Supervisory Skills for Operators (Essentials of Effective Supervision)

This two day workshop is ideal for current or aspiring supervisors in a public works environment. Participants will examine topics ranging from supervisory styles, challenges making the transition from ’employee’ to ‘supervisor’, how to set performance standards, effective communication for various audiences, what progressive discipline means and how it is applied, and what due diligence looks like in the contemporary workplace. Activities include examples of actual workplace issues that face supervisors of all operations, large, small and in between.