Dear Emeka,

When you focus on the is over the isn’t, you see more clearly. Let me explain. .

The bigger value someone brings to the table is often hard to frame by a job description. In fact, as a boss/leader/manager, you may have that description so neatly defined that it can throw you when someone doesn’t align with it perfectly, yet makes a profound impact all the same. It can even be unsettling, because it often reveals that you didn’t rea…