Supervisory Development Podcast

This presentation is on the topic of Employee Engagement. The content was built based on themes from participant evaluation feedback, comments, and questions and focuses on the challenges supervisors face in taking action on employee feedback.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on October 31st, 2018. To explore relevant resources on Employee Engagement, go to supervising.umn.edu.

This presentation is a deeper dive into feedback and coaching and focuses on ideas for application. The content was built based on themes from participant evaluation feedback, comments, and questions and focuses on the challenges supervisors face in giving feedback and coaching for development.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on February 6th, 2018. To explore relevant resources on Feeback and Coaching, go to supervising.umn.edu.

In this podcast, we discussed best practices in the selection and hiring process and how they can make your experiences more effective. We examined ways to identify common pitfalls in the selection and hiring process and resources available to help you avoid making these mistakes.

This podcast covers:

-Analyzing the needs of the position

-Preparing for an interview

-Making a hiring decision

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on December 11th, 2018. To explore relevant resources on Selection and Hiring, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Onboarding is the process of transforming a new employee into a fully functioning member of your team. When done effectively, it is a powerful employee engagement strategy that helps cultivate long term relationships, promote and understanding of organizational culture and foster a sense of belonging.

This podcast will cover:

-Creating a plan built on elements to establish and foster long-term employee engagement.

-Immerse new employees into the culture of your organization and introduce them to key partners for success.

-Set performance expectations and goals to help a new employee succeed in their role and achieve the desired results.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on November 15th, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Onboarding New Employees, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Employee engagement is the extent to which we, as employees energy, and effort at work. Peak engagement happens when we face meaningful challenges while having the support and resources we need to succeed. This podcast covers:

-What employee engagement is and the employee engagement cycle.

-What are the ways to gather input and how do you make sense of the input you have received?

-What are the main elements to consider when preparing for an effective discussion?

-What are some action planning principles and what resources exist to support you in the engagement work?

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on September 26th, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Employee Engagement, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Effectively developing teams that harness individual strengths while managing differences is a challenge most leaders face. This podcast will cover:

-How to identify when a team is the best option to complete a task.

-The key elements to launch and build an effective team.

-Strategies to improve a team's performance, decision-making, and conflict resolution.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on July 18th, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Leading Teams, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Conflict in the workplace may be uncomfortable for many, yet it does have a purpose. In this podcast you will learn to:

-Recognize the benefits of conflict.

-Create more self-awareness regarding your own approach to conflict and that of others.

-Assess conflict to determine its source.

-Build the skills needed to effectively manage conflict.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on May 23rd, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Managing Conflict, go to supervising.umn.edu.

Providing feedback and development coaching are important parts of supervision, yet it can be difficult to achieve the result you intended every time. In fact, research shows that only one-third of performance feedback interventions actually lead to increased performance. However, learning what science and practice tell us about what actually works can help beat those odds.

This is a podcast version of a Supervisory Development webinar recorded on February 28th, 2017. To explore relevant resources on Feeback and Coaching, go to supervising.umn.edu.