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Being an Analyst

Supervising

Build the skills to effectively supervise others by providing guidance, delegating work, and fostering team growth through clear communication and feedback.

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Index

Intro to Being an Analyst

Your Strengths

Delegation

Coaching

Discover your CliftonStrengths and self-reflect

Dive into delegation and best practices

Learn about the coaching process and coaching questions

Next Steps

Feedback

Review the purpose of feedback and best practices

Explore the next steps for Being an Analyst training

Supervisor Role

Intro to Being an Analyst

As an Analyst, you may be responsible for supervising team members and supporting their development. Below are the tasks expected of a supervisor.

Role of an Analyst supervisor

Conduct one-on-one's

Delegation

Coaching

Give Feedback

The ability to perceive and understand the things that make you who you are as an individual.

The ability to delegate opportunities to grow and develop team members.

The ability to motivate team members to accomplish team objectives.

The ability to provide meaningful feedback and motivate team members at all levels.

Delegation

Dive into the art of delegation by understanding the people you'll delegate to and the tasks you'll delegate

Delegating Tasks

Delegation

Intro to Being an Analyst

Traits of Tasks to Delegate

Traits of Tasks to Keep

Delegation: The Task

Delegation allows for:

  • Increased efficiency
  • Enhanced motivation and engagement
  • Better decision-making
  • Improved team dynamics
  • More opportunities for growth and advancement
However, not all tasks should be delegated. Drag the tasks to each category based on what tasks to delegate versus which to do yourself.

Time-Consuming

Confidential

Ill-Defined

Interesting

Critical Decision

Developmental

Routine

Feedback

Solution

Delegation

Intro to Being an Analyst

Traits of Tasks to Delegate

Traits of Tasks to Keep

Delegation: The Task

Delegation allows for:

  • Increased efficiency
  • Enhanced motivation and engagement
  • Better decision-making
  • Improved team dynamics
  • More opportunities for growth and advancement
However, not all tasks should be delegated. Drag the tasks to each category based on what tasks to delegate versus which to do yourself.

Routine

Developmental

Interesting

Time-Consuming

Feedback

Confidential

Ill-Defined

Critical Decision

Delegation

Intro to Being an Analyst

Delegation: The Process

Once you've decided to delegate a task, follow these four steps to delegate the task to your direct report. Click on each number to learn more!

State

Tell your direct report what the task is

Ask

Assign the task to your direct report

Set

Provide a deadline for the task

Request

Set up status reporting on the task

Delegation

Intro to Being an Analyst

Delegation: The Person

Delegation can vary based on the developmental level of the person you're delegating a task to. Click on each level below to learn the traits of each as well as how to delegate to someone at each level.

Capable but Cautious Performer

Disillusioned Learner

Self-Reliant Achiever

Enthusiastic Beginner

Developing

Developed

Developmental Level

Delegation

Intro to Being an Analyst

Practice

Apply your knowledge of the developmental styles

What developmental level is Axl?

What developmental level is Nalani?

You are supervising one new Associate, Axl and one experienced Associate, Nalani. Nalani has been at Sendero on different projects for about a year and has maintained great relationships with the stakeholders. Recently, she has been completing tasks with minimal-to-no directions from you. Axl has been at Sendero for about three months and is new to the team. Recently, you noticed that Axl is having a difficult time meeting deadlines but is eager to contribute to the team.

Delegation

Intro to Being an Analyst

Practice

One-on-Ones

Tap into the framework behind coaching and providing feedback to others

Feedback

One-on-Ones

Intro to Being an Analyst

When conducting one-on-ones, you must recognize their importance and positive benefits. Successful one-on-one's aimto facilitate the following:

Click on each number to learn more!

Trust

Building a trusting relationship

Feedback

Providing mutual feedback to help each other grow

Alignment

Staying informed and aligned

One-on-Ones

Supervising

One-on-One Components

Click on the buttons below to explore the 5 components of one-on-ones.

