Boost morale at your company. Get this in paperback for all of your supervisors. Is your own career worth $3? You need this training essential. I learned this stuff all the hard way, now do yourself a favor and get this. Supervision Basics is a brutally honest, well-rounded low-cost effective supervisor training tool in one volume. For supervisors wanting to better be able to handle the most difficult situations and those who want to go into supervision for the first time. Also for those who work with, or are married to a supervisor, so they can better relate to their demanding experience.
Most of those who write books for business are well educated individuals who spent considerable time as managers at upper levels. They usually have a well developed set of skills that make them successful as a both a manager and a writer. They may think they understand front-line management, based upon what they have been told, by those supervisors who are a buffer between them and the guy out on the line. As in all jobs, no one can really understand a job until they have done it. I contend that these authors typically have a disconnect between themselves and the real situation. Front-line management is not the same as middle management. Not many front line managers are capable of, or care to write a book on supervision.
That is where I come in. I have spent years on the front lines of management, working with machine operators, and all types of laborers. The average person just want to make money to support their outside activities, not build a glorious career. They are not looking for every available opportunity to please the boss. Since I share in their lack of interest in advancement, I have spent many years on the front lines. While doing so, as a matter of survival, I have come up with ways to make things work and improve over time, as well as keep the boss and the people content. That is the contents of this book, which I know can be of help to any supervisor who chooses to read it. My expectation is that every reader will find something worth many times the cost of this book that will make their job easier by helping them become more effective.
However, It does no good to read the book and not put it into practice. Read a little each day and make the conscious decision to improve upon at least one of your practices. Give it a try.
This is not a book about organizational change, but more about working within the norms of whatever the current company culture is. The scope of this book is not to change things about the Company that may need changing. It is about the things that the Supervisor can do for himself.
The sales of this book has gone growth spurts when someone at a company shares it with their coworkers. It is cheap training any company can afford.
Your Attitude
Why should your workers expect things to be in order if their own leader does not have a positive outlook? If you walk into your production area with a scowl on your face, many of your associates will assume they share at least part of the blame for your problems. Typically, those are the ones who already are doing their best. The ones who need jump started will benefit nothing from seeing you angry. In fact, some of them may be glad you are upset. After all, you are the enemy.
Your attitude or moodiness can be a distraction to your area. If you are emotionally down, it will spread to all who see this. As a supervisor, you are an agent of the Company. You can have empathy for what your people are going through, but your job in simple terms is to gain benefit for the Company from their work.
Some days it will be very difficult for you to present a positive image. If it is a rarity, most people will be able to understand that. Most will in turn show you the same empathy you have shown them.
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