“Hire and promote first on the basis of
integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth,
knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is
dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity,
understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless;
without knowledge, experience is blind. Experience is easy to provide and
quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.” - Dee
Hock , founder and former CEO of VISA
Last month, I wrote on how to hire for
Integrity, which remains my number one most important quality. Now, we’ll chat
about motivation.
So, how does one hire for “motivation”.
What does this even mean?