IDG Contributor Network: Is active supervision slowly dying?

“We had to fire her, because she kept taking her phone out in client meetings.”  “He doesn’t communicate.”  “He’s got a weird understanding of ‘casual Fridays’.”These are all quotes about newly-hired employees we see in the workplace.  Like our peers, my company invests significant time and dollars to recruit superstars who will dazzle our clients and enrich our culture.  And, as at many companies, new hires often r