Asorganizations strive to cultivate exceptional leadership, the critical role ofsupervisors is often overlooked. Not all leaders are supervisors, and not allsupervisors are leaders. Yet, employee success is largely attributed to theguidance, coaching, and support provided by their immediate supervisors. Thissession will explore the strategic importance of building a robust supervisordevelopment program – separate from traditional leadership development – andhow it can catalyze organizational success.
Through examples and personal experience, you will learn howto effectively communicate the value of supervisor development and secure thenecessary buy-in and resources. We’ll discuss how we created our supervisordevelopment program, its elements, what we have found works (and doesn’t), howto measure success, and how you can implement a program at your organization.We’ll explore why this should be a focus for an organization and how itcontributes to its success.
In this session, you will learn:
- How to explain the strategic importance ofsupervisor development to garner organizational support
- The role of supervisor development in theorganization’s success
- How to build a program for supervisordevelopment
- Why there should be both a supervisordevelopment program and a leadership development program and how they aredifferent
