In a big growing company with not enough tenured talent you are accepting people for roles for which they are not matched, can't handle, etc.  But tenure is a strange thing.  I see orgs where the old timers are not aggressive.  Maybe I undervalue their contributions but I see employees who have their current roles because they asked their old buddy for the role, they wanted to try something new, etc.  We cater to the long-employed because of our belief in their wisdom.  They "get it" in a way a new employee would not.  We trust them.  But for the moment I would prefer rotating positions of influence and leadership through more employees, or finding some way to discover and develop more talent.  The habit of "give it to the senior guy" seems weak to my eye today.

 

I met a guy in charge setting the program for a billion dollars worth of talent.  It seemed to me like he could have been doing a smarter job.  It seemed to me like he had his preconceptions from years of service and he was sticking to them.  I am stuck downstream of his ideas.  They could be much better.  I gave him the help I could, but I can't live his life for him.  He'll continue on with his middle of the curve effort.  ho hum.