Your Supervisors Are Well Liked… That Might Be the Problem

The engagement survey comes back, and the first page every supervisor flips to is the one that says whether their people like them. But is being well-liked really what a supervisor is there to achieve?

In this episode of Leader Feeder, Kirk breaks down the caretaker leadership style: the supervisor who wants to be liked so much that they avoid tough conversations, let the standard slide, and hold no one accountable. It usually isn't laziness. It comes from being conflict-averse and worried that a hard conversation won't change anything.

Kirk shares two mindset shifts that make accountability easier, explains why a well-liked leader can quietly lose their high performers, and closes with two challenges to take onto the floor this week.