A line drawing of two buckets. The one on the left is more than twice the size of the one on the right. The large bucket on the left is labeled 'High Potential Hire'. The bucket on the right is labeled 'Low Potential Hire'.

4 Ways to Maximize Employee Potential [Like a Boss]

Dave LabowitzLeadership

I had dinner with a former employee recently and he was trying to figure out if it was time for him to move on to a new company. His issue wasn’t so much his compensation, although he would have liked more, and it wasn’t so much his role, as he enjoyed most of what he did. Instead, what was bothering …