"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." Jim Rohn.
Assuming this is the case, then self-improvement is not enough. You must also work to coach your colleagues to help them level-up their performance. This will help you create an environment where you can all be successful.
This idea came to me recently after a recent conversation. During a meeting I suggested to a colleague to use CMD+SHIFT+T to re-open a closed tab on Chrome. He did not know this and responded - "How do you know that?" My response was - "I have worked long enough with you to know that it is common to prematurely close a tab; I should help recover from that mistake."
This was not my attempt to show off how much I know. This was instead an anecdote to highlight the power of leveling up your teammates. Every person within a team should be comfortable enough to know the strengths and weakness of their colleagues; play to their strengths, cover where needed, and then educate to help them level-up.
This as opposed to simply covering for a colleague repeatedly. Doing this maintains the status quo and can become a crutch to encourage bad behavior. The more efficient oath forward in the long run is to shoulder responsibility while correcting to strengthen the team. This is crucially important, going back to the average of 5 rule; if you allow a bad behavior to fester it could get worse and even if it doesn't get worse it will be one of the reasons to bring down the group average.
Assuming this is the case, then self-improvement is not enough. You must also work to coach your colleagues to help them level-up their performance. This will help you create an environment where you can all be successful.
This idea came to me recently after a recent conversation. During a meeting I suggested to a colleague to use CMD+SHIFT+T to re-open a closed tab on Chrome. He did not know this and responded - "How do you know that?" My response was - "I have worked long enough with you to know that it is common to prematurely close a tab; I should help recover from that mistake."
This was not my attempt to show off how much I know. This was instead an anecdote to highlight the power of leveling up your teammates. Every person within a team should be comfortable enough to know the strengths and weakness of their colleagues; play to their strengths, cover where needed, and then educate to help them level-up.
This as opposed to simply covering for a colleague repeatedly. Doing this maintains the status quo and can become a crutch to encourage bad behavior. The more efficient oath forward in the long run is to shoulder responsibility while correcting to strengthen the team. This is crucially important, going back to the average of 5 rule; if you allow a bad behavior to fester it could get worse and even if it doesn't get worse it will be one of the reasons to bring down the group average.
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