A 54-year-old pool director, who returned to her career after a break to raise her children, now leads a team of 12 teenage lifeguards. She chose her staff from scratch, which she found preferable to inheriting employees accustomed to a different management style. Johnson observed that teenagers’ performance is influenced by their parents’ involvement. “Helicopter” parents, who micromanage, often have lower-performing children, while “hands-off” parents, who grant more independence, tend to have higher achievers.
A Pool Director at a Country Club Hires Teens as Lifeguards. She Sees Parents Applying for Their Kids to Make life Easier, but it has the Opposite Effect
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