Supervisory Leadership: Maximizing Productivity & Staff Development

This webinar will focus on the challenges and opportunities associated with the supervision of a staff group. We will begin with ideas for encouraging respectful, healthy, and engaged teams. From there, we will review examples of interpersonal tensions, conflicts and dramas and how to navigate them. We will mainly focus on the development of a versatile supervisory style, which is essential for attending to the needs, interests and expectations of individual staff while simultaneously caring for and managing a team.

• Peruse an overview of unique challenges associated with managing a group
• Understand the learning and development arcs for staff teams
• Learn the challenges and opportunities related to cross-cultural, gender, style and learning diversity
• Learn the considerations for choosing whether, when, and how to intervene in conflicts
• Understand the problems with staff evaluation and ideas for better performance management

Whether co-worker conflict arises from work or outside issues, the outcome to the team is the same; workflow is negatively affected. To add to the problem, some workers who may lack the maturity or skills to work through the conflict themselves will continue to exacerbate the problem without attempting resolution. As in many situations, this requires the supervisor to be both mediator and mentor, and sometimes referee. Short of firing the combatants, what can you do? This webinar will address the nature of these conflicts, the core strategies needed to work through them, and how to teach these to your staff both before and when conflict arises.

• Learn how to examine a co-worker conflict to identify the lack of coping strategies and to specifically address these to teach better conflict management skills
  
• Examine ways to conduct difficult conversations that lead to resolution of the conflict
  
• Understand the use of corrective action, as necessary, to motivate communication and change
  
• Explore the power of modeling and mentoring conflict management strategies before, during, and after conflicts arise
  
• Examine the importance of a culture of communication and well-known behavioral policies to avoid these problems in the first place

A difficult employee-supervisor relationship can be stressful for both parties and can occur for a variety of reasons. Oftentimes, the supervisor may lack supervisory experience and/or has personality traits that make them challenging to understand, or whose priorities/philosophy does not align with that of the employee, all of which can be frustrating and stressful. Regardless of why the relationship is difficult, the results of this challenging relationship can be negatively felt by the employee in many ways. Job satisfaction, stress level, advocacy ability, and communication patterns can all be negatively felt. We realize it can be difficult on the supervisor as well, but this webinar will be presented from the employee perspective and will give strategies for the employee.

Join us for this session if you are looking for strategies to improve your relationship with your supervisor and add additional "go-to" options to improve your overall work experience.

• Better understand the crux of your issue(s) with your supervisor to identify the actual problem(s) that need to be addressed.
• Learn about common supervisor missteps, where they stem from, and how to address them effectively.
• Share and learn strategies you can implement with your supervisor to improve or manage the relationship more effectively.

As leaders in higher education, our dedication and commitment to our work and to the students are unmistakable. We tirelessly give more than what's expected, striving for excellence every day. But in the midst of our dedication, there's a vital component that often gets eclipsed: our personal holistic well-being and self-nurturance.

Neglecting holistic well-being not only impacts our personal health but has pronounced effects on job performance. A lack of self-care can lead to burnout, diminished concentration, and a decrease in innovative thinking - all critical elements in higher education leadership roles. By overlooking our well-being, we inadvertently compromise the quality of decisions, team dynamics, and, most importantly, the educational environment we strive to cultivate. On the flip side, actively integrating self-care practices results in heightened resilience, sharper decision-making skills, enhanced team morale, and an overall positive, productive work environment. It is thus imperative for leaders in higher education to prioritize their well-being for the larger benefit of their institutions.

In this engaging session, participants will discuss topics like:

• The adverse effects of neglecting self-nurturance and holistic health.
• Recognizing and confronting the barriers that deter us from practicing self-sustenance.
• Effective methods to carve out and commit time for personal rejuvenation.
• Understanding the broad impacts on our professional and personal spheres when our own well-being is sidestepped.
• Exploring a variety of techniques centered on holistic health and self-nurturance.

By the end of this session, participants will be inspired to sketch out an initial blueprint for their personal rejuvenation.

• Empower yourself with techniques to sharpen your self-awareness and realize the centrality of self-nurturance.
• Dive deep into understanding both personal and professional ramifications when holistic health is overlooked.
• Detect and tackle typical roadblocks that impede the journey of personal rejuvenation.
• Discover practical strategies for effortlessly weaving self-nurturance into your daily life.
• Facilitate attendees in shaping a realistic starting blueprint for their personal rejuvenation journey.