A CV of employee from CBDs does not guarantee skills and competence

It is about getting better...

This post has an opportunity to work with a graduate of  Makati CBD job mill.  However as this post observe his technical and executive skills, I found them to be lacking.  Especially executive skills,  When I ask him for making a choice and recommending the best one, he could not.

I requested for a ____ plan which he submitted fast.  But devoid of research and on the ground data.   How could  that be a passable  ____ plan.  A plan has to be based on solid data and facts  Evidence based decision making   Just winging it?

So HR ladies and gentlemen, from whence an employee come from does not indicate excellence.  Probe, interview some more

There is a lot of egging on and lectures which I hope can push him to move up.  Of the 3 or 4 projects deal assigned to him, his score was 0.  And he was a graduate of a top PHL university

As much as a possible your plan B should be plan A

It is about getting better...

When I was a reservist, and we were supposed to be preparing to join the Independence Day parade, I happened to converse with the Sergeant in charge of the rehearsal.  What happens if it rains?  What is the plan B.   He answered it is alway Plan A.  No ifs and buts, but go ahead.  Full steam ahead.

Today,, I am to leave at 6:30 but it is still raining hard.  And all ready, I am about to call the other party to postpone this meeting. because of the rain. But that would be the third postponement.  We originally set it last Wednesday, reset by Friday, but it happened that he had emergency last Friday.  So today if we defer this, it would be the third. 

And it goes on and on and nothing gets accomplished.   Postponing at times is the most practical  thing to do but getting used to this I think builds a mindset  of failure, ie of not getting anything done

What do you think?  Is having Plan A always as Plan B is being inflexible or being OC.  What do you think?