We all know someone
who is superb at what she does
but who is also a nasty person
to work with.
As business builders,
we might consider hiring her,
thinking she is the ‘rational’ choice.
She isn’t.
As business builders,
we’ll be working extremely long hours.
Clocking these hours
while dealing with a nasty person
will make our roles doubly difficult.
As Colin Hunter,
co-founder of
Alton Lane,
explains
“In a startup culture,
long days and weeks
are the norm.
It’s not uncommon to work
late into the night
on a variety of tasks,
so having that family culture
and a close-knit team
is really important to us
—people you want to spend
a lot of hours with.”
Hire competent people
you don’t mind
spending hours a day working with.