Around the world today there will be plenty of people sitting in some sort of supervisor training workshop. And while those sessions will be well designed and led by skilled and well meaning trainers and facilitators, the vast majority of these sessions will leave out skills that will be critical to both the supervisor’s and the organization’s success.

Here are five of those things:

– setting jointly held goals
– developing and communicating a vision of a desired future
– creating greater levels of accountability
– sharing responsibility more quickly and fully
– transitioning from a doer to a leader

The list could be longer, but this is a start.  Notice that none of these are the tangible stuff like policies and procedures, legalities and more.  While those things are important, they are a very baseline minimum need.  To create better supervisors who can truly lead requires more.

if your supervisor leadership training/development program has all of these, congrats!

If not, you are leaving the development of some of the most effective leadership skills to chance.  Let us know how we can help you add to or supplement your training to develop these key skills.

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Kevin Eikenberry is a recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent over 30 years helping organizations across North America, and leaders from around the world, on leadership, learning, teams and teamwork, communication and more.

Twice he has been named by Inc.com as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference. The American Management Association named him a “Leaders to Watch” and he has been twice named as one of the World's Top 30 Leadership Professionals by Global Gurus. Top Sales World has named him a Top Sales & Marketing Influencer several times, and his blog has been named on many “best of” lists. LeadersHum has named him one of the 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2023.

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