Hi everybody!
In business, if a business owner is trying to force a fit, what is this supposed to mean?
Thank you in advance
In business, if a business owner is trying to force a fit, what is this supposed to mean?
Thank you in advance
" force a fit" in business
- Thread starter Noriko Tan
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Hi Barque. Here's the sentence:
"my own hesitance to spot poor fits and wait too long has resulted in: My own productivity dropping because I was preoccupied with trying to force a fit where there was none".
"my own hesitance to spot poor fits and wait too long has resulted in: My own productivity dropping because I was preoccupied with trying to force a fit where there was none".
Can you tell us where you found this sentence, Noriko Tan? We need a little more context.
The context is deciding, in a business environment, whether to fire an employee who is a poor fit in the organization. Here's the full quote:
In the meantime, my own hesitance to spot poor fits and wait too long has resulted in:
In the meantime, my own hesitance to spot poor fits and wait too long has resulted in:
- Our team taking longer to hit milestones that we should have because we weren’t collaborating as well as we could have.
- Our growth slowing because unhappy employees weren’t working at optimal productivity.
- My own productivity dropping because I was preoccupied with trying to force a fit where there was none.
It's in the context of firing employees.
He means to say that even if an employee didn't fit in well (wasn't suitable for a particular position), he would try to change things around in an effort to make that employee suit the role, instead of hiring someone else who was more suitable. He tried to force a fit to happen even in situations where it was not possible.
He means to say that even if an employee didn't fit in well (wasn't suitable for a particular position), he would try to change things around in an effort to make that employee suit the role, instead of hiring someone else who was more suitable. He tried to force a fit to happen even in situations where it was not possible.
So the "fit" is a suitable employee, and when trying to force a fit means he doesn't want to fire that "unsuitable employee"
I had hard times trying to understand it because I'm not native English speaker.
Thanks both of you Barque & Florentia
I had hard times trying to understand it
because I'm not native English speaker.Thanks both of you Barque & Florentia