Skill and Will — 5 Reasons Why People On a Steep Growth Trajectory Don’t Always Perform Well 4 | 3

On this episode of the Radical Candor podcast, Kim, Jason and Amy discuss one of the most perplexing management dilemmas you might experience: when a person who ought to be taking on more and more responsibility and performing better every day is instead doing the opposite. This person is doing excellent work on a steep growth trajectory — maybe they even want to be your boss someday — and you’ve put in charge of the most important work or assigned them to solve your most difficult problems because they’re just that good. So why are they flailing instead of flying? We’ve seen this happen for five different reasons. Plus, organizations we're supporting for humanitarian relief in Ukraine. 

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Radical Candor Podcast Episode At a Glance

The 5 reasons people on steep growth trajectories might be falling short:

1. The wrong role.
2. New to role; too much too fast.
3. Personal problems.
4. Poor alignment.
5. Putting people in boxes and leaving them there.

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Radical Candor Podcast Checklist

1. Make sure you know the folks on your team well enough to know where they shine. Don’t take a communications person in superstar mode and saddle them alone in a room with a bunch of spreadsheets, or vice versa.
2. When you're in growth management mode ask a person about where they want to go in the future and whether what they're doing is letting them take a step in the direction of their dreams. These are development check-ins you should be having regularly whereas a more formal performance management check-in should happen once a quarter at the most.
3. Remember that when someone doesn't seem to be jelling with the role or the responsibilities of a new job, make sure that you're not making the mistake of trying to force them to fit into a particular culture. Give them the support they need to succeed.

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Support for Ukraine

We're supporting these organizations dedicated to helping people in Ukraine.

• Ocalenie Foundation, or Rescue Foundation, helps refugees, immigrants and repatriates, including those fleeing the war in Ukraine, build new lives in Poland. Donate >>
• Additional donation resources suggested by the Obama Foundation. Learn more >>

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