Most of the professionals we talk to want to be learn and grow. They seek opportunities that are challenging where they can increase their knowledge and experience.
So what happens when you have been in the same role for 3 or 4 years (or longer), and have a feeling that you are not getting to use your strenghts everyday?
Here’s what Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself, advises for professionals:
- Realise that you are bored, because you are no longer learning. You are at the top of the S-curve. You’ve mastered your domain and are in need of something new. If you stay in that comfort zone, you stop growing and get complacent and that is a huge danger zone.
- It’s time for you to jump to a new S-curve. You know it and you need it. Disrupt yourself and be very proactive so that you are in control of the situation. If you love your current employer, identify a problem that the organisation needs to address and offer to help solve it. Explain how in the long-run this will benefit the organisation and then commit to train your successor so that there’s no interruption in business.
For leaders and managers seeking to retain top talent:
If you want to keep high-performers motivated, you need to allow them to jump or even push them to new S-curves. The risk is that, if they are bored, they will leave your company. Or they will stay, disengage and become complacent.
Read more:
- Article: Disrupt Yourself with Whitney Johnson – Harvard Business Review
- Book: Disrupt Yourself: Master Relentless Change and Speed Up Your Learning Curve – Whitney Johnson
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