Cloning: Interesting Facts Quiz (1) Which country raised the possibility of human cloning

when they created a cloned sheep? (2) What was the sheep’s name? (3) True or false. Cloned beef and other products have been

regularly consumed in the US without distinction on labeling. (4) True or False. Cloned animals age slower than normal animals. (5) True or False. Human cells have been mixed with rat stem cells. (6) What was the name of the movie that brings to attention the moral dilemma in using one human as a store for parts for another, where parents used the marrow of one child to treat disease in their other child? (7) In which country is human cloning not banned?

“If I could only clone my fabulous freelancing self!”

Building A Team

What are your fears?

• What is your number one fear about hiring?• What have been your challenges?• Have you made a wrong decision?• What was the reason things did not work out?• How quickly/what made you realize your

mistake?• How did you rectify the situation?

Risks to making the wrong hiring decision

• Chances of dying while skydiving: 0.0009545454545 %

• Chance of injury while base jumping: 0.4 % • Chance of dying while cave diving: 10.9557 % • Chance of making the wrong hiring decision:

Average turnover rate per annum: 6.5% to 21.3% (Canada)

Costs to hiring

• Employees add overhead• Cost of vacancy• Time taken by internal staff to conduct the

process• Media costs for advertising• Using specialists for external assistance• Preparation time for training materials• Training time for trainer and the new team

member

Calculated costs for hiringExecutive Management:

$43,00015 weeks

Professional Technical:$17,0009 weeks

Clerical:$13,3007 weeks

Support:$3,3004 weeks

Common Mistakes

• “I need this person yesterday!”• Hiring based solely on past results.• Hiring from a big, well-recognized company does

not mean you found a top performer or someone who will perform in your company.

• Hiring from the competition or same industry does not necessarily mean they are the best person for the job.

• “I am only willing to take the “perfect person” with every item on my 1000 piece must have list.

• Hiring for present needs.

$ Breakdown of Costs of Making the Wrong Hiring decision

Costs of termination:Often between $1000 and $1500

Costs of replacement:Between $1100 to $9000

Cost of vacancy:Depends on the position and length of time

Cost of Learning Curve Productivity Loss:3 to 6 months on average

Non-monetary Costs

• Negative impact of the wrong person representing your brand

• Negative impact on your ability to deliver to clients

• Loss of clients• Loss of credibility with rest of team• Decrease in overall morale• Decrease in overall performance• Potential threats due to an unknown

“If I could only clone myself”…

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me. Hugh Mackay

Cloning

• Cloning: In biology is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms reproduce asexually.

• Cloning: In biotechnology is the process used to create copies of DNA fragments (molecular cloning), cells (cell cloning), or organisms

• Cloning: Human cloning is the creation of a copy of another human being without involving sexual reproduction using sperm and eggs.

Cloning: Interesting Facts Quiz

(1) Scottish scientists led by Dr. Ian Wilmut at the Roslin Institute in 1996

(2) The infamous sheep’s name was “Dolly”(3) On December 28, 2006 the human consumption of meat and other products from cloned animals without special labeling was approved by the FDA in the US.(4) Cloned animals age faster than normal animals(5) Human cells have been mixed with rat stem cells for research purposes(6) “My Sister’s Keeper”(7) In many countries human cloning is banned. In Great Britain cloning can be performed but only for therapeutic reasons.

Active Parental Authentic VersatileOpportunistic Traditional Harmonious InventiveSpontaneous Responsible Compassionate Competent

Competitive Practical Unique CuriousImpetuous Sensible Empathetic ConceptualImpactful Dependable Communicative Knowledgeable

Realistic Loyal Devoted TheoreticalOpen-minded Conservative Warm SeekingAdventuresome Organized Poetic Ingenious

Daring Concerned Tender DeterminedImpulsive Procedural Inspirational ComplexFun Cooperative Dramatic Composed

Exciting Orderly Vivacious Philosophical

Courageous Conventional Affectionate PrincipledSkillful Caring Sympathetic Rational

True Colours Profile

Total Total Total TotalOrange: Gold: Blue: Green:

.

Now total the columns. Your highest score indicates your primary, or brightest colour,the lowest score represents the colour that is least like you.

ORANGE:Witty, charming, spontaneous, impulsive, generous, impactful,

optimistic, eager, bold, physical, immediate, fraternal.

• Style: Trouble shooter/negotiator

• Goal: Action

• Biggest stressor: Routine

• Characteristics: Free spirit Fun-loving Good in crisis situations When all else fails, read the directions Impulsive Needs freedom and space Let me do something Flexible/adaptable Focus on immediate

Practicality Enjoys the moment Spontaneous Likes hands-on experience Most joyful Uninhibited Seeks change and variety Least represented in college Realistic

GOLD: Loyal, dependable, prepared, thorough, sensible, punctual, faithful, stable,

organized, caring, concerned, concrete.

• Style: Stabilizer/traditionalist

• Goal: Belonging

• Biggest stressor: Ambiguity

• Characteristics:Loyal to systemDutySuper-dependableResists changePreserves traditionsPreciseDon’t fix what isn’t brokenProcedures

DecisiveStability“Should” and “should not”Social responsibilityStructureOrderlyAuthorityDependent

BLUE: Enthusiastic, sympathetic, personal, warm, communicative, compassionate,

idealistic, spiritual, sincere, peaceful, flexible, imaginative.

• Style: Make things happen/catalyst

• Goal: Identity/finding life meaning

• Biggest stressor: Guilt

• Characteristics:SeductiveInterpersonal skillsSupportive of othersSympatheticRelationshipsPossibilities for peopleInteractionCo-operation

MysteriousVery sensitive to conflictSearch for selfAutonomyNeeds encouragement

and recognitionIntegrityVivid imagination

GREEN:Analytical, global, conceptual, cool, calm, collected, inventive, logical,

perfectionistic, abstract, hypothetical, investigative

• Style: Visionary/what might be

• Goal: Competency

• Biggest stressor: Incompetency

• Characteristics:High achieversKnowledgeObjective perceptionsIndependentSelf-doubtIntellectually curiousVisionaryCompetition with self/othersArgumentative

Non-conformist/architect of change

Loves playing with wordsKnowledgePrinciplesEnjoys complexityLikes independence from authoritySystems designers

“What? The world doesn’t want another me?”

• Often it is best to hire someone who is your opposite or who has a different perspective and different skill set.

• This is especially true if you are hiring someone to work closely alongside you.

• Different does not = bad

Risks to cloning yourself

• Low success rate• Dolly died prematurely• If you hire another you, are you willing to/do

you have the capacity to pay them as much as you?

Build a Balanced team

• Initiators and followers• Big picture thinkers and executors of detail• Creative-focused and logic/data-focused• Heads-down processors and extraverted

people-oriented people• Strong leaders of people and strong in area of

specialty

Freelancer – Aren’t we free from politics now?

• Why do we clash?• A marriage of people who welcome, accept

and understand differences• Appreciate that someone else is doing the

things you do not enjoy

Breakdown of Balanced Team

14 % 2%

Making our differences compliment rather than clash

• Everyone has some of all the color tendencies.

Hire for the future; not just for current needs.

• Growth: Who is going to take you there?• What are your company goals?– How does your team take you there?– What role does each individual play in ensuring

success?– What are each team member’s goals?