EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• 2 day program
• Designed to provide managers, supervisors, and trainers an extensive guide to assist them in leadership development
• Basic supervisory skills are presented and explored
• The Twelve Dimensions Of Leadership are discussed and practiced
• Participants will understand key techniques and applications of leadership, which will serve to enhance employee performance and improve organizational effectiveness

COURSE OVERVIEW

This 2 day program is designed to provide managers, supervisors and trainers an extensive guide to assist them in supervision techniques from line to mid-management supervision. At the end of this course, participants will be able to effectively apply leadership principles, learned in the first day, towards supervisory competencies.

COURSE BENEFITS

Our Leadership Development Program helps people in your organization:

• Discover their management strengths and weaknesses
• Assess four broad aspects of leadership: Character, Analysis, Accomplishment, and Interaction
• Explores leadership from three points of view: self as leader, another person as leader, leadership needs in a given situation
• Identifying important leadership characteristics across twelve dimensions
• Helps the organization match leadership characteristics to organizational needs
• Respond to opportunities

COMMENTS FROM COURSE PARTICIPANTS

"Helped me to focus my priorities."

"Your leadership with horses was a great change for the kids and really enhanced their learning."

PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES

At the end of this program, " EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION SKILLS PROGRAM: LINKING LEADERSHIP TO SUPERVISION," the participants will:

• Define the relationship between leadership and supervision.
• List the 8 key facets of leadership.
• Discover and interpret your leadership style.
• Define high-performance supervision.
• Define the principles involved in supervision.
• Discover what it takes to become a supervisor.
• Discover how to properly leverage your leadership style to effective supervision.

COURSE LENGTH AND LOCATION

This program can be done in a 1 or 2 day format. The 2 day format program is recommended for the greatest impact on your organization, particularly if we are using horses. We can do the course at your location(without horses) or at an off site conference facility.

PROGRAM TOPICS

Section 1 - Leadership to Supervision Linkage

Definition and Myths About Leadership
Definition and Myths About Supervision
The Linkage Between Leadership and Supervision

Section 2 - The Principles of Leadership

Setting the Course- Direction
Seeing Dreams- Realizing the Vision
The Desire for Excellence
Being Competent, Caring, and Challenging
Earning Trust
Motivating Those Around You
Knowing How to Assess Justly
Be an Inventor and Catalyst

Section 3 - The Dimensions of Leadership

Your Point of View
Interpretation Stage I - Focus of Attention
Interpretation Stage II - Leadership Wheel Assessment
Implications of High Emphasis Scores

Section 4 - The Supervisor

The Definition of a Supervisor
The Characteristics of a Supervisor
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Supervision

Section 5 - Human Relations and Communication

The Five Foundations of Human Relations
Motivation Principles in Supervision
The Working Climate
Communicating with Employees
Counseling and Appraisals of Performance
Listening and Learning

Section 6 - Supervising Organizational Objectives

Planning and Establishing Goals
The Art of Delegation
Setting Priorities
Team-building
Problem Solving Techniques
Managing Time and Conflict Resolution
Change- Is It a Good or Bad Thing?

Section 7 Pertinent Conclusions

Common Mistakes You Don't Want to Make
Placing Leadership in Your Supervisory Style (Tying It All Together)

Call us at 254.290.3446 or email us to book this course.

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