I’m loving that we’re at the stage of scaling our team at Mayday. I realised recently that it had been two and a half years since I’d hired someone (as a full-time team member vs contractor). Lots to relearn, lots of new things to learn, as well things to unlearn!
A key thing to relearn has been the paramount importance of the right person, right role, right stage model to bringing someone into the team. Right person is pretty self-explanatory. Are they the right fit for the role we have and vice versa, with the jobs that need to be done? Finally, right stage. Can that right person thrive in that role in our stage of business?
All three need to be emphatic ticks. This is a unanimous vs majority verdict situation. I’ve made plenty of mistakes across all of the three. I’ve found right stage is the easiest banana skin to slip up on.
Excited to dive into the constituent parts of right person, right role and right stage in the coming posts.