Who: you and your supervisee

When: weekly

Where: in-person or virtual

What: opportunity to connect on tasks, ask questions, and give/receive feedback

Why: provide a personal checkpoint to check in on project work, ask questions, and discuss any issues

One-on-Ones

Supervising

Responsibilities for One-on-Ones

In a one-on-one, responsibilities for a supervisor and a direct report differ. Explore both roles to discover the responsibilities of each.

Supervisor
Direct Report

Check out the 1:1 toolkit on Degreed for tips on how to make one-one-ones more consistent and effective

Feedback

Review the importance of feedback and best practices when providing it to others

Giving Feedback

Feedback

Supervising

Feedback Pro Tips

Click on the buttons below for a few things to remember when providing feedback.

Provide your feedback in a safe environment.

Provide your feedback in a safe environment.

Provide your feedback in a safe environment.

Provide your feedback in a safe environment.

Provide your feedback in a safe environment.

Feedback

Review the importance of feedback and best practices when providing it to others

Giving Feedback

Communicating with your Manager

Supervising

When conducting one-on-ones, you must recognize their importance and positive benefits. Successful one-on-one's aimto facilitate the following:

Click on each number to learn more!

When conducting one-on-ones, you must recognize their importance and positive benefits. Successful one-on-one's aimto facilitate the following:

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Communicating with your Manager

Learn the importance of communicating with your Manager and what topics to escalate.

Communicating with your Manager

Supervising

When conducting one-on-ones, you must recognize their importance and positive benefits. Successful one-on-one's aimto facilitate the following:

Communicating with your Manager

Supervising

When conducting one-on-ones, you must recognize their importance and positive benefits. Successful one-on-one's aimto facilitate the following:

Communicating with your Manager

Supervising

When conducting one-on-ones, you must recognize their importance and positive benefits. Successful one-on-one's aimto facilitate the following:

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Communicating with your Manager

Supervising

When conducting one-on-ones, you must recognize their importance and positive benefits. Successful one-on-one's aimto facilitate the following:

Communicating with your Manager

Supervising

When conducting one-on-ones, you must recognize their importance and positive benefits. Successful one-on-one's aimto facilitate the following:

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Contact the L&D team with questions about this material or Being an Analyst training.

Disillusioned Learner

Traits: Overwhelmed, less confident, some knowledge and skills

Delegation Style: Coaching Give a high degree of direction to your direct report while considering their input, suggestions, and ideas

Enthusiastic Beginner

Traits: Curious, eager, limited knowledge and skills

Delegation Style: Directing Plan and priortize what has to be accomplished for your direct report

Self-Reliant Achiever

Traits: Confident, self-motivated, skilled and knowledgeable

Delegation Style: Delegating Allow and trust your direct report to act independently when appropriate and empower them to grow to even higher levels

Direct Report Responsibilities
  • Schedule one-on-ones
  • Drive meeting
  • Bring agenda and questions
  • Ask for help and guidance

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  • Since Nalani is a self-reliant achiever, you should use a delegating delegation style where you allow and trust her to act independently when appropriate
  • Since Axl is an enthusiastic beginner, you should use a directing delegation style where you plan and prioritize what has to be accomplished for him
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Direct Report Responsibilities
  • Schedule one-on-ones
  • Drive meeting
  • Bring agenda and questions
  • Ask for help and guidance

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Supervisor Responsibilities
  • Offer support and guidance
  • Provide feedback
  • Delegate work
  • Communicate information down from Manager and up to Manager as needed, e.g., performance
  • Check in on bandwidth and well-being
  • Check on project/deliverable status

Capable but Cautious Performer

Traits: Motivated, confident in some areas, some knowledge and skills

Delegation Style: Supporting Help your direct report reach their own solutions by asking questions that expand their thinking and encourage risk-taking

Supervisor Responsibilities
  • Offer support and guidance
  • Provide feedback
  • Delegate work
  • Communicate information down from Manager and up to Manager as needed, e.g., performance
  • Check in on bandwidth and well-being
  • Check on project/deliverable status