Comments on: Is It Too Late? http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/06/26/is-it-too-late/ It's not a lesson in learning to be nice to people. Management is about leverage and impact. Wed, 7 Jan 2009 04:18:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dominique Hind http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/06/26/is-it-too-late/#comment-4220 Dominique Hind Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:41:13 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/06/26/is-it-too-late/#comment-4220 I think this happens a lot. With the market in Australia being so tight for good digital advertising people, we try and sell our workplace at every opportunity. If you don't sell your company so people fall in love with it, someone else in the market will and you will miss out on the person. It isn't the right approach, but it a competitive response. It shows that we should stop talking and start listening. We have hired a couple of duds because we talked too much and listened too little. I think this happens a lot. With the market in Australia being so tight for good digital advertising people, we try and sell our workplace at every opportunity. If you don't sell your company so people fall in love with it, someone else in the market will and you will miss out on the person. It isn't the right approach, but it a competitive response.

It shows that we should stop talking and start listening.

We have hired a couple of duds because we talked too much and listened too little.

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