New Supervisor Training

Preface

New supervisors have special needs. They are making a critical transition into management, and this change requires developing a number of competencies quickly. We wrote this book to provide trainers and consultants with a resource that allows them to meet the needs of new supervisors in ways that reflect local organizational reality. Our goal was to provide a workbook that is flexible—that makes it easy for trainers and consultants to assess the learning needs of their prospective participants and adapt training material accordingly. The training designs included in this workbook are intended to help trainers and consultants create dynamic developmental modules. The elements in this book may be used as stand-alone features, or in various ...