{"id":5589,"date":"2010-07-11T09:08:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T14:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2010-07-09T09:28:54","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T14:28:54","slug":"hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/small-business-management\/hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Hiring A List Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To grow your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/small-business-management\/problem-fixing\/\">small business<\/a>, you must find and employ &#8216;A List Players\u201d \u2013 employees and potential business partners who perform at the top of their game, not just some of the time, but every time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>You can&#8217;t get to the top with a mediocre team!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With my agency, whenever we had an opportunity to hire an &#8216;A Player&#8217; versus a &#8216;B Player,&#8217; we found the \u00a0&#8216;A Player&#8217; would deliver ten times the results than the &#8216;B Player.&#8217; And even though they often demanded a premium in compensation, they were more productive, responsible, and effective in their performance.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For example, we recently interviewed for an account person. The &#8216;B Player&#8217; applicant had a good resume, good attitude, and was quite competent for the job. The requested starting salary was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/small-business-management1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5639\" title=\"small business management\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/small-business-management1.jpg\" alt=\"small business management\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>$70,000. Then, the &#8216;A Player&#8217; comes in and it was immediately evident this was a very talented individual with great potential. However, the A Player wants $85,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>You get what you pay for<\/em><\/strong><strong> \u2013 a universal truth when hiring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My experience has proven if we were to hire both, we would find the &#8216;B Player&#8217; would do well with clients, grow some accounts, and do very decent work. But the &#8216;A Player&#8217; would handle many more accounts than anticipated, increase revenue from those accounts dramatically, and turn out to be an incredible asset \u2014 well worth the extra salary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When you\u2019re looking to add employees, it\u2019s always good to spend the time to find the people who show potential to become future partners or key players. Settle for nothing less. You don\u2019t need to look for perfection, but you definitely want team players that will be an asset to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/small-business-management\/hire-the-best-people\/\">small business<\/a> and long-term success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; <em>Rocky<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"450\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"450\" height=\"0\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ececec\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/rocky-cipriano\/\">About Rocky Cipriano<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsstore.com\"><strong><br \/>\nRelated Resources<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/author\/rcipriano\/\"><br \/>\nMore Posts by Rocky Cipriano<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To discover the easy and inexpensive ways <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone can attract more clients and maximize their profits<\/span>, sign up for your<strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">FREE <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Profit Now <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Report<\/a>. <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=d92bccfc-c4f1-470e-89df-255611e25431\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To grow your small business, you must find and employ &#8216;A List Players\u201d \u2013 employees and potential business partners who perform at the top of their game, not just some of the time, but every time. 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