Management control - we have a problem - [Management coaching]

Continuing our series of on-the-spot coaching advice, chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas... There's never a dull moment here at E&T Towers where, as usual, we're under siege from readers wanting solutions to their management dilemmas. And, as usual, while we can claim to offer the best possible professional analysis of these generalised problems that have been based on real-life incidents, there is no substitute for getting advice that has been tailored to your specific management style and structure. In this instalment, we look at the issue of a member of staff who feels undermined by their manager's free-and-easy approach to problem solving, and an employee who feels that their career path is being blocked by a directive handed down by upper management.