Team Leader/Supervisor Skills Training Course

Course Aims

It is a very exciting time when people get promoted into management and leadership positions, but it can also strike fear into people who are not properly prepared for the day-to-day expectations that are put on a manager or a leader.

Our Team Leader/Supervisor Training Course aims to give you a sound grounding in your new career by providing the essential skills required to manage and lead effectively.

Although targeted at newly promoted leaders or those identified as potential leaders, the course can easily be adapted to meet the requirements of existing leaders who are in need of a refresher or who want to acquire new skills.

Course Objectives

Those who attend this Team Leader/Supervisor Skills Training Course will:

• Be able to confidently plan their daily activities
• Know how to get the maximum performance out of their team members
• Be able to motivate themselves and their team members
• Understand when to manage and when to lead
• Be able to deal with difficult situations with confidence
• Be able to demonstrate a range of leadership techniques and understand when each should be used

Course Content

Here's what we cover in our Team Leader/Supervisor Skills Training Course:

What is Leadership?

• Defining what is meant by leadership
• The differences between leadership and management

Leadership Skills

• What are the skills required to be an effective leader and manager?
• Exploring why these skills are needed
• Using a simple leadership model to understand how it’s done
• Looking at a range of leadership approaches

Team Leadership/Supervisor Skills

• Questioning and Listening
• Motivating and Inspiring the Team
• Assertiveness
• Influential Communication
• Resource, individual and team planning

Managing Performance

• Dealing with Under-Performance
• Setting SMART Goals and Objectives
• Using management information
• Effective Performance Discussions
• Performance and Development Planning
• Dealing with HR Issues

Decision Making and Problem Solving

• Pro-actively Identifying Problems
• Problem Solving Tools
• How to Make Effective Decisions
• Managing Change

Skills Practice

• An opportunity to practice the skills

If you opt to have this course delivered in-house, the content above can be tweaked and changed to ensure the course meets your specific needs.

Who Should Attend our Leadership/Supervisor Training Course?

This leadership/supervisor training course is for anyone who is looking to move into a leadership position or just promoted. The course is also useful for those who have a responsibility for overseeing a team, but not directly responsible for managing performance

If you want to:

• Know how to lead/supervise effectively
• Be able to delegate and trust that things will get done
• Reduce the amount of times you have to ask people to do things
• Understand more about how to motivate people
• have some ideas for simple communication and update methods
• Have a higher performing team

Then this team leader/supervisor course is for you.

The course is suitable for people of all levels and in all roles and industries.

Online Training Courses

A 1 day online live virtual training course with one of our highly experienced leadership and management trainers. You also get:

• A highly interactive online experience
• Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer
• A digital copy of the course materials from the course
• A digital course certificate

In-Person & Online In-House

A 1 day training course with one of our highly experienced trainers at your location or online. You also get

• Course materials for each delegate to take away
• A course certificate
• Reporting on delegate evaluation
• Access to MyRevolution Learning to retain access to your materials and stay in touch with your trainer

We've aimed this course at those who are in entry level leadership and supervisor positions (first line/level leadership). For example, those who oversee a team, but not responsible for managing performance, disciplinary or HR processes.

If you have not had any training in this subject before then this may be a good place to start. It's more likely that you would find our Leadership Skills Training Course beneficial.

Yes. This will provide you with a great grounding for your new career or role in leadership and management.

Yes. We have lots of articles about leading and managing in the <a href="https://www.revolutionlearning.co.uk/category/leadership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leadership section of our blog</a>.