Still Monday

Jason faced a dilemma. Fred, one of his senior developers, was going to leave unless he had an opportunity to try some project management work. Jason knew he needed to discuss career development work with Fred, but he wasn’t quite sure how.

“Now that I’m talking to people more often, I’m finding out more about what they want to do. Fred really wants to become a project manager. I don’t have a project management job for him, but I don’t want him to leave the group. Any ideas?”

“Knowing what people want is the first step. You may not have a project management job right now, but I bet we have a way to help him exercise his project management skills. That way he accomplishes his goals, and we don’t lose his domain expertise,” replied ...

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