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This session aims to address the challenges faced by supervisors and provide practical solutions and suggestions for handling them. Topics include hiring new employees, job expectations, management consistency, equipment knowledge, employee program implementation, productivity levels, and audience participation.
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Real Life Lessons For Supervisors Presented by Cy Thomson & Alan Zipperer ACPA Spring Short Course School Houston February 11-14, 2014 www.concrete-pipe.org
2 This session is to help us understand some of the challenges we meet as supervisors. More importantly it is to offer solutions and suggestions to help us handle those challenges www.concrete-pipe.org
3 Some of the challenges we are going to discuss would be. 1. Success in hiring new employees • Helping employees find their productive spot in the company. 3. When we promote or hire someone are we clear on job expectations www.concrete-pipe.org
4 4. Importance of being consistent in management style. • Can you manage your plant from the office. 6. How much do you know about your equipment and how it operates. www.concrete-pipe.org
5 7. What concepts/programs are the hardest to keep implemented with employees? Production goals? Safety? • What qualities do you look for in a Leadman? 9. How do you set acceptable productivity levels? Do you understand them? www.concrete-pipe.org
6 Now for the part they didn’t tell you about. It’s audience paticipationin 3 stages. 1. Volunteers. 2. The guy talking to his friend. 3. The fellow staring at the table. www.concrete-pipe.org