When someone leaves
When someone leaves, they take a job with them.
They also take invisible constraints that were hard to see - the way things “had to” be done, schedules that “couldn’t” change.
Some of our clients have let go of full management and sales teams, even in their busiest seasons.
Filling that position in July gives you the opportunity to define the role you actually need right now - not the one you wrote three years ago.
Every time you refill a position exactly as it was, you’re voting for the company you had last year.
Do that enough times, and the business tends to harden around roles built for a smaller version of you, stunting growth.
An empty position is uncomfortable. It’s also the only moment that job is genuinely up for reconsideration… and it doesn’t stay open long.
Now, the team members who are actually contributing to your company and that you’d fight to keep are excluded from all of this.
But next time someone gives notice, or you finally make the call you’ve been putting off, consider this: What does the company need in that role to get to where you want to be next year? And what would make everyone else’s job easier?
Answer those, and you’ve just written most of the job description.
Onward and upwards,