Tag Archive for: employees

Why We (& Everyone Should) Pay Employees Above Market Wages

In another excellent James Altucher Podcast, the founder of WordPress (Matt Mullenweg) told some great stories about compensation. First, when Matt was only 19, he got a job in San […]Read More

Make Sure Employees Have Stake In Business; Wells Fargo’s Crisis

Some economists think that central banks will not be able to raise rates unless there are major political and policy changes. They say that current policies of higher tax rates […]Read More

Attitude, Hustle, Congeniality, Diligence > Experience or IQ

Wells Fargo hired me out of law school and made a comically huge mistake, as I was a horrible employee. It is comical b/c it seems so obvious in hindsight. […]Read More

When The Smartest Employee Is Your Worst Employee? Wrong DISC

We rely heavily on “DISC” Personality tests for hiring. D = Decisiveness; I = Interactive; S = Stabilizing; C = Cautious. The tests weight employees’ personalities in the different categories. […]Read More

Must Do Background Checks on Employees/Partners

I will never forget the day…when Heejin discovered that as much as $150,000 had been stolen from JVM Lending. Our bookkeeper at the time had difficulty explaining what happened to […]Read More