3 Powerful Questions to Help Supervisors Be Their Best

In last month’s article, we spent time thinking about what type of supervisors we wanted to be. We explored some examples of traits and behaviors that are important when supervising other people. Now that you have a good idea of how you want to be perceived, and you’ve begun to align your words and actions…

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Giving Employees Feedback-Be Supportive!

  Prior articles have discussed giving feedback as a good thing for supervisors to do. But if not approached carefully, it can cause issues.  Today’s article focuses on the problems that can come out of giving employees feedback and how to prevent those things from happening. Possible Unintended Consequences Negative thoughts may pop up after…

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Giving Employees Feedback-Get Engaged!

In the last article, I shared one of the key things to focus on when giving feedback to employees-clarity.  Being engaged is the next key behavior we’ll reflect upon today. Be Engaged “Hey Joe, you’ve got to start making less errors on your reports, okay? Thanks.”  I’ve just told Joe the issue and what I…

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