Assembling the Right Team for Your Organization

By R.Bruce Dalglish of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Assembling the right team for the job is essential to the success of your organization. This is why special attention must be paid to the way you select and hire your employees.

Besides confirming the essential job qualifications of your candidates, it is important to look at whether the potential employee will be a good fit in your company’s corporate culture. Members of truly great and effective teams work in synergy with each other. This, in turn, requires everyone to be able to communicate freely and share the common vision for the company.

Your job candidate may have all the necessary skills and experience required to do the job, but if he or she does not fit well within your organization’s established cultural norms, you should look elsewhere. Assembling the right team for your company will require you to look beyond resumes and recommendations. Remember, the people you hire today will be essential for moving your organization forward for years to come.

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A resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, R. Bruce Dalglish has served as the Chairman and CEO of Alliance Hospice and All Caring Hospice since 2005. In this role, Bruce Dalglish oversees the development and strategic direction of both companies. From 2008 – 2013, Bruce Dalglish served on the Public Policy Committee of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).  

 

Join the Team

By R. Bruce Dalglish of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Don’t think of your organization as a company – think of it as a team.

On a sports team, each and every individual has a specific assignment and an important role to play. If one team member is down, the rest of the team will rally to help. The team’s achievements are everyone’s achievements – and that’s how it should be in a company, as well.

A team is a single organism made up of a lot of small, integral parts - and it is the same with a company. Every single team member should understand how the parts work together to make a whole, and, similarly, every team member should be invested in the success of the team. Just as hogging the ball is frowned upon in sports, so should hogging the credit in work.

A team is greater than the sum of its parts. When a team works together, that’s when great things happen. In fact, it is ONLY when a team works together seamlessly that it can achieve its full potential.

When you think of your organization as a team, it helps to unlock that potential so that your company can achieve great things.

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About the Author

A resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, R. Bruce Dalglish has served as the Chairman and CEO of Alliance Hospice and All Caring Hospice since 2005. In this role, Bruce Dalglish oversees the development and strategic direction of both companies. From 2008 – 2013, Bruce Dalglish served on the Public Policy Committee of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).