Most organizations have an element of sludge. These are the processes and procedures that bog people down, like trying to walk through quicksand. Today, I want to talk about sludge, but not like sludge as in bad people on your team. Sludge slows your team down and prevents them from driving the results that you […]
Category: Supervisors
Balancing Leadership Styles
How are you shifting your approach from being directive to being supportive? As a leader, you need to be conscious of how you should be acting in different situations, with different team members. When should you be more directive? When should you be more supportive? Most leaders only use one approach, however there are […]
A Supervisor’s Growth Journey
What is a supervisor’s growth journey? Let us examine our progression of a leader framework so as a leader, you can determine where you fit on this pyramid. If you are the manager, HR manager, or a team, you can examine it and see where your leaders fit on this pyramid, and how you […]
How to Effectively Filter Information
How do you as a supervisor filter information? Part of your job is to filter information between management and the front line. It is one of the challenging parts of being a leader, but it also is a key part of your job. If you do it really well, you will make sure that […]
Back to School for Supervisors
It’s September and the kids are going back to school. Should you go back to school as a supervisor? Instead of being known as the average supervisor, aspire to be something greater. This can be achieved by going “back to school” and challenging some of the things that you have believed to be true […]