is extremely difficult. Managers need every bit of help they can get in this area; that’s why I have chosen Warren Buffet’s quotation for inclusion in the Top Ten:

Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without integrity, you really [do] want them to be dumb and lazy.

Warren Buffet

With his customary ability to identify the crucial factor/s in any situation, Buffet has identified the one key characteristic that all good staff have – integrity. ...

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