Marc Haine argues that job descriptions box in employees by ignoring the skills, passions, and experiences they actually have. Each person brings a lifetime of varied interests that stay untapped. Recognizing these hidden capacities could unlock more value for the organization.
Do you think that the people you've hired have more skills and capacity than their current job description allows? The response was, yeah, I suppose so. And there lies the problem. I believe every person on the team has passion, skills, and capacities that get marginalized by job descriptions. But that's normal. We hire people to do a job. That job has a job description. So, it's absolutely normal that we've hired the best people for that particular job description. But that job description is being filled by individuals who have a lifetime of experience. They have hobbies. They have interests. They have other passions. What would happen if we tapped into those?
