How do you align your talent and motives?

“THERE was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people, so when we needed them, they could fight the battles that we never could.” Nick Fury, superspy and recruiter of the Avengers.

With that in mind, Fury formed a strong team of superheroes with Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. Although they were remarkable, Fury had different challenges with each of them. Like the Avengers, we often find that an organisation's identified high potentials come with their own challenges. For today's article, we will focus on the alignment of talent (T) and motives (M) of an individual and how we can approach it. Let's define T and M before we unleash the superheroes.