Title: What is a good (or the least bad) way to informally tell someone who does <i>not</i> report to you that they are not doing well at work? Should one even try?<p>On the one hand, I would like to limit the coming pain -- I myself was once in a situation where I thought myself a star team member only to find out later that I was not helping much, and that is putting it mildly. I wasted 12-18 months before I figured this out and moved on. I wish someone gently helped me, although it would not be easy -- it was my first job after grad school and of course I knew myself what I was doing better than some dude in the next office.<p>On the other hand, it is a minefield. I am high enough in the food chain that such talk, even informal, could be seen as an interference; he may also decide to shoot the messenger, complain to HR, etc.<p>Thoughts?
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