High Standard = High Results

Recently I had one of the rougher tasks in any business.  I had to participate in letting an employee go.

The goal of Second Wind Consultants is more than simply getting paid to work out debt.  Our goal is to save businesses and in so doing, we save families and homes as well.  This goal is lofty and requires a high standard not only of success, but of commitment, self-motivation, and overall context.

These goals and standards are an aspect Don has looked for in the employees and are not learned skills, they are part of a person’s natural personality, you can be trained to talk and act a certain way, but you cannot be taught to care enough to drive yourself and if you do not have it, any management pushing you along will only help as long as you are monitored.  When that monitoring ends, so will the high standards.

The employee that was let go is a good person and was trying their best, unfortunately they could not hold themselves to the standard that is required when the stakes are peoples financial lives.  One loan, line of credit, or credit card can be one too many for the client if we do not push the banks into the lowest possible settlements.

Second Wind’s standards are one of the reasons we are so successful and the management style of allowing your employees to meet your standards on their own instead of lowering the standard to meet the median is something needed to salvage lives.  As much as you like someone, you cannot allow emotions to judge if the fit is right for your company or the job they are in.