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Hiring Martial Arts Instructors ?
How many School Owners are doing everything
in their martial arts school from
teaching,
administration, Introductory
lessons,
enrolments, answering the
telephone, you
name it you do it!
It might be that your school is still
in its
early development, or theres a
lack of funds
in the coffer to employ
another member of
staff, or you just
might not feel
comfortable employing
someone because you
don't feel they
can do anything to your
STANDARDS!
If your at a point in time when your
school
has reached a level when you're
just burnt
out and fed up of putting in
too many hours
that your hobby turned
job is not longer a
hobby, and you find
that your school is no
longer growing
how you would like, because
your just
not able to maintain the level of
service people have expected because
you're
run off your feet.
Then maybe it's time to look at hiring a
full or part time member of staff.
Here are some considerations to take
into
account for evaluating whether you
are ready
for a member of staff whether
it be full or
part time.
1.Quality of life is really number 1 is it
really worth killing yourself for a few
more
quid, especially as you don't
even have the
time to enjoy that extra
few quid you earned
by not paying
someone to help, because your
too
busy!
2.Budget workout what you can
afford to pay
someone, and what work
they will take off
your plate. The
wages they're paid may free
your time
to work a little more on the
business
rather than it in, which should
mean
further growthfor your business. The
idea of a business is to pay people to do
the work you don't need to!
3.Evaluate what work they will be doing and
what will be their hourly worth for the
work
to be undertaken, ensure you have
an
operations manual (a-z of their
duties/standards/results etc) for their
position before they begin work with you.
If you cannot afford a paid
member of staff,
having a Leadership
Team of unpaid
assistants who receive
leadership training
in return for their
help is definitely not
something to
overlook.
by: Lee Mainprize, http://www.mainstructor.com
Article date: February 2008.
