Do you have a 'go to' person on your team?

June 9, 2009 By Eric D. Brown 6 Comments

Every team/group has a ‘go to’ person. You know…that person that you (and others) know you can count on to ‘get stuff done’.

You find yourself always relying on the one or two people on your team that can move a mountain but have you ever thought about what affect you might be having on that person (or people)?

Perhaps your ‘go to’ person loves playing the role but after a while they can get burnt out by carrying the load of the team.

Perhaps your ‘go to’ person is starting to wonder why the other team members aren’t asked to carry a similar workload.

Perhaps you should rethink how you use your ‘go to’ person to ensure that you still have a ‘go to’ person in the future.

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About Eric D. Brown
Eric D. Brown is a Dallas based Technology Consultant, and Entrepreneur focused on helping businesses and non-profits merge business, marketing and technology. He writes extensively about technology, strategy, people and projects at ericbrown.com. Eric is also an amateur Photographer and shares his photography work at Photography Minute and on his flickr photostream. Read more about Eric...

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  1. Eric D. Brown says:
    June 10, 2009 at 2:01 am

    New blog post: Do you have a ‘go to’ person on your team? http://bit.ly/1aqc2h

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  2. Glenn Whitfield says:
    June 10, 2009 at 2:04 am

    RT @ericdbrown: New blog post: Do you have a ‘go to’ person on your team? http://bit.ly/1aqc2h

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  3. Mike Schaffner says:
    June 10, 2009 at 2:12 am

    RT @ericdbrown: New blog post: Do you have a ‘go to’ person on your team? http://bit.ly/1aqc2h – good thing to remember

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    June 10, 2009 at 6:34 am

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    June 10, 2009 at 6:39 am

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  6. Liz Swenton says:
    June 10, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    Great Post: http://bit.ly/1aqc2h

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