Is it Important to Develop Each Member of Your Team?
Vinay Baijal
Developing Capable Teams I Creator of Growth by Design I Transformation Leader
After leading various teams for over two decades—each dealing with diverse projects and varying levels of complexity—I began pondering a few things in end 2020 (a result of the headspace that the pandemic gave us all) with respect to the work culture that I have observed all these years.
One important question arose in my mind: should all members in a team be developed at the same pace and in the same way?
Two divergent situations emerge:
What if one member exceeds their own capabilities—and their coworkers’—leading to them becoming the “superstar” of their team? Will the organization have the capacity to satisfy the appetites of such members, and have the ability to provide all opportunities and resources that their renewed calibers demand?
On the flip side, I have also come across many team members who are not at all ambitious. Some are content with the position they are at; they take comfort in the predictability of the work they are asked to do and aren’t willing to step out of their boxes even in turbulent times.
The right mentor can transform your work ethics and your whole outlook on your job. Each leader wants a team full of people who know exactly what they want out of every little task is undeniably more powerful than a team whose only goal is to finish each task rather than achieve something from it.
What are your suggestions on balancing this desire to “work with all” and reality of our social and corporate world ?
Lean Six Sigma Consultant @Greendot Management Solutions | Lean Six Sigma
4 周@Vinay Baijal, thanks for sharing!
Partner @ SMG Consulting & Training | Sustainable Leadership, Competency Building, Process & People Excellence
3 年Nice topic Vinay The larger Question is who decides what is my development? As we appreciate each individual is unique. The role of a leader is more about making the team member present to his strengths and opportunities in current role and future. It is the individuals choice on what he chooses to do or does not do. Leader creates the environment of openness which encourages feedback, enables delivery and rewards. This make he/she own the outcome. #leadership
Advocate of Indic Wisdom | Yogacharya | Yoga Nidra Specialist | Proponent of Self Leadership | Enabler of Coaches
3 年Thought provoking write up Vinay Baijal Like how our 5 fingers are of different shape, size, strength and utility, a well rounded team would / should have variety of members but like when all the 5 fingers come together to perform a task, the team should come together leaving aside their differences and perspectives. Thus, a compelling vision that each team member buys in, is both the starting & rallying point.
Entrepreneur, Business Consultant and Trainer
3 年The adult Krishna of yore was a different person at different times. He ate bountiful feasts but enjoyed equally the humble poha (folks from Indore, indulge me my choice of adjective) from his friend Sudama. Most of us find ourselves at varying states of satisfaction in our lives. Some people challenge themselves constantly, others in fits and starts, and some not at all. Like you said, we see this at work and in our personal lives.? I think members of a good team, including the leader, learn to work with whatever the others bring to the table, while gently attempting to get each other to be more. For this last part, there are as many ways as there are teams. To name a few that get mixed and matched in team culture - empathy, mentoring, training, recognition, treatment as a person and not just a 'human resource', retaining the dichotomy of 'individual' and 'team member', performance-orientation.? Of course, the rules of natural selection can cause the vulnerable to be left behind or the strong to grow beyond and find a new group.
Business Mentor & Advisor
3 年Not all people in a team are made of the same material with the given ambience, they behave differently. Each need to be analysed individually and helped. One can teach, help, but the real learning has to happen within. Aligning the organisational needs to their individual strengths and requirements is the key.