Tips for Supervisors - Successful Supervisor

What is the #1 reason people leave their jobs?

Answer: they do not feel appreciated. First-line supervisors in public and private organizations have a major impact on the morale of line workers, employee turnover and retention as well as work quality and the productivity of staff.

SuccessfulSupervisor, through its fee based training services and tool kits as well as free tips and assessment instruments, helps first-line supervisors create an employee and customer friendly place to work that hits or exceeds its goals.

Successful Supervisor continues to gather useful information, ideas and opinions that can help first-line supervisors maximize their potential in adding value to their team, organization and customers.

You as a supervisor can sign yourself up for a weekly tip. This tip represents one thing a person can do that week to be an outstanding supervisor. The tip is on one page, understandable, concise and can be acted on immediately.The cost is $24 a year. You can subscribe to this service individually by clicking on order now .

If you are the boss of first-line supervisors and want to give a number of your supervisors each a P.E.T.*, please call us at 405 359 9632 for a group enrollment.

The Learning philosophy for P.E.T.* is you can improve supervisory behaviour best by presenting an idea in a bite-sized chunk. It works best to improve your supervision one step at atime.

If you want to see what a weekly tip looks like, scroll down further to see an example for being a top fight motivator. you will see the Tip of the Week and then the related Thought of the Week.

A THOUGHT ABOUT LEARNING - The Mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put in it that counts, but how much it digests

Find a team member doing a task in a high quality way and provide her on him specific feedback on what was done well and why it is important to continue this behavior.

Various surveys indicate that less than a third of the people who work feel they receive frequent, timely and positive feedback. We provide more positive feedback to our canine friends and even killer whales in training and performing than we do to humans.

Specific and timely positive feedback is a powerful motivator (Frederick Herzberg says "recognition" is the second most important factor which creates job satisfaction). It also does not cost a dime to use this important motivational technique.

Put it on your calender to find something each member of your team is doing well and then let them know about it. Seek to have something positive to say to each person at least every two weeks or even more frequently. You will be amazed at the motivational environment this will

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Rich Hughes, HUGHES CONSULTING, richardhughes@sbcglobal.net

405.359.9632 7175 Hollowbrook Drive Edmond, OK 73025