my anxious worker desires day by day reassurance
A reader writes:
I handle a small staff, together with one worker who joined us considerably lately.
That is her first time doing the sort of work that we do, and coaching from afar isn’t ultimate (we work remotely), however she’s studying and progressing effectively. I give her optimistic suggestions on her work, together with corrections and edits when wanted, and I attempt to be as reassuring as attainable about her progress, however practically daily she calls me to apologize for not understanding one thing she hasn’t been taught but, or feeling as if she’s not working quick sufficient, or not progressing as she thinks she must be. Every time, I inform her that I’m not involved together with her tempo and that I haven’t discovered any fault with the work she’s doing whereas she learns and that she actually doesn’t must apologize for nonetheless studying her very new job, however that solely appears to assist her for a short while, as a result of she brings all of it up once more the following day.
I do know that this new job anxiousness might be made worse by the actual fact we aren’t in the identical workplace, however how can I make her see that the day by day apology calls aren’t essential?
I reply this query over at Inc. immediately, the place I’m revisiting letters which have been buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and typically updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.
