I need some advice! I have a fairly new employee who reports to me but was working on a project under someone else. She was removed from the project because she missed 2 deadlines (partly because she was having troubles and didn’t ask for help and partly because she was out sick two times but didn’t update any work notes so someone else could take over). She also had some inaccuracies in what she did do but not sure how great the instructions were from the project leader. What would you do?

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Talk to her. Just make her understand that she needs to over communicate.

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This!

Have a conversation and provide clear, direct feedback. Ask her how she felt about the project and what happened, and go from there. Be empathetic and clear that you are trying to get to know her and understand how best to support her so that she can succeed.

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