Vantage Circle

JUNE 23, 2022

Therefore defining KPIs through one-on-one meetings should not be a problem for you. Here, the top management at eCommerce can decide if your goal is to foster an environment where people are encouraged to communicate and make decisions, solve problems, or take responsibility together. Mistake #4: Obstructive supervision.

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Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I recently came across a post from a parent in my professional network who was advertising her kid’s resume on LinkedIn. I supervise a new employee who normally rides the bus home. Sometimes managers from one department that works with my team (but does not supervise them) will send a complaint to me about an error.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 26, 2020

If you’re already employed and your employer isn’t aware you’re job searching, it’s definitely unusual to so openly advertise it on LinkedIn … but it’s possible there’s context that makes that a non-issue for the people you saw. Would that have been passing the buck since the sales rep doesn’t supervise the locate request employees?

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Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The position he was interviewing for would be under my supervision, and he was told more than once that I was the manager. I wouldn’t have any problem with you replying with something like, “You disregarded me and another colleague throughout the interview, even walking away from me while I was in mid-sentence afterward. I wouldn’t.

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Work Life

APRIL 28, 2024

Embrace creativity Ingrained in my brain are the eyes of my disappointed Latina mother when I told her I was switching majors from social work to advertising design. I exclusively worked in general market advertising, even though I was a bicultural Hispanic. I felt her heartache as she brought up her “Coming to America” journey.

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 17, 2022

I’ve always felt that it’s a problem if a manager doesn’t feel bad about it. Any tips on how I can be a helpful and supportive parent as he seeks an internship in his degree field and later a post-college job, rather than “that problem parent” we are all so familiar with from past letters?

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