الأهداف
- Understand the role of supervisors and managers and the demands it places on you.
- Study the most current research on leadership dynamics.
- Develop a 'Management Mindset' as a leader, motivator and communicator.
- To increase personal and group productivity.
- Improve your business communication skills.
- Better control group meetings and team-based projects.
- Improve your delegation, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Use Performance Appraisals and feedback to keep your staff highly motivated.
- Adapt your supervisory style to fit any organizational context.
- Control difficult employees using conflict resolution techniques
الخطوط العريضة
Component One: The Key Roles of Supervisors and Managers
The Role of the Supervisor
- Moving from "Doing" to "Planning and Supervising"
- Being responsible for results
- Acting as a role model
- Supervisory responsibilities: What does that entail?
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Assessment and Interpretation of your results
Developing a "Management" Mindset
- Clarifying your authority and limitations
- Identifying traditional and current supervisory roles
- The importance of setting the right example
- Working with older, more experienced workers, former peers
- Managing a diverse workforce
- Maintaining work balance
The Thinking and Planning Processes
- Steps in the planning process
- Setting goals and objectives
- Prioritizing the workload
- Establishing a routine that works for you
- A few basic tricks for controlling your paperwork
- Multitasking
Component Two: Effective Leadership and Team Motivation Techniques
The Supervisor as a Leader
- What is leadership? Can anybody do it? Becoming a role model
- Competencies of great leaders
- What does the situation demand and how should you respond?
- Your leadership style: implications in the workplace
- Rating your leadership style
The Supervisor and the Team
- Defining teams in the 21st century
- Creating a non-threatening environment
- The four stages of teambuilding
- Behaviors of successful teams
- The supervisor's role in building a team
- Valuing the diversity of the team
- Building trust, overcoming resistance
- How personality profiling (MBTI) impacts a team
- Cautions and considerations
- Predictions about teams
- Team frustrations and type dialogue
Motivation Techniques
- What do we value in work?
- Fundamental motivational techniques: Telling and asking employees
- Creating opportunities to achieve
- Motivating without money
- Dealing with morale issues
Component Three: Improving Delegation, Problem-Solving & Decision-Making Skills
Delegating Tasks
- The benefits and drawbacks of delegating
- What things should not be delegated to others
- How to delegate effectively
- How to be fair when establishing work assignments and targets
- Proven approaches to getting employee cooperation
The Supervisor and the Problem-Solving Process
- Developing problem-solving skills
- Recognizing and identifying the problem at hand
- Gathering information
- Generating possible solutions
- Using problem-solving tools
- Analyzing options and deciding on a solution
- Developing criteria
- Implementing the solution
- Sharing information
- Practical problem-solving skills for your team
The Supervisor and the Decision-Making Process
- What types of decisions do supervisors and administrators face?
- Ensuring your decisions are adhered to and supported
- Decision-making tools
Component Four: Employee Conflict Resolution and Performance Evaluation
Managing and Resolving Conflict
- How to deal with a difficult employee
- What to do when two employees don't get along
- Ways to resolve internal squabbles
- Simple but effective strategies for dealing with complaints
- A roadmap for resolving an employee grievance
Developing Your People Through Performance Management
- Developing a Performance Management System
- How to control tardiness, absenteeism, poor performance
- The importance of documenting what you do
- Simple measures for dealing with harassment or discrimination
Performance Appraisals
- Why do appraisals?
- What to do before, during and after the appraisal
- Maintaining exceptional performance
- Dealing with problem performance
- Discipline - A step-by-step approach
- How to "fire" an employee…
- Common mistakes new supervisors make
Component Five: Communications Skills Training/Staff Development
Communicating for Results
- Understanding the implications of your leadership style on your communication process
- Recognizing the barriers to good communication
- Developing effective listening skills
- Steps for becoming a good listener
- Developing effective questioning and probing techniques
- Asking questions so you don't get evasive answers
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Understanding non-verbal messages: yours and theirs
Communicating Expectations
- Setting standards and targets
- What to do when employees complain about too much work
- Giving feedback to employees
- The right way to give praise
- How to criticize without making workers angry
- Guidelines for effective feedback
- How to ask for feedback on your own performance
Training Employees
- How to prepare an employee for training
- Developing your own training skills
- Steps to effective training
- Coaching after the training is done
- Anticipating problems
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