This is a contributor’s blogpost …

 

It’s your job, as an entrepreneur, to deal with all aspects of the business, from your employees to your customers, all the way through to the clients. There should be no stone left unturned in learning how to deal with people, this is a vital component of what makes you a successful business leader. But with so many businesses squeezing their pennies so much now, a lot of startup companies, and even large organizations, are taking to outsourcing talent. There are many reasons why your business should make the most of outsourced talent, but how should you be dealing with them? Should you treat them the same as your current employees, or will you fall into the common pitfalls of outsourcing?

 

Try Not To Speak To Them In Their “Language”

If you hired an IT expert, it’s not your responsibility to try and speak to them on their level, it’s their job to get the job done, and it’s your goal to make sure they get there. Your overarching ability in the whole process is to see the bigger picture, and make the smaller pieces fit into a whole. Your goal will be far easier to achieve if you treat everyone the same. But many areas have their own jargon, and if you’ve no clue how Search Engine Optimization works, then it doesn’t matter! And while this website explains what to look for before hiring an SEO consultant to make sure that you get the right person for the job, this is where your involvement should end. Know when to back away and leave them to it, because there is nothing worse than a boss breathing down the neck of someone else. This implies there is no trust.

 

Don’t Force Your Work Culture On Them

Depending on your own specific methods of outsourcing contractors, you may find that you are hiring people from the other side of the world to do a task. The fact is that while your contractors will always do their best to adapt to your work environments, they still have their own set of work ethics and attitudes to the job. A lot of bosses make the mistake of trying to force a certain type of “happy” work culture onto their employees, thinking that it will make them work better, but this is seldom the case. It’s also important to remember that adapting to workplace attitudes and cultures goes both ways.

 

Don’t Get Trigger Happy With Your Outsourcing

The temptation to save money and cut corners by outsourcing everything from a certain point can backfire on you in many ways. The reason you outsourced certain tasks in the first place is because someone in your team doesn’t have a distinct understanding of how this works. This will also send a message to your current employees that you don’t value their contributions as much anymore. They are likely to get concerned as to the security of their job, and they may jump ship, leaving you in a desperate situation.

Outsourcing is a very popular choice to get businesses up and running, and even to keep a steady ship, but knowing what tasks are best utilized in-house in comparison to outsourcing is a skill you need to have because you will need to deal with outsourced talent uniquely.