Great post, and wonderful insights. I did my dissertation on how professional development and supervision can influence or impact self-efficacy in non-academic middle managers (whew, that is a mouthful)--exactly what you are talking about here. A lot of wonderful information came from doing that research, but much of it was that supervisors of those mid-level folks (listen up, senior level leaders!!) were not providing positive self-efficacy experiences. In fact, most of my participants reported negative supervision experiences, critical incidents, and professional development experiences. You are right on with your comments.
Great post, and wonderful insights. I did my dissertation on how professional development and supervision can influence or impact self-efficacy in non-academic middle managers (whew, that is a mouthful)--exactly what you are talking about here. A lot of wonderful information came from doing that research, but much of it was that supervisors of those mid-level folks (listen up, senior level leaders!!) were not providing positive self-efficacy experiences. In fact, most of my participants reported negative supervision experiences, critical incidents, and professional development experiences. You are right on with your comments.