Dear Hunter, I have a team member I supervise who is smart and a hard worker. He’s great. But he’s so great that he’s driving himself to burnout. It’s hard to watch, and hard to help.
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Dear Hunter, My organization is in the middle of a re-organization. I am getting two new team members, one as a supervisee and the other as a peer.
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If you supervise a team, and your team has changed at all over the past two years, you probably have a hesitant performer on your team. Maybe more than one.
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Dear Hunter,
I am a relatively new supervisor (one year). I supervise three people. One of my team members (Amy, not her real name) has told me that I have a micromanagement problem…
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It is easy to get into a rut with meeting facilitation. It can start to feel like this: Topic, talk time, next topic, next talk time, run out of time, end of meeting, next meeting, topic, talk time, next topic, next talk time …
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Giving advice is not the most helpful way to help. Which is sad, because giving advice is fun. Giving advice feels useful. Indeed, it is one way to help. It shows people we care, and that we are supportive.
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