I had to manage someone in that situation once

I couldn't do much for him package-wise but I did try to get him "prestige" roles (chairing this or that committee, more exposure to external stakeholders and so on) which was something I knew he wanted. He stayed and was arguably at his best for the next couple of years (I then moved on; a year later, so did he). It's tough, though, when someone has mentally left your team to keep them in the fold without bending over backwards so far for them that the others feel they're missing out on Special Treatment. You'd think Big Organisation HR would be across this kind of very obvious human factor but so often they're not.

Posted By: Old Man, Aug 12, 09:18:20