Introduction

One of the unwritten (well, rarely-written) rules of management is that a significant part of your job is to grow the talent of your team members. It’s not just enough to measure their performance against the expectations laid out; much of the time, you want to be actively working to improve their skillset, their experience, and their abilities. To simply “caretake” your team without helping them get better is a huge opportunity wasted—and is likely to keep your own promotions and growth stagnant, as well.