#28 Is there such thing as reaching the limit in your career?

This week we reflect upon a topic that Paul came across recently in the Harvard Business Review, the topic of Limits to performance – but more specifically, how some peoples high levels of performance do not translate well when they are promoted. As always, we chat openly around the subject through the lenses of each of Worlds; L&D, Recruitment and HR People Development- Putting in plans to develop and nature high performing talent is key, but what about raising the conversation with those who may not make the next career step in your business, should we have this conversation? Should we have it early or should we support the person if they want to make the move and see if things work?Recruitment- this has huge implications when it comes to a business's hiring strategy. We discussed, hiring potential v's 'ready made', Internal v's external hiring considerations, is there such thing as over promotion? HR– more often than not, the payoff for performing well is that you get the opportunity to climb the career ladder – so if we are saying this can be a poor decision for the individual and the business, how else can we manage performance and reward?