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A valued colleague asks to move into another team. Their manager sees the problem immediately: deadlines are close, clients trust this person and replacing their knowledge will take months. The transfer is delayed in the name of continuity. Good work has quietly become the reason its maker cannot grow. A thoughtful transition can protect the team without turning reliability into a trap. Agree on a real date. Decide what must be documented, who can learn beside them and which responsibilities should stop rather than follow them into the new role. The manager may feel the loss; that feeling is evidence of contribution, not a claim on someone's future. Internal mobility should mean that ambition can remain inside the organisation. If capable people must resign before their development becomes urgent, retention has already failed in spirit. Help them leave the old role well, then let them go forward with your respect. A strong team is not one nobody can leave. It is one that can celebrate growth without collapsing around it.
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