286: Team Expectations

Topics:-Joe kicks off the show trying to gather Sam’s secrets to hiring only to find that Sam has no method-Sam shares a story of how relinquishing control can sometimes not work out as expected-When do you make that first hire? What is the key to knowing this is the time?-Who should that first hire be? Admin or technical?-We revisit the topic of finding ways to have your employees learn. Do they do it during work hours or is the expectation to learn on their own time?-Developing “sane business hours” is a method that Joe and his team implemented to help build a positive culture in the office-”Jerry McGill” discusses his thoughts on finding a niche market-A project Sam was working on for a client seems doomed to fail based on lack of collaboration-”Borderline negligence” is the term Joe uses to describe networking equipment that another company installed-Jerry raves about Eero after replacing his Ubiquiti equipment in the house