You wouldn’t normally think that being highly effective or competent at core tasks would be a bad thing. But leaders are people, too. They want to go with their best-skilled players. All the time. So when a leader decides that every key assignment needs the attention of a particular team member, they exact an increasingly heavy burden.
This is what was going on at my previous workplace. And what makes it worse, is that we were new hires in the probationary period. I wish it weren't true, but this is a sure way to lose talented workers.
This is what was going on at my previous workplace. And what makes it worse, is that we were new hires in the probationary period. I wish it weren't true, but this is a sure way to lose talented workers.
Is that what ended up happening, Jerica?