It is important to build Self Esteem in employees

1. How to Supervise
Employees with Low SelfEsteem

2. A Case Study
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”.
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3. My insights from this interaction
Did I do something
to make her feel
like a jerk.
Was she
manipulating me
and using this
approach to
escape her
responsibilities
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Was this a one-off
or was her self
esteem going
down. What could
I do to help her?
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4. 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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5. Why it is important to build Self Esteem in Employees
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.
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6. How to handle employees in such situations?
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
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Provide training
and professional
development
opportunities.
Once the
performance is
back on track,
recommend
rewards and give
bigger job
responsibilities
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