This is a sharp distinction, Fiona. Leaders often design policies, meetings, and expectations around the average employee, then wonder why the strongest people begin to disappear into the system. Consistency matters, but too much standardization removes the very judgment and personality that made someone valuable. Before correcting an outlier, ask whether we are seeing a problem or the start of a better way.
Outliers are full of the newness that we often need too. At the end of the day an average fits nobody it’s a statistic. Thanks for sharing your perspective.
This is a sharp distinction, Fiona. Leaders often design policies, meetings, and expectations around the average employee, then wonder why the strongest people begin to disappear into the system. Consistency matters, but too much standardization removes the very judgment and personality that made someone valuable. Before correcting an outlier, ask whether we are seeing a problem or the start of a better way.
Outliers are full of the newness that we often need too. At the end of the day an average fits nobody it’s a statistic. Thanks for sharing your perspective.