First-Level Leadership: Supervising in the New Organization

1Making the Transition to First-Level Leader

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

• Identify the five key competencies and associated behaviors of first-level leaders.

• Demonstrate at least four characteristics that followers seek in effective first-level leaders.

• Describe how first-level leaders use their technical, interpersonal, conceptual, and systems skills.

• Plan the five steps you will take in your journey from first-level supervisor to first-level leader.

HOW DO I MAKE THE SHIFT TO FIRST-LEVEL LEADER?

The change in the supervisor’s role to one of first-level leader involves much more than assuming ...