Who’s on Your Team?
It’s crazy how some supervisors can’t see who they have on their teams. It’s like they’re blind to the mix of unique individuals that make up the group. It doesn’t matter who’s in the chair, just as long as every chair is filled.
The problem with such impersonal, mechanistic thinking is that it is so impersonal and mechanistic. These leaders never learn what amazing talents, skills, styles and propensities these growing, developing people bring to the enterprise. And consequently they underestimate the moving, changing dynamic that makes up the human maturity and professional development processes.
Such blindness leads to static job descriptions, rigid organizational charts and high turnover.
Who is on your team?
This week’s podcast: Building an Enterprising Team: Getting Exponential Results
