Essential Management Skills for New Supervisors
 
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Title: Effective Management Skills for New Supervisors

Class Date: March 22, 2011

HCRI Credit Approval Pending

Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm

Instructor: Kelli Vito, SPHR, CCP

Location: One Highland Center, 314 E. Highland Mall Blvd., Suite 403, Austin, TX 78752

Price: $225

Early Bird Discount: $199 if you register by February 22, 2011.

Who Should Attend:

  • First-time supervisors and managers who want to build their supervisory skills quickly.
  • Supervisors with a few years of experience who never received formal training.
  • Anyone soon to be promoted to a supervisory position.

    Course Description:

    Developing effective management skills are essential in today’s environment of constant change and rapidly increasing technology. Becoming a supervisor for the first-time can be overwhelming. It truly is a completely different job from that of a non-managing worker. On the other hand, some long-term managers often feel the need for a refresher on management basics to address specific problems. This seminar is an overview of the different issues supervisors and managers face on a daily basis.

    We’ll discuss how to:

  • Make the leap from worker to supervisor
  • “Be there” for workers
  • How to effectively manage projects and resources
  • Coach employee for better productivity
  • Determine personality types and their impact on your team
  • Avoid the most common employment law issues
  • Use your goals to set your daily priorities
  • Tips for overcoming the most common supervisor-employee communication barriers

    Course Objectives:

  • Understanding What it Takes to Be a Manager
  • Learn the Importance of Developing and Mentoring Employees
  • How to Increase Your Credibility and Earn Respect
  • Tips for Communicating with Your Boss and Other Executives
  • Common Management Missteps You Don’t Want to Make
  • Discover What Employees and Other Managers Expect of You

    Course Outline:

    Introduction

  • Understanding What it Takes to Be a Manager
  • What Leaders Provide
  • Management Cycle

    Planning

  • Delegate Effectively
  • Develop a System for Making Decisions Under Duress
  • Plan Meetings to Advance Your Agenda
  • Think Strategically
  • Give Clear Instructions

    Time Management

  • Covey’s Grid
  • Scheduling Priorities
  • Time Management Tips

    People Management

  • How to Manage Employees with Different Personality Styles
  • How to Manage Employee from Different Generations
  • Communicating With Employees
  • Common Employee Problems
  • Staff Motivation
  • Conflict Management
  • Poor Performance
  • Discipline Process
  • Legal Issues

    Change Management

  • Dimensions of Change
  • Change Process
  • Change Progression

    Problem Solving Skills

  • Describing and Analyzing a Problem
  • Identifying Causes of a Problem
  • Developing Options and Choosing the Best Course of Action

    Negotiating

  • Identifying Common Mistakes in Negotiation
  • Developing rational thinking in negotiation, and
  • Developing effective skills in negotiation that benefits all parties involved.

    Self-Awareness and Improvement

  • Concept of Self-Management
  • Effectively Managing Self-Learning and Change

    Performance Management

  • Performance Components
  • Getting Input
  • Balanced Scorecard
  • Benefits

    Leadership Principles

    Common Management Missteps you Don’t Want to Make

    Instructor Bio: KELLI VITO, SPHR, CCP

    Kelli W. Vito, SPHR, CCP, currently is Principal of KV Consulting, based in Austin, Texas, which offers strategic human resource management consulting and auditing services. Her practice specializes in HR auditing, workforce planning, performance management and measurement, strategic planning, compensation administration, and organizational design. Ms. Vito also teaches a variety of management courses for both the private and public sectors. She is the author of the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Auditing Human Resources Handbook series. Ms. Vito also teaches the certification preparation course for the SPHR/PHR exam at the University of Texas.

    Prior to starting her own business, Ms. Vito served as the top HR executive for the State of Texas. Her responsibilities included advising over 200 agencies and higher education institutions on all aspects of human resource management. She testified before the Texas State Legislature and worked extensively on developing workforce regulations. Prior to that role, she served as an Audit Manager for the Texas State Auditor’s Office. She was responsible for performance related audits and developed the first Human Resource audit program.

    Ms. Vito has her BBA in management and marketing from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP). She is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management. She was a finalist in the 2002 Executive Woman of the Year in Texas.

    CPE: 8 hours

    Level: All

    Type of class: HR/Management/Supervisory

    TX Board of Public Accountancy Sponsor Number: 009317

    Cancellation Information: Cancellation Date: March 1, 2011
    To cancel your registration from this course, please call or email the course contact listed below. If a cancellation is received after the cancellation date, the registrant will be charged $75 for course materials.

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    Class participants will be billed after the class. Payment should be made to SOLUTIONS TRAINING GROUP, Federal Tax ID: 20-2732184 and mailed to 2701 Maria Anna Rd, Austin, TX 78703. If you have any questions, please contact Shannon Bieberdorf at (512) 914-5557 shannon-solutions@austin.rr.com.

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