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Asymmetric relation

Supervision

SLI ← ESE

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

Low linen, terracotta, wood, and slate planes in raw sienna, ivory, olive green, and slate gray.SLIGabinDelta · ISTpSuperviseeLacquered red, yellow, and deep green architectural planes crossed by sunlight.ESEHugoAlpha · ESFjSupervisor

SLI is the Supervisee and ESE is the Supervisor. Swapping the order changes your viewpoint, not their roles.

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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 SLI’s and ESE’s meet most directly.

  • FrictionSLI → ESEGetting things done Te

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

    SLI creative · ESE role
  • FrictionESE → SLIExpressing emotions Fe

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

    SLI vulnerable · ESE leading
  • Common groundComfort and balance Si

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

    SLI leading · ESE creative
  • Common groundTaking action Se

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

    SLI ignoring · ESE demonstrative
  • Both want helpNew possibilities Ne

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

    SLI suggestive · ESE activating
3 quieter links
  • Quieter linkWhere things are heading Ni

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

    SLI role · ESE vulnerable
  • Quieter linkESE → SLITrust and personal bonds Fi

    ESE can handle it quietly; it is a weaker area for SLI.

    SLI activating · ESE ignoring
  • Quieter linkSLI → ESEHow things fit together Ti

    SLI can handle it quietly; it is a weaker area for ESE.

    SLI demonstrative · ESE suggestive

How this pairing resolves to Supervision

Both types’ eight functions, side by side
Reading Model AMatching positionsResolving relation
SLIModel A
1Siintroverted sensingLeading
2Teextraverted logicCreative
3Niintroverted intuitionRole
4Feextraverted ethicsVulnerable
5Neextraverted intuitionSuggestive
6Fiintroverted ethicsActivating
7Seextraverted sensingIgnoring
8Tiintroverted logicDemonstrative
ESEModel A
1Feextraverted ethicsLeading
2Siintroverted sensingCreative
3Teextraverted logicRole
4Niintroverted intuitionVulnerable
5Tiintroverted logicSuggestive
6Neextraverted intuitionActivating
7Fiintroverted ethicsIgnoring
8Seextraverted sensingDemonstrative

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.

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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 SLI’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