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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was hiring and my top candidate received a bad recommendation when I called his boss. I still hired him. I worked nonstop with him and trained him. I answered questions patiently. And 2 years later he is my top employee and I use data to judge, not my thoughts. It’s wild that his former employer was ready to PIP him. He has told me that he asked for help and no one helped him and he was expected to know everything with no on-site training. [/quote]

I had an employee like this years ago. He was close to getting fired, in fact. I followed my gut and hired him, empowered him to make decisions and trust his judgment. He was a top performer in my office and I dealt with other managers trying to poach him. He ended up getting a major award before I left. He's since retired early from the govt.

I realized early on that his issue was a lack of confidence following a few years of having his decision-making constantly scrutinized and questioned. He'd eventually stopped making decisions at all. Instead, he would depend on direction for tasks but was mentally checked out. It was really rewarding to see him move from constantly needing direction, to making suggestions hesitantly, to even respectfully coming up with alternative options to my suggestions. I used to constantly remind him that I fully trusted the choices he made.[/quote]

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