Surrounding yourself with the right people

When you are recruiting team members, hiring suppliers or considering a business partnership, think about these characteristics:

1. DRIVEN – they have a point to prove, a quest;

2. LEADER – they know how to create environments in which people around them become self-motivated;

3. COMMUNICATOR – they are articulate;

4. GET STUFF DONE – they just do.

Apply that test in your recruiting and your hiring.

Anything less is, at best mediocre and at worst, a problem. You are better off not bothering.

You will be looking for needles in haystacks but it will be worth the wait.

Surround yourself with the right people.