Scary things are all around you – movies, the stock market, recent weather patterns, the cost of health insurance, driving on the highway. Being scared – your heart races, your adrenaline pumps, and you get that momentary thrill of being surprised – is usually not a big deal if it doesn’t last long or if it doesn’t cost you a lot of money, and in the case of a movie, if it is all make-believe.
For real-world scares, however, nothing is more frightening to a business leader than hiring someone who appears to be a perfect fit for the job, only to quickly discover that, underneath the winning smile and the navy blue suit, he or she is a workplace nightmare:
- they’re never on time.
- they’re unable to do the job.
- they’re unwilling to do the job.
- they’re unprepared.
- they’re dishonest, disinterested, and disgruntled.