As a supervisor, you ask for feedback, and the answer is, “Everything’s fine.” Does that mean there is nothing to improve or that the question was too broad, unexpected, or too risky to answer honestly? Getting meaningful feedback from your team takes more than asking "How am I doing?" It happens when requests are specific, psychological safety is high, and feedback is part of your regular routine. Learn how to move beyond “it’s fine” by asking better questions, building trust, and turning vague answers into actionable conversations.

Summer does not always bring a slower pace. For many University teams, it brings shifting schedules, coverage gaps, fall preparation, and the challenge of keeping newly drafted goals from fading into the background. This article offers five simple ways managers can help their teams pause, re-center, and turn summer drift into shared direction.

Explore why AI use can leave managers feeling frustrated and how to respond in a practical, development-focused way. The article offers a simple AI literacy framework, prompt elements that can improve outputs, and questions supervisors can ask to better understand how their teams are using AI.