Be Careful How You Support an Employee Who Doesn’t Report to You

Melissa Ketler, BA, MA
5 min readApr 27, 2023
Photo by Sue Carroll on Unsplash

As a leader, it can be tempting to feel like a hero or rescuer when employees who don’t report to you come to you with their challenges and problems. This happens quite often when there is a leadership transition where trust has already been built with one leader and the new leader hasn’t built the relationships yet.

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Melissa Ketler, BA, MA

Experienced leader, coach and change practitioner who loves to share insights into leadership from a practical and current viewpoint. Dabbles in art and music.