I manage a small team and I keep their workload extremely balanced so there is never a day they would work past 5 or on the weekends. But I’ve balanced the work so much that I worry I’m not giving them enough and they may get bored or feel under utilized. Outside of more direct work, any advice to better engage them? Should I find them cert programs to do, volunteer firm work, or let them take on extra things outside of their job description? Or just any advice?

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No one at junior levels wants extra work, especially for no reason. Let your team chill so they have some energy for the next burner

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Talk to them individually and figure out what their ambitions are and then give them opportunities that allow them to stretch.

Yeah could be being able to dip their toes into something new on the current project or being able to line them up for something on future projects. Or it could be training and professional development.

Op which firm and group are you in? I would love to come work for you if I can get the same deal lol

Booz Allen in the Data Analytics space - I do have ambitions to grow this team (new data engineers, data scientists, and visualization folks) but I can’t financially justify new FTEs until I grow the workload a bit which is something I want to be very purposeful with

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Ask them what they would like to do. Are you slowing their promotions by not exposing them to these other activities?

Good point - I suppose I should dive into their promotion plans and how I can help them reach those goals

i normally sht post on fishbowl but for an associate consultant this was surprisingly wholesome.

set up 1:1s with each of them, once per month (first, second, third, etc…) every friday at a recurring interval. “op <> managee 1:1”. lever as a forum to talk about what’s been going well, and what’s been going poorly and then segway to how you can enact change and what else you can do to get them to where they went to be.

ez clap. gl, hf.

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