Better to tame the wild race horse then to employ the submissive pony?

Why are employers so scared to emply the wild maverick type, who has the potential to be the best if worked right...

Often alshing out as been hurt so much but has the energy, passion and potential to be the best if supported and developed.

Plus if you turn out to be different to all the nasty ones they came accross so far , that marverick is now your race winning stallian that will fight fiecley to protect you as you were the nice one who gave them the chance, and enabled them to reach their potentail.

Like take the hacker kid... this way (maybe helping the nurd to pull girls and let him keep his punk hair)

Now is your hacker.

etc...

Whilst a pony will do what they are told but will never shine and no spirit or strenght, and will do as told even if will result in damage to the company.

Just takes different management...

Like manager saying you can't do that (to get them to go Ill prove you worn and do it twice as well to stick it to you) revs pysch

Better to tame the wild race horse then to employ the submissive pony?

I too have suffered similar fate and agree with your logic.

My situation a couple of times has been to be employed by ailing companies to right them with a promise of further employment.

I have corrected seriously failing companies whilst the board looks on silently. On both occasions when the company was "repaired" I was told by the board that my services were no longer required. The egos had been dented and the "outsider" unwanted!

Furthermore both companies later asked me back and I refused and preferred to watch them fail.

A company is a cocktail of personality, you and I have our place in them but as we are not part of the "team" we are soon stabbed in the back at the appropriate time.

I am afraid that is our fate, you and I, I am not sure where you fit into the cocktail but it seems that if you are at the beginning of your career will have to learn to "pretend" to be a team player to get on. As for me I am on the range, repairing another company and fully expect the same fate. Once a wild stallion always a wild stallion.

The sad thing is I make them a huge amount of money but that count for little when there are egos to massage.

Good luck I hope you sustain a career somewhere.

Better to tame the wild race horse then to employ the submissive pony?

Most employers like myself are small businesses and they need someone to do a job 'now'

We dont have time to tame wild horses, and there is always a chance that they wouldn't tame and that would just be a waste of time and energy.

That being the case, isn't it better to give the job to the respectable hard working person who needs to have the money to provide for their children/partner.

Your argument has valid points, but only from the point of view of the wild horse.

To employ someone is to invite them into your business where they will help you to do the things that need to be done to provide the business with the money to keep employing you and the others within the business.

Where in that scenario does 'having the time and money to wait for me to calm down' come into it.

Try looking at it from the other side and the reasons that we dont emply wild horses are very easy to see.

One more thing:

Wild Horses dont always turn out to be the best at something, justbecause your a little wild, it doesn't mean that when you calm down you will be better than anyone else.

Better to tame the wild race horse then to employ the submissive pony?

From a manager's perspective - which is the easier task - hire the right attitude and train the skills, or hire for skills and train the attitude? Managers, like most of us, seek the path of least resistance. Some may take a chance on the obviously stellar candidate, but most managers live in fear of failure and a bad hire definitely counts in the failure column.

So, what makes a bad hire? Poor skills is but one facet. Lack of initiative is another. But, if you want a REALLY bad hire, look at the attitude. An untalented employee hurts him/herself, treads water and retires eventually. A talented employee with a chip on his shoulder can affect everyone - poisoning the well, so to speak.

Given this scenario:

possible upside requiring lots of work

vs.

catastrophic losses from a bad hire

Most managers opt for the easily controlled pony.