1. Supervision The 10 Keys to Effective Supervision™:
With this developmental perspective in mind, we recommend the following 10 keys to effective supervision:
1. Support Growth - Provide support for employees development through: • Professional Development Plans • Strength Based Performance Appraisal Systems
2. Unite Your Team - Building a culture of care and concern by maintaining: • Open door policy • Regular one-on-one supervisory meetings
3. Praise Others - Provide praise and encouragement through: • Formal recognition systems • Informal compliments - Catching them doing things right
4. Expect Excellence - Set high expectations for employees through: • Clear position descriptions • Regular feedback sessions with staff
5. Require Accountability - Uphold individual responsibility by: • Creating a culture where staff hold each other accountable • Creating a culture where staff hold themselves accountable
6. Value What You Believe – Linking actions and behaviors to values by: • Ensuring understanding and buy-in to a shared mission and vision • Continuously reminding team of goals and desired outcomes
7. Instill Independence - Allow autonomy of employee through: • Appropriate delegation • Encouraging risk taking
8. Share Continuously - Establish two-way communication through: • Active listening • Being transparent
9. Optimize Ownership - Create opportunities for employees to contribute by: • Participatory strategic planning sessions • Encouraging risk taking
10. Realign Your Efforts – Evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses by: • Evaluating yourself as a supervisor on a daily basis • Asking for Input – Reflect on areas of growth that would help staff

2. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
Support staff development
Support Growth - Provide support for employees development through: • Professional Development Plans • Strength Based Performance Appraisal Systems
1. Support Growth - Provide support for employees development through: • Professional Development Plans • Strength Based Performance Appraisal Systems

3. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
Team building
Unite Your Team - Building a culture of care and concern by maintaining: • Open door policy • Regular one-on-one supervisory meetings
2. Unite Your Team - Building a culture of care and concern by maintaining: • Open door policy • Regular one-on-one supervisory meetings

4. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
Give credit where credit is due
Praise Others - Provide praise and encouragement through: • Formal recognition systems
3. Praise Others - Provide praise and encouragement through: • Formal recognition systems

5. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
Set high standards
Expect Excellence - Set high expectations for employees through: • Clear position descriptions • Regular feedback sessions with staff
4. Expect Excellence - Set high expectations for employees through: • Clear position descriptions • Regular feedback sessions with staff

6. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
Accountability
Require Accountability - Uphold individual responsibility by: • Creating a culture where staff hold each other accountable • Creating a culture where staff hold themselves accountable
5. Require Accountability - Uphold individual responsibility by: • Creating a culture where staff hold each other accountable • Creating a culture where staff hold themselves accountable

7. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
credibility
Value What You Believe – Linking actions and behaviors to values by: • Ensuring understanding and buy-in to a shared mission and vision • Continuously reminding team of goals and desired outcomes
6. Value What You Believe – Linking actions and behaviors to values by: • Ensuring understanding and buy-in to a shared mission and vision • Continuously reminding team of goals and desired outcomes

8. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
Foster
Independence
Instill Independence - Allow autonomy of employee through: • Appropriate delegation
7. Instill Independence - Allow autonomy of employee through: • Appropriate delegation • Encouraging risk taking

9. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
Share Information
Share Continuously - Establish two-way communication through: • Active listening • Being transparent
8. Share Continuously - Establish two-way communication through: • Active listening • Being transparent

10. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
Create a culture of entrepreneurship
Optimize Ownership - Create opportunities for employees to contribute by: • Participatory strategic planning sessions
9. Optimize Ownership - Create opportunities for employees to contribute by: • Participatory strategic planning sessions • Encouraging risk taking

11. The 10 aspects to better Supervision
Analyze
DON’T
Paralyze
Realign Your Efforts – Evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses by: • Evaluating yourself as a supervisor on a daily basis • Asking for Input – Reflect on areas of growth that would help staff
10. Realign Your Efforts – Evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses by: • Evaluating yourself as a supervisor on a daily basis • Asking for Input – Reflect on areas of growth that would help staff