Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Ugh - self realization hurts

I am completing a self assesment on my management strengths and weaknesses. Earlier, I completed the assesment on my manager, providing feedback on her strengths and weaknesses.

I just realized the weaknesses I perceive my supervisor to hold are the same weaknesses I hold.

My feedback to my manager was she needed to provide more specific, constructive feedback on what I did right and on what I needed to improve. Looking back, I realize I have not done a very good job of providing that kind of feedback to my direct report and it is now dawning on me that she probably wanted that too!

Here I am "complaining" that I am not receiving something I am not giving. Too bad my supervisory duties end this week, it would have been nice to realize this sooner.

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