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SUPERVISOR TRAINING

State of Nevada Mandatory Supervisory Trainings

The State of Nevada requires supervisors of classified employees undergo supervisory training sessions. Click here for more information on requirements and mandatory trainings offered on campus. Click here to check out more State of Nevada trainings.

Supervisor Brown Bags

This hour will provide an opportunity for supervisors to network, brainstorm supervisor issues and alternate times with refresher information on supervisor skills and policies and procedures. They are held monthly over the lunch hours. Check the PD&T Training Calendar for dates. Each hour attended can be counted toward 40 hours needed.

Supervisor Modules

Building Better Teams

True teamwork in a unit can enhance communication and improve production. This module will give you tools as a team leader as well as show you the benefits of good teamwork. Participants will walk away with the activities and exercises they can use with their own work unit.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the role of a team leader.
  • Explore the uses and benefits of ground rules.
  • Learn how teams function under stress and how to work through this.
  • Experience team activities you can use with your team to enhance effectiveness.

 

Coaching for Development

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn why coaching for development is important for the University, the employees and for the supervisors.

  • Discuss the three levels of coaching

  • Explore five roles of a coach

  • Practice coaching roles

  • Discover six tools for coaches

Conflict Management

Learning Objectives:

  • Determine your preferred conflict management style.

  • Identify sources of conflict that are often present within organizations.

  • Apply techniques for resolving conflict in the workplace.

  • Analyze the differences between passive, assertive, and aggressive behavior.

Delegating for Results

Learning Objectives:

  • Analyze the differences between delegation and task assignment.

  • Identify the barriers and benefits of delegation.

  • Develop skills for successful delegation.

  • Practice delegation skills.

Effective Communication

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn a communication process.

  • Identify common barriers to effective communication.

  • Use proven strategies to overcome communication barriers.

  • Demonstrate effective listening techniques.

  • Learn the four stages of learning.

Motivating Your Employees

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the factors that affect employee motivation.

  • Analyze common myths about employee motivation.

  • Define ways to contribute to a motivating work environment.

  • Use the power of positive reinforcement to bring out the best in your employees. 

Setting Goals with Your Employees

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover the benefits of effectively setting "stretch" goals with your employees. 

  • Identify and write S.M.A.R.T. goals.

  • Use questioning strategies to clarify an employee's development goals. 

  • Use follow-up tools for staying informed on goal progress.

  • Provide employees with specific, behavior-oriented feedback.

The First Time Supervisor

Moving from co-worker to supervisor can be a daunting task.  There’s so much to learn and it can be hard deciding who to call or where to go for correct information. 
  • Learn skills for a successful transition from co-worker to supervisor
  • Acquire survival skills for the first year of supervising
  • Learn where to go, who to call and where to find information on the university website for supervising classified staff
  • Work with other new supervisors to solve work place scenarios

Using Your Emotional Intelligence

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn the definition of "Emotional Intelligence."

  • Assess their emotional intelligence.

  • Learn five emotional intelligence skills.

  • Write action steps for improvement in each emotional intelligence skill.

 

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