So You Want to Supervise, But You Have No Supervisory Experience

So You Want to Supervise, But You Have No Supervisory Experience presented by: Cynthia Paine AGTS, Inc. For AZ City/County Management Association February 08, 2007 Sedona, AZ

Workshop Purpose • To provide basic information about the roles and responsibilities of supervision to help you determine if you wish to pursue a career in management • To provide practical advice on the skills, knowledge, and experience needed to pursue your first supervisory position

Agenda • Roles and Responsibilities of Supervision • Rewards and Challenges of Supervision • Requisite skills, knowledge and experience

The Supervisory Experience

Roles and Responsibilities • Roles: • Representative of ‘management’ • Team champion and leader • Organizational networker • Responsibilities: • Establish and maintain high performance standards through functions of planning, organizing, directing, controlling • Communicate effectively at all levels in the organization to represent the multiple constituencies

Rewards and Challenges • Rewards • Potential to magnify your contributions to the organization by working through others • Opportunity to impact the development of others • Opportunity to develop other skill sets, like leadership and team development • Challenges • Rarely have adequate training • Often is intimidating to be ‘enforcer’ of wide range of organizational policies and procedures • Seldom have enough time • Frequently feel very alone • Sometimes feel overwhelmed and stressed out

Requisite Skills • Communicating • Listening • Negotiating • Change management • Conflict management

Requisite Knowledge • Human nature and motivation • Organizational business metrics (measures of success) • MVV and pertinence to your role • Political environment

Pertinent Development Experiences • Committee chair • Outside activities • Company activities • Task force • Recruitment fairs • Volunteer for projects • Q.I. efforts

Where Am I Now? What Are My Next Steps?

Thank you for participating today.

So You Want to Supervise, But You Have No Supervisory Experience

So You Want to Supervise, But You Have No Supervisory Experience

Presentation Transcript

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