What is “fit”?
Let me explain it this way: Have you ever taken a car for a test drive and when you closed the door, it just sort of slammed or maybe even rattled? Then you took another car for a ride and when you closed the door it went “thunk”. It sounded solid. It fit just a little bit better.
That’s “fit”.
In the business world, where it is so easy to duplicate products and undercut prices, the key strategic advantage for most companies is the performance of their employees. Employees who are well matched to their position have higher attendance records, less turnover, higher job satisfaction and superior job performance. Both the employee and the employer share the benefits of enhanced person-job fit.
Every organization has people who can do the job, but some of them just fit a little better. They have the same attitudes and management styles as their supervisors. These are the outstanding employees who get things done and everyone wants to work with.
No doubt you have also experienced the situation where someone was a good worker but they were a constant management headache. A poor “fit”.