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Asymmetric relation

Supervision

IEE ← LII

The supervisor's easy confidence may touch a sensitive area for the supervisee. These names describe roles in the theory, not who's smarter, more capable, or more valuable.

Also called Revision · Audit

Translucent paper, fiber, and sea-glass layers in old rose, peach, pale green, and sea green.IEEHuxleyDelta · ENFpSuperviseeOrthogonal slate and translucent vellum forms in peach red, dark citrine, Olympic blue, and light mauve.LIIRobespierreAlpha · INTjSupervisor

IEE is the Supervisee and LII is the Supervisor. Swapping the order changes your viewpoint, not their roles.

Editorial color studies · not type evidence

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How Supervision works

When it helps

They set limits on criticism and find common ground away from the area that feels most sensitive.

What to notice

The supervisee may feel they can never get it right. The supervisor may not realize how personal a correction feels.

Asymmetric relations. The same relationship can feel different to each person. One may look for something the other doesn't realize they're being asked to give.

Authors disagree about how the direction works

The Supervisee and Supervisor roles shown here come straight from the archived table. A separate direct/reverse reading of Benefit and Supervision is disputed within the archive, so the Atlas does not present that variant as settled fact.

Read the competing interpretations

What passes between them

Every type has eight functions, from what comes most naturally to what costs the most effort. These are the places where IEE’s and LII’s meet most directly.

  • FrictionIEE → LIITrust and personal bonds Fi

    Comes easily to IEE; LII can keep up, but may find it tiring over time.

    IEE creative · LII role
  • FrictionLII → IEEHow things fit together Ti

    Comes easily to LII, but it is a sore spot for IEE, so confidence here may land harder than intended.

    IEE vulnerable · LII leading
  • Common groundNew possibilities Ne

    Comes easily to both, so they tend to understand each other here.

    IEE leading · LII creative
  • Common groundWhere things are heading Ni

    Comes easily to both, so they tend to understand each other here.

    IEE ignoring · LII demonstrative
  • Both want helpComfort and balance Si

    Both look to other people for this, so neither can easily cover it for the other.

    IEE suggestive · LII activating
3 quieter links
  • Quieter linkTaking action Se

    An area both find demanding, so neither can easily carry it for the other.

    IEE role · LII vulnerable
  • Quieter linkLII → IEEGetting things done Te

    LII can handle it quietly; it is a weaker area for IEE.

    IEE activating · LII ignoring
  • Quieter linkIEE → LIIExpressing emotions Fe

    IEE can handle it quietly; it is a weaker area for LII.

    IEE demonstrative · LII suggestive

How this pairing resolves to Supervision

Both types’ eight functions, side by side
Reading Model AMatching positionsResolving relation
IEEModel A
1Neextraverted intuitionLeading
2Fiintroverted ethicsCreative
3Seextraverted sensingRole
4Tiintroverted logicVulnerable
5Siintroverted sensingSuggestive
6Teextraverted logicActivating
7Niintroverted intuitionIgnoring
8Feextraverted ethicsDemonstrative
LIIModel A
1Tiintroverted logicLeading
2Neextraverted intuitionCreative
3Fiintroverted ethicsRole
4Seextraverted sensingVulnerable
5Feextraverted ethicsSuggestive
6Siintroverted sensingActivating
7Teextraverted logicIgnoring
8Niintroverted intuitionDemonstrative

Rows follow Model A’s eight function positions, from Leading (1) to Demonstrative (8); they are not a ranking of strength or value. The highlighted rows are the contacts that hold across all sixteen ordered pairs the archive assigns to Supervision.

Where this comes from

The relation name and roles come straight from the archived relation table, and the meeting points follow from Model A. The summaries are the Atlas’s plain-language reading of the archived Supervision guide: a place to start, not a prediction about two real people.

Archived guide metadata

The archived introduction is withheld from the public build. Canonical citations, source paths, and hashes remain below.
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reference/shared-theory/supervision.rst.txt · SHA-256 51f42c502f6e1150547831a25d263f61cb5f33238db8b71c009680987fa75387Canonical source ↗
Technical details
Structural fingerprint
2 → 3 → 4 → 1 → 6 → 7 → 8 → 5All eight contacts, ordered from IEE’s first through eighth positions.
All eight contacts
2 friction points · 2 shared strengths · 1 shared need · 3 quieter links
Why Supervision
The same broad block shape also appears in Business and Kindred. The exact order of the contacts is what makes this Supervision.
Model A
Function positions and blocks come from the archived Model A and Functions pages (17f5a976a93f…). These contacts hold for all sixteen ordered pairs the table calls Supervision, checked against all 256 cells.
Relation table
Read the relation table hereCanonical citation ↗intertype.html#complete-table
How the guide is written
Atlas learning guide · source synthesis; editorial guidance labeled separately