Don’t Waste Talent
Friday, February 6th, 2009So this has come up a bit lately, and it has always been a pet peeve of mine so I’m doing a quick blog post in the middle of my work day.
STOP WASTING TALENT. You probably have a lot more talent around you than you realized. That intern in the corner? Probably could do more than watch videos all day, waiting to be assigned work.
This goes beyond interns and entry level as well. Everyone seems to be either unemployed or absurdly busy. It’s a good time to see who can step up and who can’t. Go give people higher level work, , make people stretch a little, just try to minimize the busy work.
Challenge everyone to be better, not just busier. It’s also a good time to see if you’re a leader, or just everyone’s boss.
The converse of this, is to make sure you’re not asking an unsustainable amount of work from your employees… but that’s at the other end of the scale and a post for another day.