Brent B. Johnson
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Brent B. Johnson |
Brent B. Johnson
President and CEO
Ringland Johnson Construction Co.
Maximize the strengths and moderate weaknesses of your employees.
 “Over the years, I’ve noticed that good football coaches have a system that is well reasoned, thorough, and adaptable to one’s opponent,” says Ringland-Johnson’s CEO, Brent Johnson."
“Great coaches, however, continually create newer systems to maximize the strengths and moderate the weaknesses of their present roster. ‘Three yards and a cloud of dust’ would have been a sinful waste of a Joe Namath or John Elway."
“Although sports analogies don’t always work, this one stands up to my particular management philosophy. I ‘draft’ (recruit) people based more upon their overall skills than any one talent. It’s the concept of taking the best athlete available and finding a position for him later."
“We do not hire widget-makers; we employ people to work with systems and customers. One-dimensional people don’t fit our needs structure."
“Once a recruit comes aboard, his or her strengths become clear in short order. It is at that point that we reprogram our original job description to one better suited to our new employee."
“Obviously, these modifications have limits. We won’t change our operations solely to accommodate one person. What we will do and have successfully done is to always consider the individual’s capacity in assigning his function."
“Organizations that ignore effective people placement do so at their peril. A roster of employees is not necessarily an asset; a coordinated team most certainly is.”
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