Management and Supervisory Training
- Advanced Supervision for Experienced Leaders
- After All, You're the Supervisor
- The Art of Influencing Others
- Basic Economics
- Coaching
- Coaching Conversations
- Counseling Employees
- Curing Negativity in the Workplace
- Dealing with Change in the Workplace
- Decision Analysis
- Drug Issues in the Workplace
- Effective Delegating
- Effective Discipline
- Emotional Intelligence
- Ethical Uses of Power in Organizations
- Fair Supervisory Practices
- Fundamentals of Effective Facilitation
- Fundamentals of Strategic Planning
- Goal Setting for Success
- Habits of Successful People
- Habits of Successful People: A Follow–Up Workshop
- How to Conduct Internal Investigations
- Identification Theft: More Than Just an Inconvenience
- Juggling Multiple Priorities
- Leadership Fundamentals
- Leading Though Change
- Managing Diversity
- Managing an Older, More Experienced Workforce
- Managing a Younger, Less Experienced Workforce
- Managing for Results without Authority
- Matching Supervisory Styles to Employee Needs
- Media Relations
- Motivation
- Office Politics
- Overcoming a Culture of Entitlement
- Performance Appraisal
- Positive Approaches to Resolving Performance Problems
- Preventing Violent and Aggressive Behavior
- Principles of Good to Great
- Recognizing the Signs of Suicide
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Supervising Former Peers
- Time Management
- Work Ethic — Managing Performance Beyond Mediocrity
- Would I Work for Me?
Supervising Former Peers
Session Format:
4 Hours Total (One 4-Hour Session)
Introduction
Effective supervision can sometimes be a challenge for even the most experienced manager. It can become especially tricky for the manager who has been promoted and is now in the position of having to supervise employees who used to be co-workers and peers.
Objectives
The participant will learn: (1) basic supervisory skills, (2) basic human relations skills, (3) special strategies and skills needed to supervise former peers, (4) potential problems that can arise when supervising former peers, (5) solutions to potential problems that can arise when supervising former peers, and (6) specific actions to avoid when supervising former peers.
Content Outline
- Characteristics of effective supervision
- The dynamics of employee-to-employee interaction
- The dynamics of supervisor-to-employee interaction
- Considerations unique to supervising former peers
- Specific strategies for supervising former peers
- Navigating potential problems with supervising former peers
Who Should Attend
This seminar is intended for managers and/or anyone in a leadership position who is faced with having to supervise employees who were once peers (co-workers).
