Blog Post 5

The author, Rupert Scofield, gives advice on hiring workers for an organization. He explains the different types of people that are important to a company. He classifies them into builders, maintainers, fixers and destroyers.
A builder will help you build the company up and take it to the next level. There are three important traits for a builder. The first is a vision of what they want to accomplish in the future. The second is their impatience with the status quo, they want to create something new and different. They want to own a new accomplishment for the organizations. The final trait is that they have a "almost inhuman work ethic," they are willing to work non-stop to try and fix a problem.
A maintainer are people who are doing what is needed to be done but not expanding on their work further then needed. They are still important to keep the organization going.
The fixers are people who are people who like to "clean up other people's messes." They basically fix the problems that other people have made in the company. They need to create a sense of urgency within the staff. The staff need to know that the fixer is their to fix the problems otherwise the company is going to collapse and they will be out of the job. He also mentions that there will be three type of staff, 1. the people who know that things need to change in order to get back on track, 2. the people who are on the fence and need a little bit encouragement to help out and finally 3. the people who just don't want to help out and will undermine the fixers efforts. He suggests firing the people who are categorize in group 3. Even though this seems harsh, I believe that this needs to be done. In a company you need your staff to be motivated to work and not try to interfere or undermine your efforts. He says to fire the fixer after his/her work has been done because they will get bored quickly. This tends to lead to bad things.
Finally a destroyer is a person you don't want to hire but might still weasel their way into the company. There are two types of destroyers, one that just neglects his or her work and eventually everything falls apart. The other one is a good talker and says that they are doing something but they aren't making progress. He suggests to fire these people immediately.

All these people are important to a company.