3 Discussion Questions, 3 Student Reponses, Journal Entry and 2 Short Assignments

JGR200: The Power of People

Week 3 DQ

Part 1: Hiring Team Members

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Coach knows that picking the right players to work together can transform a football or race team into champions. Finding the right players for your OWN team can help you reach success!  However, how do you go about finding and selecting these crucial players, and how do you decide what roles they should play? This week, Coach shares his tips for scouting new talent for ANY team, plus the tools he uses to evaluate a team member’s potential. Imagine you’re looking for new team members to join your team (this could be a work, volunteer, or religious organization). After reviewing Coach’s tips for hiring the best players for your team, which ones would you use to help find the right candidates? Why?

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Part 2: Student Response (Respond to the Students Post)

Elizabeth Farley 

RE: Hiring Team Members

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Hello Professor and classmates. This is an interesting discussion question this week because each answer will vary depending on what type of team you decide to put together. I mean even a professional team building experience can be different from place to place and industry to industry. For example hiring a team that builds houses will require different talents, skill sets, as well as different physical requirements to meet the demand and goal of the team. In health care especially in hospice I would be able to use several of the Joe Gibbs recommended strategies for building an effective team. First, I would need to know exactly what positions are available and the job duties expected by each team member. Then, I think it is most effective in health care to look within the organization first. This gives you a strong knowledge of the person's abilities and personality before beginning to add additional members. This allows you to to have a good foundation to find other employees that can have aligned goals, similar work ethic, and good chemistry. I would also use connections within the professional network and personal references of people that I know well and who they feel may be a good fit. Also, maintaining a strong connection with local colleges is a great recruitment method when wanting strong knowledgeable health care workers.

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