Building Powerful Teams
by Miki Saxon
When you’re a boss, one of your biggest responsibilities is to help your people grow.
Doing that requires patience, because they won’t all grow at the same rate.
Some people grow fast, like a hare, others are more in the tortoise category, but that doesn’t make them less valuable.
The hares may grow faster, but the growth often lacks substance. Tortoises, on the other hand, are known to dig deep in order to go beyond the knowledge needed to do something and understand the underlying principles.
Speed is important and the lack of depth may not be a problem until something goes wrong. Finding a solution or work-around often requires the deeper understanding that tortoises possess.
The smart boss knows having a balance of both hares and tortoises yields the strongest team; one that can accomplish far more on time and in budget than a team that is predominantly one type or the other.
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