E218. Train Your Team in 3 Easy Steps, Stop Abdicating and Calling it Delegation

<p dir="ltr">Are you delegating, or are your abdicating your responsibilities? Abdicating is the concept of not managing something you are in charge of. If you want to set your new employees up for success, you must train them and do it efficiently.</p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode of PivotMe, April shares three easy steps to efficiently train your team and abandon the “sink or swim” approach. She also explains the importance of hiring a little bit before you’re ready or can afford to hire to avoid skipping training.</p> <p dir="ltr">Listen in to learn how to write down processes and work through each at a time using Zoom, Zoom transcription, and Google Drive to document and share with your team.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>In This Episode You Will Learn:</strong></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[03:49] Stop abdicating and calling it delegation - managing something you are in charge of.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[08:06] Why hiring the right or wrong person without a proper training module is a mistake.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[12:19] Why you should hire a little bit before you’re ready or can afford to hire to avoid skipping training.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[13:23] How to avoid abdicating by taking the time to write down processes for new employees.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[18:21] The simple three-step solution to document processes for your new employee.</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Quotes:</strong></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“If you’re too busy to train, then you’re setting your new employee for failure and not success.”- April [09:12]</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Just because you delayed hiring someone for too long does not mean that employee needs to suffer.”- April [12:47]</p> </li> <