UF Postings Past: The Best Bring Out the Best
April 6, 2008 – 8:13 amWhen working with outside entities- whether it is another department, a partner company, a vendor, a contractor, or whatever, you should remember something about how they make their staffing decisions. Whenever they partner up with you, they are going to evaluate your staff and staff accordingly. That is, if the staff you present to them to work with is substandard, they will put their poorer people on the project as well. They will save their better people for better-staffed projects.
Why is this? Simply put, if you will settle for substandard people to work with directly, you will settle for their substandard people too. They will do this for several reasons:
1)If the project doesn’t go well, it’s just as likely to be blamed on your substandard people as theirs.
2) If you feel the project is important, you will assign good people to it. If you didn’t, obviously the quality of the project isn’t a priority to you, so they should save their good people for projects you feel are important.
The bottom line: Involve your good people with your important projects, even if you are outsourcing them. Always keep good people involved with interfacing with contractors, consultants, and outside people. Even if you are using your poorer people on the project, keep the best people on the interfaces to help get you quality people for your projects.
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