Have you ever been puzzled by how a company works?
Let me tell you how.
A company is a jigsaw puzzle where people are the unique pieces of a larger entity. Each individual has a certain way they fit to the team. A person in a wrong role might feel like a close fit but in the end is found more or less useless.
The manager is the person who plays the puzzle. A good manager sees the similarities between two or more people and finds the way to fit them into the organization. Not every piece out there will ever fit the puzzle.
A complete puzzle forms a bigger picture.
The company is truly successful when all the pieces fit. When that happens it is irrelevant what the bigger picture actually is. A team with a perfect fit can be successful in anything.
What can we learn from all this?
If you’re a piece of the puzzle, make sure you fit perfectly at least with all the pieces next to you.
If you’re playing the puzzle make sure you have the right set of pieces to start with. Otherwise you’ll end up frustrated with an unfinished puzzle.
Very true, and the most important part of the puzzle is having the right pieces/people. If you have a piece that doesn’t fit or is not working well, turn it around through performance mgmt or get rid of it.