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Finding Balance Between Doing & Managing as a New Professional

Learn strategies for successfully supervising undergraduate, graduate, and classified/university support staff while maintaining a balance between task-oriented and strategic thinking. Compare delegation and empowerment and articulate your supervisory style.

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Finding Balance Between Doing & Managing as a New Professional

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  1. Finding Balance Between Doing & Managing as a New Professional Brett L. Bruner, M.S. Director of Transition & Student Conduct Fort Hays State University 2016 New Professional & Graduate Student Symposium

  2. Overview • Learning Outcomes & Introduction • Your Philosophy • Leadership vs. Supervision • Delegation vs. Empowerment • Your 1st Professional Role: • Supervising undergraduate staff • Supervising graduate staff • Supervising classified/university support staff • Maintaining a balance between “doing” tasks & “thinking” tasks

  3. Learning Outcomes As a result attending this session, Symposium participants will: • Compare & contrast delegation & empowerment through supervision. • Articulate their espoused & enacted supervisory styles. • Identify 2 strategies for successfully supervising undergraduate staff, graduate staff, and classified/university support staff.

  4. About Me

  5. My Journey

  6. My Day

  7. Your Philosophy as a New Professional

  8. Your Philosophy • Statement that reflects the way that you, as a new professional, will view your job, coworkers, staff members, & relationship • Incorporates your values into daily performance • Provides direction for later evaluation & self-reflection • A positive, self-motivating statement

  9. Yourself as a Leader vs. Supervisor

  10. Revisiting My Day 1-on-1 meetings Assessment How do we move to higher-level tasks? Events Planning Budgeting Training

  11. Delegation vs. Empowerment Delegation: A division of labor~ • Assignment of specific duties or responsibilities to an individual Empowerment: Instilling a sense of power~ • Granting decision-making authority, and/or • Creating opportunities to influence decisions • Providing ability to make choices

  12. Your Supervision Style _________________________________________

  13. Your Supervision Style _________________________________________ Life events that have influenced your supervision style as a new professional

  14. Your Supervision Style _________________________________________ Perception of supervision by others

  15. Your Supervision Style _________________________________________ Life events that have influenced your supervision style as a new professional Are these congruent? Perception of supervision by others

  16. Supervising Undergraduate Students • Invest time in the selection & orientation process • Create a supportive environment • Prepare students to succeed • Provide coaching & feedback • Utilize their skills & strengths

  17. Supervising Graduate Students • Find & support a balance • Professional role –Graduate student learner • Work – Life • Connect to coursework • Empowerment • Evaluate the thinking process • Dream big  While recognizing the bigger picture • Take ownership

  18. Supervising Classified/Support Staff • Time matters • Team approaches • Respect • Empowerment • Communicate expectations • Involve in the life of the unit • Support development • Listen!

  19. Balancing Doing & Thinking Begins with your beliefs…

  20. Balancing Doing & Thinking Begins with your beliefs…

  21. Finding Balance Between Doing & Managing as a New Professional Brett L. Bruner, M.S. Director of Transition & Student Conduct Fort Hays State University blbruner@fhsu.edu

  22. SAVE THE DATEMarch 11-15, 2017

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