skills should be grown via work the business needs. The company supports that work and holds people accountable to doing it. That growth will be directly in-line with what the company needs. And growing via that work will also actually deliver impact in a way that gets you rewards.

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During the “scale” stage, the original owner may be able to scale with the effort, or it may need to be owned by a more senior person.