The job of the supervisor is one
of the most difficult and one of the most rewarding. It is a joy to take your
team to a new level of performance. It is a joy to see people smile with
confidence when they meet the new challenges that every day seems to bring.

You don't
need to wear a white shirt and suit coat to have an important job supervising
people.
The job of the supervisor is also
one of the most unpleasant, when employees under your authority don't seem to
"get it."
"I talked to them about
that last month. I don't know why they are still dong it that way."
There is one simple test to
determine if your efforts are truly helpful, or if they are just enabling.
Here it is:
"Did what I do for the
employee change their behavior and the results they achieved, or not?"
If the answer is "Yes,"
congratulations. You are an effective supervisor.
If the answer is "No," then you
need to reconsider what it is you do to get your employees to change
behavior.
Because what you are doing
right now is just enabling their undesired behaviors.
The difference between helping
people and enabling bad behaviors is that if the results don't change as a
result of your advice, coaching, or counseling, you're enabling the undesired
behaviors.
That's not helping.
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Editor's Note: CR4 would like to thank Milo for sharing this blog entry, which originally appeared here.
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