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Re:How I Fire People by Goladus on Friday June 08, 2012 @06:23PM (#4086427)
The best teams I've worked for had this set of common traits:

1) A shared goal and a leader that maintained focus.

2) Baggage checked at the door.

3) Adequate resources and skills.

4) Good humor.

Nobody ever had to get fired.

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Re:How I Fire People by m104 on Friday June 08, 2012 @06:43PM (#4086490)
Excellent, I'm glad that's been your experience. Mine hasn't been like that and I've waded through too many everyone's-so-friendly-and-getting-nothing-done-and-always-stressed teams with weak leadership and low standards. I'm hoping that your experience is more typical than mine!
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Re:How I Fire People by Goladus on Friday June 08, 2012 @07:03PM (#4086539)
It's not typical. But when it's not, lack of #1 and sometimes #2 is the key missing ingredient, not an aggressive churn through new hires until the perfect combination of employees is found.
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