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It is important to build Self Esteem in employees
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How to Supervise
Employees with Low Self-
Esteem
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While reviewing some code, I had a subordinate who made a small mistake in her code and which was against our documented practices.
While sharing the issue with her, I expected a response that she had forgotten the practices and she would follow them in the future.
I was surprised to hear when she said that “I am a fool and perhaps that’s why it happened”. I could not understand why she answered this way and belittled herself. And she was a star performer!
By saying this, she shut down all avenues for improvement and ignored my willingness to help her. Nevertheless, I told her that “You’re not a fool and maybe you should just talk to HR”.
A Case Study
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Did I do something to make her feel
like a jerk.
Was she manipulating me
and using this approach to escape her
responsibilities
Was this a one-off or was her self
esteem going down. What could
I do to help her?
My insights from this interaction
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How could low self esteem impact my company
Employees with low self esteem can present many challenges to a company.
It is difficult for a company to maintain productivity and quality output from employees with swinging moods and negative attitudes.
Even without consciously meaning to, managers stop believing in these employees and thus begins a cycle that revolves around
distrust, low performance and failure.
You may end up losing such employees and star performers
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Employees with high self esteem are more productive, committed and are
simply more motivated.
They have more productive relationships with other coworkers
and are able to accept criticism gracefully.
Professional self esteem can be defined as the belief of each
employee in their competence and that they have all the necessary
skills to perform their job.
Why it is important to build Self Esteem in Employees
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The employees who have sudden low self esteem
may become defensive.
Becoming strict or impatient will only make the situation
worse.
Be patient and give time to them
to recover and perform.
Guide the employees
behavior rather than their
personality.
Stop watching them too closely
or paying attention to everything they
say.
Communicate your expectations in writing.
Use goal-setting to align their activities
Track periodically and recognize every
success
Provide training and professional
development opportunities.
Once the performance is back on track,
recommend rewards and give
bigger job responsibilities
How to handle employees in such situations?
