A reader writes:
I lately employed an worker in a pinch as a result of we thought he may fill a niche shortly and effectively, nevertheless it seems he was horrible and both dishonest or in denial about his personal abilities. He didn’t hear or comply with directions, and his customer support abilities had been terrible. Many occasions, even after after teaching, he was unable to finish duties appropriately.
After six months, he determined to resign. He wrote an e mail saying that he couldn’t work for me anymore as a result of I’m indignant and hostile. He additionally wrote that after talking with different workers, he has concluded that I’m an sad particular person with anger points, and that he feels that trying to alter the environment wouldn’t be doable as that is simply who I’m at my core.
It’s one factor to boost the difficulty that our skilled interactions weren’t constructive (which is legitimate, I admittedly misplaced my endurance with this man), nevertheless it’s one other for him to say that I’m an sad particular person at my core. He doesn’t know me.
If I’m trustworthy, I simply didn’t really feel like I had plenty of recourse, and I used to be indignant about it. He annoyed me a number of occasions a day and I admittedly stopped placing forth effort to deal with his shortcomings in a greater means as a result of I used to be bored with it.
I actually need to set the file straight with this man, that he doesn’t know me personally and I’m not an sad, indignant particular person. I failed as a supervisor, however he additionally failed as an worker. Is that price it? Extra importantly, I need to set the file straight with my workers. How do I transfer ahead with them?
I reply this query over at Inc. right this moment, the place I’m revisiting letters which were 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.
