Putting a Winning Team on the Field Sheri Beck Johnson October 2016

Today’s objectives By the end of the day you will know… The value of strategically building a team The difference between hiring and selection Tips for assessing your team What to assess How to asses Tips for effective interviews How to develop strategies to retain staff You made a good choice when you chose this session!

Introductions Who is Sheri Johnson… Who’s in the room? Wife Mom of 3 Dog Owner Director at HCMC Former Northstar member and Chapter President Passionate Leader! Who’s in the room?

Meeting your Team Two types of Teams An “inherited” team and a “created” team What’s the difference? Difference between inheriting a team and creating a team What’s better? Why? Pros and Cons of each What do you think?

Existing Team versus New Team Pro or Con… With an inherited team you know what you’ve got to work with; you know your starting point Creating a team you can go get what you want/need Creating a team everyone is new An inherited team knows the work An inherited team knows each other

Team Assessments Do I have what I need? How do I know? What to assess: Personalities Skill sets Environmental preferences Future goals Performance How to assess: Formal assessments Strengths Finder Myers Briggs, Insights, others Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Skills tests 360 feedback Observation Step #2 - Gap Assessment No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. ~H.E. Luccock

Approaching a Staff Opening Shifting our thinking… Are you hiring or are you selecting? Hiring: to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment Selecting: to choose in preference to another or others; pick out; choosing in preference to another or others; of special value or excellence; careful or fastidious in selecting; discriminating Synonym: Preferred Remember…this is an opportunity!

Two approaches DRAFT DAY…An Example from Professional Sports… Specific Position Best Player Available

Interviewing Interview Questions Behavioral Based Questions Are there “bad” interview questions?? Behavioral Based Questions Why? Don’t “lead” the interviewee Looking for “StARs” Situation Action Result Remember…the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior

Retaining Staff Should I keep the people I have? Performance Question Development Question How do I keep the people I have? Reward Not always $-monetary Recognition What to do when it’s time for someone to move on Exit interview opportunity Do you try to keep them?

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