my anxious worker desires each day reassurance
A reader writes:
I handle a small workforce, together with one worker who joined us considerably lately.
That is her first time doing the type of work that we do, and coaching from afar isn’t supreme (we work remotely), however she’s studying and progressing effectively. I give her constructive suggestions on her work, together with corrections and edits when wanted, and I attempt to be as reassuring as potential about her progress, however practically on daily basis she calls me to apologize for not realizing 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 ought to 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 have to 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 nervousness might be made worse by the very fact we aren’t in the identical workplace, however how can I make her see that the each day apology calls aren’t essential?
I reply this query over at Inc. right now, the place I’m revisiting letters which have been buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and generally updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.