Supervisor Development Program

Overview

With successful completion, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the roles and expectations of the supervisor as a leader.
  • Identify personality styles and use proven techniques to increase interpersonal communications.
  • Exercise greater influence and effectiveness by applying the appropriate influence strategies.
  • Manage time, energy, and resources to maximize personal effectiveness.
  • Define the leader’s role in creating and maintaining a work climate that maximizes employee contribution and effectiveness.
  • Discuss tactics and feel more confident in having hard conversations with employees.
  • Establish clear performance expectations with employees by using metrics based objectives.
  • Hold employees accountable for substandard performance and recognize superior performance.
  • Develop a Personal Action Plan that integrates the key workshop learnings with the needs/challenges at work and leave their comfort zone.
  • Take managed risks to improve their personal effectiveness.
  • Implement a culture of accountability.

AUDIENCE 

Up to 25 Participants (with ~1-3 years of management experience).

Course Outline

Supervisor Development Program

  • Roles and Expectations of the Supervisor as a Leader
  • The Effective Supervisor: Applying Leadership Styles
  • The Encouraging Supervisor: Inviting Commitment
  • The Engaging Supervisor: Maximizing Employee Contributions and Effectiveness
  • The Empowering Supervisor: Implementing a Culture of Accountability
  • The Energized Supervisor: Maximizing Personal Effectiveness
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