Helping The Assistant

Sometimes it doesn't seem like the smartest business strategy to help one's assistant to grow into a bigger job. After all, they will then leave, and no position is harder to fill than one where the person has to engage pleasantly in fairly uninteresting tasks. But when we encourage others to grow and achieve their dreams, we make lifelong allies. We never know how small acts of kindness and encouragement will benefit us later, but we all know the pleasure of watching someone succeed through our help. Your goal as a boss is for your assistant to leave you.