Monday, September 10, 2012

#101 apples

A colleague and I recently conducted a training for student employee supervisors.  
At the end of the workshop, we gave everyone apples.  A real apple for the short term and a felt apple to serve as a reminder during the rest of the year.  An apple for the teacher. 

In our view, a key role of being a supervisor is being a teacher, no matter what level of employees you supervise.  The student employee supervisors need to teach life lessons, such as promptness, attire, confidentiality and work ethic.  But staff supervisors need to make it part of their daily work to teach employees about the bigger context, latest trends, threats to the organization, how to push themselves further and where to apply initiative.  

The most successful people I know lead their lives with equal parts as teacher and as learner.  Never stop trying to improve, and never stop sharing your knowledge to help others improve too.  Follow that advice and you'll be rewarded with more than just a shiny Red Delicious.

-- beth triplett
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