Invited to take part in the Entrepreneur Advisors June Symposium, Jabian founding partner Chris Reinking shared his thoughts on how to build high performance teams that contribute to business growth.
Atlanta, Georgia – July, 2010 – “Built from Scratch – The Fast 50: How To Get There” That’s the topic that drew business leaders to the Entrepreneur Advisors symposium in Atlanta this June. Chris Reinking, founding partner of Jabian Consulting, participated as part of a panel of speakers including John Schuerholtz, President of the Atlanta Braves and moderated by Cliff Oxford, Entrepreneur Advisors President.
Made up primarily of CEOs and business owners, Entrepreneur Advisors is an education and commerce organization that produces an award-winning educational series of 10 symposiums a year. Members gather to share information and experience and to explore critical, timely business issues.
Reinking discussed how business growth hinges on not only delivery excellence, but on career development and the recruitment and retention of high performance individuals.
“An organization must clearly understand its value proposition and what it takes to deliver on it,” Reinking explains. Before the hiring process even begins, he recommends clearly defining what characteristics make a successful employee: hard skills, soft skills, motivation, previous top performer ratings, and other factors. “Once hiring is done, retaining exceptional talent requires an ongoing focus on culture, reward, providing challenging but rewarding work opportunities, and – for us at Jabian – creating a family atmosphere.”
Most participants in the discussion were recent recipients of the Pacesetter Award, given by the Atlanta Business Chronicle to recognize Atlanta’s top 50 fastest growing companies. In 2010, Jabian was named to the 34th spot on the list (up from 47th in 2009). Qualifying businesses must be privately owned; based in the metro-Atlanta area; have experienced a two-year sales growth of more than 50 percent; and brought in revenue between $1 million and $300 million in 2009.