Go Beyond the Job Description, 2nd Edition

Introduction

Getting Started

Each chapter in this book will start with a short story about a company called Smoky Bay Sporting Goods (SBSG), a company on the cusp of something great—developing a talent-engagement program and helping its people go beyond their job descriptions. In this section, we talk about the reasons why you also want to start a talent-engagement program, how to do it, and what reasons would cause you to go down this path.

For me, it started with good intentions. I took an assessment and learned that, well, I was a teacher and a learner. I probably already knew this to some extent, but it took this assessment that clarified it in writing to make it real.

The only problem was that I was not teaching, or learning (much). I was ...