Having done it very little, I'm no expert, but the situation I was in was that I was motivated but not knowledgeable, and I was paired with someone knowledgeabl

Having done it very little, I'm no expert, but the situation I was in was that I was motivated but not knowledgeable, and I was paired with someone knowledgeable but wholly unmotivated. It let me be much more productive than otherwise, and put to use the other's experience without requiring them to find motivation. Of course, if you're managing, and you know someone is not motivated, you probably don't turn to this as your solution, but I'm not management, so I could be wrong!