Most facets of supervising can be placed in one of two categories: action or admin. The action parts are what supervisors usually enjoy doing the most. The admin side is a different story. Take conducting meetings, for example. Most supervisors hate attending them or, worse, running them. Meetings tend to go long, if not properly organized they don't accomplish much, and most of the time the information needed could have been obtained in a more efficient manner. But whose fault is that? The supervisor who either sponsored or conducted the meeting, that's who. The reality is, we are our own worst enemies and tend to cause our own pain.
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