“𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.”

I heard this from one of my clients who recently made a move. While he keeps getting emails from his manager, as well as they get on conference calls with others, he never had a 1-on-1 with him.

His demotivation was due to a lack of interest from his manager. On reaching out to HR, he got an answer, “𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀.”

Strangely, organizations 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚. They think that is the best way to learn. Well, the seniors may have learnt it the hard way. Today, 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙣𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙.

If they are disengaged, they will leave. Organizations lose good talent who could have helped in scaling up, yet the apathy 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣.

As a manager, the time you spend with your next level is the investment you make in building your organization’s future.

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