by Sandra Clark and Al Whittall

This article on the workplace is provided by Sandra Clark and Al Whittall, founding partners of Bellwether-Ecliptic Inc. -- The Performance People, a Calgary-based facilitator of organizational change and performance development.

No one sets out in a job to fail or to be mediocre. Even so, some people seem to succeed at everything they touch, while others just get by.

There are some employees who demonstrate a steady and progressive climb to higher levels of development and challenges, while others seem to have stagnated or plateaued. These high performers come out of the gate flying and leave those in the dust wondering what happened.