Nicolas Cole argues that managers lose top performers by failing to create growth paths. When high achievers hit a ceiling, you either craft a new role for them or promote them to intrapreneur. Employees need to see their personal ambitions reflected in the company's vision.
When high performers reach a ceiling in their role, you either need to help them create a new role for them to grow into or elevate them into being intrapreneurs. That's the challenge when you employ people and you build teams is everyone has their own hopes, dreams, ambitions, goals, and you have to find a way to make sure that each individual person's goals sit inside your broader vision for the company and that you have a big enough vision for your company that they can see themselves growing within it. Definitely from a leadership perspective, that's something I've been thinking about and working on a lot.
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