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How to help an employee whose career has plateaued

1. Quotable quote

John Bartunek, 'What to do when your emloyees plateau', Supervisory Management, July 1984, p. 26.

"Plateauing exists in virtually all organisations and affects both good and bad performers. But if both employee and manager address the situation through counselling and training, career plateauing does not have to be the end of a person's career with an organisation. Rather, it can be the start of a productive and rejuvenated career."

2. Viewpoint

Arthur R. Pell

"People with the attitude ‘I’ll do as little as I can get away with’ are called coasters. Coasting isn’t limited to ‘old-timers’. People of all ages, unfortunately, fall into this category. They meet your minimum standards, but make little effort to do more."

3. Viewpoint

Helen Keller

"One should never count the years - one should instead count one’s interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my childhood sense of wonderment. I am glad I still have a vivid curiosity about the world I live in." …