Leadership Skills for New(er) Supervisors

Leadership Skills for New(er) Supervisors

Learn from presenter Andrew Sanderbeck about skills that can help you succeed in your leadership role. Being a new(er) supervisor can be challenging. Instead of being measured on what you can achieve personally, you’re now measured on what you can lead your team to achieve. Effectively leading others requires the development of new skills as you take on new leadership roles.  …

Motivating Your Staff

 Keeping people motivated and interested in their work is not an easy task.  Research has shown that the presence of external motivators decreases internal motivation when the extrinsic motivator is removed.  Therefore, finding ways to tap into staff members’ intrinsic motivation is key.  Understanding the theories underpinning motivation is necessary to effectively support staffs’ intrinsic motivation. In this session, the presenter will give …

How to Handle That Dreaded Discipline Problem

There’s no doubt about it – for many of us, handling discipline is probably one of the things we dread most about our jobs. Yikes! The key is to understand the importance of doing what we dread the most – handling it! So often we try to ignore it, hoping it will go away. Does it? Rarely. And what we try to …