Trust…. 
The big scary word in business around the world.

How can you trust new employees? Shouldn’t they earn your trust?

Well, if you can’t trust your team members, why did you hire them? The point of finding new team members and the onboarding process is to find team members that can bring value to you and the business you are in.

Now, why go through all the hassle of finding someone to join you team, then not trust that they could do the job correctly?

I get it! Time is tight and you want to make sure the job is done correctly. Sometimes you just want to hire someone to help out with the smaller tasks. You want to manage them to ensure they don’t waste more of your time by doing it wrong. Onboarding and training people takes too long. I NEED HELP NOW!

But, the notion of a team member earning your trust does more damage than you trusting a team member first, and removing that trust if things go wrong.

Why trust your team? 

It gives them the freedom to actually do their job! It keeps them motivated and allows them to think freely without feeling like you are always looking over their shoulder! The long term effect of having an active team member far outweighs the time taken to train someone properly.