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Black Enterprise Small Business University TEAM LEADERSHIP Course Review Week 5 by Lashana Thomas

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WEEK 5 Course Review TEAM LEADERSHIP This week for Black Enterprise Small Business University expert teacher Scott Gerber, Founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, teaches a course on Team Leadership. LESSON 1: HIRING A GOOD TEAM A manager is only as good as his or her team. Serial entrepreneur Scott Gerber tells you about the ups and downs of hiring the wrong team, and helps you avoid mistakes many entrepreneurs make. Based on poor hiring decisions from a previous startup that Scott and his business partners started that led to bankruptcy they quickly learned DOs and DON’Ts to hiring a good team.            ·           Don’t hire people you know because they’re your friends and a part of your family. Instead hire people who are qualified to do the job and based on talent and ability. Do hire people who are the best people for the job, know the risk, when you get involved, find the best people by putting the right information out, talk to the right experts, and