A few weeks ago I asked some questions regarding your direct report (I've copied it below) "Do you currently see your direct reports as the customer's of your own leadership?
Do you treat your direct reports as you treat our external customers? Do you know your direct reports better than they know themselves? This is the standard we hold ourselves to with respect to our external customers. Why should our Direct Reports be any different?
What would change in their experience with you if you saw them this way?"
Let's keep going and ask the following: 1. Identify all the ways I have created challenges or difficulties for them. 2. Are there any mistakes or misunderstandings that I need to take responsibility for? 3. If this person were asked what they would like to be different in the way I work with them, what would they say? 4. Does the way I lead, work with, and support them enable them to be as successful as they can be? 5. If not, what do I need to do differently?
Identify 1 to 3 things that you could do to be more helpful.
"Do you currently see your direct reports as the customer's of your own leadership?
Do you treat your direct reports as you treat our external customers? Do you know your direct reports better than they know themselves? This is the standard we hold ourselves to with respect to our external customers. Why should our Direct Reports be any different?
What would change in their experience with you if you saw them this way?"
Let's keep going and ask the following:
1. Identify all the ways I have created challenges or difficulties for them.
2. Are there any mistakes or misunderstandings that I need to take responsibility for?
3. If this person were asked what they would like to be different in the way I work with them, what would they say?
4. Does the way I lead, work with, and support them enable them to be as successful as they can be?
5. If not, what do I need to do differently?
Identify 1 to 3 things that you could do to be more helpful.