WSU CMD

Center for Management Development

W. Frank Barton School of Business - Wichita State University
Improving Supervisory Skills


Improving Supervisory Skills

Improving Supervisory Skills

Seminar Date: 2/25

Location: CMD Training Center - Wichita, Kansas
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Led by: Dr. Gerald Graham

Price: $199.00 


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BENEFITS:

The class will help you analyze the differences that can make you an effective or ineffective supervisor. You'll gain practical insights into common supervision mistakes and solutions to put you on the road of successful leadership.

DESIGNED FOR:

This seminar is designed for the newly promoted supervisors, soon to be promoted team leaders and managers that find it necessary to get work done through their employees. Experienced supervisors should attend to review and update their skills. You’re sure to appreciate the refreshing insights given in this one-day program.

OUTLINE:

  1. What Does a Supervisor Do?
    1. Skills of doing
    2. Skills of supervising
    3. Differences between good and poor supervisors
  2. Establishing Objectives
    1. How to define objectives
    2. Major problems
    3. How to develop employee commitment
    4. How to resolve employee conflicts
  3. Improving the Art of Delegation
    1. What is authority?
    2. Problems in delegation
    3. How to give an order
    4. How to criticize
  4. Problems in Communication
    1. How to communicate upward
    2. How to communicate downward
    3. How to handle informal groups
  5. What Motivates Employees?
    1. How to understand employee needs
    2. How needs motivate
    3. Assumptions about employees
    4. Theory X and Y
    5. The marginal employee
  6. Employee Discipline
    1. Rules and regulations
    2. Philosophy of discipline
    3. Why employees become problems
    4. How to apply the discipline
  7. Improving Leadership Ability
    1. Power and leadership
    2. What makes good leaders?
    3. Autocratic or democratic
    4. Leadership styles
    5. How to put emphasis on the job

LOCATION:

Improving Supervisory Skills will be held in the CMD Training Center in the Woodman Alumni Building on the Wichita State University campus in Wichita, Kansas.   

General Information for Nearby Accommodations

Candlewood Suites
3141 N Webb Rd
Wichita, Kansas 67226
(316) 634-6070

Courtyard by Marriott
2975 N Webb Rd
Wichita, Kansas 67226
(316) 636-4600

Hilton Garden Inn
2041 N Bradley Fair Pkwy
Wichita, Kansas 67206
(316) 219-4444

Residence Inn
1212 N Greenwich Rd
Wichita, Kansas 67206
(316) 682-7300


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