How do you handle a needy employee? A needy employee is someone who
often seeks your attention. Among many other reasons, he does this because he
lacks confidence in doing his job. Where does his lack of confidence emanates?
There are many behavioral reasons to this lack of confidence. If it emanates
from his lack of knowledge on how to properly do his job. The solution
available is to educate again the person on how to do his job properly.
After reeducating the person again the expectation of the manager is the
neediness behavior would be cured or eliminated. But more often than not an
employee’s neediness doesn’t only emanate from the lack of proper knowledge
about the job. Sometimes it’s much deeper than what we think it is. And when
this is so, the manager should sit-down and have a heart-to-heart talk with the
needy employee to properly address the symptom of his neediness.
One of the results of the heart-to-heart talk could be lack of freedom on
the job. For the simple reason that the manager is micro-managing his direct
report. The solution here is to loosen the grip and give the direct report
freedom in doing his job. This freedom that is given is of course not absolute
it should still be within the ambit of the rules and regulation of the
organization. Lack of self-confidence of the direct report can be solved also
by telling the employee that you would always be there to help if needed.
Needy employees exist. And an effective and good manager can easily address
this human behavior issue by having a heart-to-heart talk with the concerned
employee. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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