Creative business coach Sean Low has been fielding designer questions for Business of Home since 2018. The industry has changed a lot since then—and so has Low’s industry-leading advice. With that in mind, he’s revisiting some of his early columns with fresh eyes, including one on how to let go of an employee you’ve outgrown . Here’s his take today.

Dear Sean,

I have been a designer for over 10 years and currently have a team of three aside from myself. I have had an increasingly difficult time with my longest-tenured employee (she has been with me for more than seven years). Our clientele has grown, as has our approach. I no longer need her to be the ultimate team player as much as I need her to be the amazing conceptual designer and renderer that she is. She is not adapting to the ev

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