Replying to LO25079 --
In LO25079, Rita posed these questions:
> * What would you recommend when you experience that your personal growth
>rate exceeds that of the company employing you?
> * What to do if this is a pattern you experience regularly (every 2 - 3
>years after a job change)?
> * What to do if you have invested as much in the company as you could
>(strategically, as well as in terms of transfer of knowledge)?
> * Is changing jobs an option? If yes, where to? If not, what else?
> * Have other LO members made similar experiences?
Firstly, if a pattern regularly repeats itself, then surely there is
something that has not been learnt.
Secondly, a company invests in a new employee. There is a transfer of
knowledge from the company to the employee. Some people would argue that
an employee has not paid back this investment until 2-3 years and for the
company to profit from its investment, a longer period is required. There
are arguments that suggest that the strategic input from an employee
occurs after 2 years in a job.
Thirdly, personal growth rate must exceed the learning rate of the company
otherwise a new employee would never learn all the aspects of a job before
they had changed. Once the job is mastered, what should an employee do
next? Find another employer is only one of the many answers.
Roy Benford
Fulmer, UK
--"Roy Benford" <roy@benford.demon.co.uk>
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