WALK BEFORE YOU RUN

Step 1: Put practical experience first. The job of the supervisor in most organizations is 90 percent application. It is getting the job done. Theory is great, but it is even greater when practical techniques are learned and practiced first. The focus on experience does not mean that strategy theories are to be ignored. The more theoretical background one has the better. But in starting a career your first goal should be to survive as a supervisor, your second goal should be to become a superior supervisor, and your third goal should be to make the move into upper management.

Marty desires to eventually graduate from a four-year university, but being a realist, she knows she must earn her own way step by step. Her first step ...

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