THE PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISOR

Setting the groundwork for a successful career

Who will benefit?

Newly promoted or on the job leaders and managers or supervisors looking to sharpen their leader skills and gain more understanding of on how to lead efficiently. 

 Why this material?

This training is designed by experts to boost leadership skills. It has been trained and updated since 2010.  

Why from URG?

Take full advantage of the combination of this live training and the eTraining access offered afterward. An exclusive offer in the Kenyan market.

 Why Now?

Do not just wait to gain experience through time and hardship. This training will allow you to boost your leadership skills NOW and gain a life time experience in just few days.

Great leaders know that you must keep learning in order to be successful, especially if you are in a new role. This course will help you take your supervisory skills to a higher level.

IN SUMMARY: THE PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISOR

With a host of new challenges and responsibilities to tackle, new supervisors need training that helps them adjust to their new role. Learning how to supervise your employees on a trial and error basis can lead to discouragement.

Professional Supervisor Skills is a three day intensive program ideal for managers and supervisors who are motivated to succeed and excel in their new role. It can help them overcome many of the problems a supervisor may encounter, and to set the groundwork for a successful change in your working life!

Participants learn the difference between managing and leading, how to deal with challenges, effective prioritization, professional communication habits, and team motivation. They will also develop skills on providing useful feedback and empowering their team to grow and flourish.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

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How to plan effectively, build a high-performing team.

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Motivate employees, provide effective feedback, Delegate, and manage conflict.

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Several leadership theories, including John Adair’s action-centered leadership model, Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard’s Situational Leadership II® model.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

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Clarify the scope and nature of a supervisory position.

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Learn some ways to deal with the challenges of the role.

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Recognize the responsibilities you have as a supervisor, to yourself, your team, and your organization.

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Learn key techniques to help you plan and prioritize effectively.

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Acquire a basic understanding of leadership, team building, communication, and motivation, and what part they play in effective supervision.

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Develop strategies for motivating your team, giving feedback, and resolving conflict.

TOPICS COVERED

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Adjusting to your role

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Action-centered leadership

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Making plans and setting goals

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Defining leadership

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The Situational Leadership Model®

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What’s your type? How about mine? 

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Team building tips

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Communication skills and motivating employees

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Orientation and onboarding

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Training tips and tricks

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Providing feedback and doing delegation right

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Dealing with conflict and managing discipline issues

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Training Curriculum:

In this 3 day training, participant will have the chance to engage with a professional qualified trainer and coach and participate in numerous exercises and live quizzes to acquire the skills, theories, methods in this training. 

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3 days. On Demand

(from 8:30 am to 4:30pm)
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KShs 30,000/= per participant 
(for corporate, contact us.)
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On Site training fees 120,000/=
(Max No. of participants 25)

What’s Included:

Instruction by an expert trainer
Small, interactive classes
Specialized manual and course materials
Personalized certificate of completion

Related Training:

Leadership Skills for Supervisors
Personal Development Boot Camp
Self Leadership
The Art of Delegation

Day One

Section One

1

  Course Overview

The first part of the day is about getting to know participants and discussing what will take place during the workshop. Students will also have an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives. 

2

  Adjusting to Your Role

This session shares methods to help participants deal with the transition to a supervisory role. They will also review the pre-assignment.

3

  A Supervisor’s Responsibilities

A supervisor has responsibilities to employees, management, and themselves. This session discusses those areas of a supervisor’s role.

4

  Action-Centered Leadership

This session deals with how to balance priorities in a supervisory role using the action-centered model developed by John Adair.

Section Two 

5

  Making Plans

Planning is a vital part of a successful supervisor’s role. Rather than being adrift on a sea of indecision, planning can help a supervisor to success. This session looks at ideas regarding plans, how to use the Urgent-Important Matrix to help develop a plan, a planning case study, the elements of planning, and planning tools.

6

  Setting Goals

We all have dreams but turning those dreams into reality takes more than just hoping and wishing. You need to use a goal setting method to realize those dreams. This session looks at goal setting and using SPIRIT.

7

  Defining Leadership

This session looks at different facets of leadership through a history of various leadership studies. Then, participants will explore the theory of leadership styles. The session wraps up with a look at some case studies and a debrief.

Day Two

Day 2: Section One

1

  The Situational Leadership Model

The second day of this workshop kicks off with a continuing look at Situational Leadership and styles of leadership. It also checks into our comfort zones as leaders.

2

  What’s Your Type? How About Mine?

In this session, participants will complete a self-assessment to help them identify their leadership style.

3

  Team Building Tips

In this session, participants will complete an exercise to show synergy in practice in a team situation. Then, they will explore what a team is and the advantages and disadvantages of teams. To wrap up the session, they will complete the Square Rope exercise to illustrate the aspects of a team in action.

Day 2: Section Two

4

  Developing a High-Performing Team

This session includes a look at the stages of team development, moving a team through those stages, team problem solving, and team leadership.

5

  Communication Skills

Communication skills are important for any successful supervisor. In this session, students will define communication and communication barriers. They will also learn about listening and questioning skills. The session wraps up with information on probing techniques and the communication process itself.

Day Three

Day 3: Section One

1

  Motivating Employees

Motivating employees often falls upon on the shoulders of their supervisor. This session discusses different motivation techniques that students may apply in their workplace.

2

  Orientation and Onboarding

This session looks at orientation and onboarding and the differences between the two. This session also asks students to consider the orientation they received on their jobs and takes them through a rating exercise on that orientation.

3

  Training Tips and Trick

Supervisors often are tasked with training new employees in their roles. The skills needed by a supervisor who has to act as a trainer are discussed here. Students are also given some successful training guidelines.

4

  Providing Feedback

One of the jobs of a professional supervisor is giving feedback to employees. This session covers the six characteristics of effective feedback and gives participants an opportunity to role play this skill. The session concludes with the topic of receiving feedback.

Day 3: Section Two

5

  Doing Delegation Right

Delegation is more than just unloading tasks you don’t want to do as a supervisor. In this session, participants will define what delegation is and complete a delegation role play.

6

  Dealing with Conflict

This session looks at the conflict resolution process and the problem-solving process. The Conference exercise provides a chance for students to resolve conflict and debrief in a controlled setting.

7

  Managing Disciplinary Issues

The workshop concludes with a study of disciplinary issues from a supervisor’s point of view, including what is discipline, meeting with an employee for a disciplinary purpose, and a sample discipline checklist.

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