18. Is available when employees need them. As a supervisor, you are responsible for getting work done through others. When one of those “others” expresses a need to see you, I would encourage you to make yourself available at the earliest possible moment. When you do schedule such a meeting, be sure that you can concentrate completely on the discussion with your employee. For example, if you periodically “sneak” a look at your watch or take phone calls during the meeting, chances are very good that your employee will jump to the conclusion that either he/she or the issue presented is not important to you and/or that you feel you have more pressing matters to address.