Module One: Getting Started

• Icebreaker
• Ground Rules
• The Parking Lot

• Pre-Assignment Review
• Workshop Objectives

• Action Plans And Evaluation Forms

Module Two: Setting Expectations

• Defining the Requirements
• Identifying Opportunities for Improvement and Growth
• Setting Verbal Expectations
• Putting Expectations in Writing

Module Three: Setting Goals

• Understanding Cascading Goals
• The SMART Way
• Helping Others Set Goals

Module Four: Assigning Work

• General Principles
• The Dictatorial Approach
• The Apple-Picking Approach
• The Collaborative Approach

Module Five: Degrees of Delegation

• Level One: Complete Supervision
• Level Two: Partial Supervision
• Level Three: Complete Independence

Module Six: Implementing Delegation

• Deciding to Delegate
• To Whom Should You Delegate?
• Providing Instructions
• Monitoring the Results
• Troubleshooting Delegation

Module Seven: Providing Feedback

• Characteristics of Good Feedback
• Feedback Delivery Tools
• Informal Feedback
• Formal Feedback

Module Eight: Managing Your Time

• The 80/20 Rule
• Prioritizing with the Urgent-Important Matrix
• Using a Productivity Journal
• Using Routines and Rituals to Simplify Your Workday

Module Nine: Resolving Conflict

• Using a Conflict Resolution Process
• Maintaining Fairness
• Seeking Help from Within the Team
• Seeking Help from Outside the Team

Module Ten: Tips for Special Situations

• What to Do If You’ve Been Promoted from within the Team
• What to Do If You’re Leading a Brand New Team
• What to Do if You’re Taking on an Established Team

Module Eleven: A Survival Guide for the New Supervisor

• Ask the Right Questions of the Right People
• Go to Gemba
• Keep Learning!

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up

• Words from the Wise
• Your Notebook

• Review of Parking Lot
• Lessons Learned

• Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations