Y course where the instructor
hit us with this advice: “Whatever
your job, whatever your position,
always be training your own replacement.”
That sounded crazy to me —
why make yourself expendable? Why
put your job security at risk? But, as I
thought about it, the concept began to
make sense. And, in fact, training
employees to be more qualified and
independent has freed me up to attend
to matters that demand greater expertise
and experience.
A Change in Attitude
One of the things we general contractors
complain about the most is our
employees: We can’t find anyone good
or, if we do, we can’t hang on to them.
And the good ones often go out on their
own.