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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PPs you have it all wrong! Trying to stay anonymous here. I am in a very social, public-facing profession. You must all work with someone who is the highest and best performer. For the sake of argument just assume I am that person. Most people, including my employees and colleagues, like me. That is essential to the work I perform.

I have trouble pinpointing when someone on my team really is an under performer. It would never take me much time to learn the things they need to learn, so when I get new people I can't tell if they will get to where they need to be with time. [/quote]

I feel you, OP. I coasted through high school, scored perfect scores on my SATs, graduated at the top of my Ivy in 3 years, and had a blast in my consulting firm. But now I'm in nonprofits and have left the bubble of high achievers, so it's hard for me to tell what's reasonable to expect from my team.

I think I've learned to think less of people as high or low performers and just evaluate whether or not they are helping advance the teams goals. It helps me see that people have different strengths and should be utilized differently. If you are not good at a task, you are simply reassigned because it's not a good fit. I try to assign new people a wide range of tasks so I can quickly see where they fit. Few people are bad at everything, and it's usually a sign of poor attitude more than aptitude. [/quote]

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