Who is Supervising the Supervisor?

The book, who is supervising thesupervisor? is an awareness, an eye-opener and anattention getter for workplaces.¿ Itserves as a guide to help employees; supervisors and managers deal with theday-to-day problems at work - something that they have to face up to as long asthey have to deal with people.¿ It is abook that many of you will be most surprised to read in order to find out thatthese kinds of incidents do occurred at work.¿Though it may seem like everything is going okay, if we as managers andsupervisors do not make ourselves and the environment an open door, we couldfind ourselves in serious implications.¿Individual workplaces that practice bullying could become known as abrutal place to work, where employees do not feel safe and secure. ¿Thus, this could lead to financial strains ona company, legal fees or long term disability payments. As employers and employees, wemust be vigilant about the environment we work in.¿ Bullying is an epidemic that will destroy theworkplace and people. ¿The bookwould like managers and supervisors to realize the danger of poorsupervision.¿ It is a good start tolisten to the concerns, fears and feelings of the staff.¿ This level of maturity does not come easy,but it is one of the best ways to good supervision.¿ There are some supervisors whowant to have complete control.¿ Such isthe cause of so much stress in our lives.¿Stress is cancer.¿ Cancer kills!¿ No employee--no supervisor--no manager shouldhave to go through physical, mental and emotional minutes, hours, days, monthsor years of psychological anguish of work abuse.¿ It is wrong.¿Like Avadan's story, how many of you wereaware that this was happening with her?¿How many of you this could be happening to a colleague you work closelywith?¿ Not many!¿ People are usually afraid to speak outbecause of the fear of repercussions and fear of losing their livelihood.¿ For one to be amodel employee, supervisor or manager, it involves more than justproductivity.¿ So, it is time to be