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7 Management Mistakes That Can Hamper Employee Productivity

Vantage Circle

Mistake #4: Obstructive supervision. Over-supervising or under-supervising the situation. Identifying your teams' key tasks and bifurcating them based on their expertise can help avoid obstructive supervision. Also, instead of top-down supervision, you can remain available for your team to listen to them.

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should I stop bringing in treats for my team?

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I work at a large nonprofit supervising a team of caseworkers. Today I stopped at the store and picked up stuff to make a little snack basket for the team to snack on as they worked. I tried to pick a mix of healthy treats and some junk food. You might have that stuff, of course!

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my boss keeps telling me to clean up my office, carpooling with someone I manage, and more

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In addition, my mess isn’t piles of garbage or rotting food. I don’t supervise the interns directly, but they work on my team. We have several meeting spaces for use when we need to speak with students or faculty, as well as a large public-facing desk that we share. No one else ever has any reason to come inside my office.

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deli meats and working lunches, internal candidates need not apply, and more

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I’m not a huge fan of sandwiches, but hey, free food and networking, so I always eat them. For the meetings that go through lunch, there really isn’t time to go get food on my own. Can you talk to whoever’s in charge of food for these meetings and just ask that they include a sandwich that you could eat?

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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

Mad in America

Support in decision-making and any other aspect of the exercise of legal capacity, which is already a clear obligation of States, as well as support to live independently and be included in the community. If you recognize the need for support in decision making, why think that what is needed is mental health treatment?

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Context and Care vs. Isolate and Control: An Interview on the Dilemmas of Global Mental Heath with Arthur Kleinman

Mad in America

Just being Asian-American and eating a diet that is informed by the wonderful traditions in Korea, China, and Japan means that either the whole family changes its orientation to food or the person with hypertension is going to be, in a sense, left out. Does that get taken into account by doctors? Generally, not. We do not measure quality.

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my abusive ex works at the company where I’m interviewing, friends keep trying to lure me from my job, and more

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I imagine had I pursued the various security guard and food service, flight attendant, astronaut jobs I have been propositioned with over the years in spite of having no training, certification or experience in them, the other hiring managers would have felt the same way.