A Tricky Supervision Challenge

A Tricky Supervision Challenge Laurie Weiss, Ph.D. Many managers believe that treating their team members as responsible adults will assure excellent results. The truth is that while this usually is effective, some people need much firmer limits than others to perform their jobs. When I give her a direction, she says she understands, but then she acts as if she can do just as she pleases. Ellen, the manager of a rehabilitation hospital unit was discussing her frustration in supervising one of her social workers. Ellen would much rather help Angelique be successful at her job than to fire her, but things have not been going well. Angelique has been on the unit for a year and a half, but Ellen has only been supervising her directly for a few months. Ellen