Why is hiring people who excel where you don't more useful than trying to fix your own weaknesses? Because the return on improving a natural weakness is bounded, while the return on hiring around it is unbounded. A doctor who is naturally an information excavator and is weak at quick action will not become a quick-action person through self-help. They can compress the gap somewhat. They cannot close it. A team member whose natural operating style is quick action closes it instantly and contributes their strength to the practice. The Kolbe A operational test is a useful tool here because it [...]

Why is hiring people who excel where you don't more useful than trying to fix your own weaknesses? Because the return on improving a natural weakness is bounded, while the return on hiring around it is unbounded. A doctor who is naturally an information excavator and is weak at quick action will not become a quick-action person through self-help. They can compress the gap somewhat. They cannot close it. A team member whose natural operating style is quick action closes it instantly and contributes their strength to the practice. The Kolbe A operational test is a useful tool here because it [...]

Why is hiring people who excel where you don't more useful than trying to fix your own weaknesses? Because the return on improving a natural weakness is bounded, while the return on hiring around it is unbounded. A doctor who is naturally an information excavator and is weak at quick action will not become a quick-action person through self-help. They can compress the gap somewhat. They cannot close it. A team member whose natural operating style is quick action closes it instantly and contributes their strength to the practice. The Kolbe A operational test is a useful tool here because it [...]