The Top 10 Mistakes Made by New Supervisors
Because new supervisors face common challenges, they often make predictable mistakes. It is important that trainers and facilitators anticipate these common errors in judgment and strategy.
Seizing power and attempting to hold onto it. New supervisors often are enemies of empowerment. They see their supervisory authority as an opportunity to wield long-sought power. They seem to think they will solidify their power base by making all decisions because they don’t understand the paradox of power: the more you give it away, the more you have. The best way to “give it away” is to develop team members, remove roadblocks to task accomplishment, and empower others to make the decisions necessary to get the ...
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