Instead, take some time and care with the on-boarding process. On Andrew’s first day, I mistakenly threw him into the fire with little preparation. If you’re an entrepreneur or business leader, these are a few ways you can hire and prepare PLWD to become some of your most indispensable employees. Now, three of my 10 employees are PLWD, and as I’ve learned, integrating PLWD into a workforce takes a little finesse but is well worth the effort. I discovered the true value of employing PLWD–not as token employees but as real members of my team. We wound up selling twice our normal volume that day. By tasting’s end, customers were lining up to speak with Andrew. After all, nobody gets a new job right on the first shot. And something happened that, in hindsight, I should’ve expected: Andrew listened to me, improving his approach with each customer. Within minutes, I was reconsidering my hire, anxiously coaching him between interactions. Too many employers see inability before giving PLWD a chance. Now one of my top employees, Andrew began his first tasting in 2015 like a pushy car salesman. My company sells wine and donates all profits to nonprofits, so we host tastings at grocery and liquor stores. Even though I’ve made expanding opportunities for PLWD my life’s work, I nearly denied my first PLWD hire, Andrew, a fair shake.
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