{"id":4773,"date":"2017-02-20T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T04:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/?p=4773"},"modified":"2017-05-23T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:05:11","slug":"what-are-the-top-ten-supervisory-skills-required-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/supervisor-training\/what-are-the-top-ten-supervisory-skills-required-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Top Ten Supervisory Skills Required in Australia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top 10 Australian Supervisory Skills<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Supervisors in Australia have the difficult job of bringing the best out of their staff. Though it sounds simple, this requires a unique set of skills. According to Indiana University Bloomington, the role of a supervisor includes goal setting, decision-making, time management, delegation, and communication.[i]<\/sup><\/p>\n

But that is not all. A first-level supervisor must also excel at coordinating, planning, organising, and setting priorities; the Harvard Business Review believes.[ii]<\/sup> For supervisors to succeed in their job, the top 10 core skills to acquire are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Communication<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n1.\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nCommunicate clearly and precisely through verbal and non-verbal mediums<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Technical Knowledge<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\nHave basic computer knowledge, and understand the various equipment and systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goal Setting<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\nKnow how to set goals that can be achieved smoothly and with minimum of waste<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Motivating Employees<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\nKeep employees enthusiastic about their work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delegation<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\nUnderstand the different roles and delegate responsibilities accordingly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decision-Making<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\nWeigh choices, research and analyse when making decisions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Change Management<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\nBe aware of change, and know how to handle it through proper planning and system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meeting Management<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n8<\/strong><\/td>\nManage minute-taking, attendees, and outcomes of a meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time Management<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n9<\/strong><\/td>\nPrioritise, delegate and manage tasks effectively<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organisation<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n10<\/strong><\/td>\nOrganise tasks for better clarity and management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sources<\/p>\n

[i] https:\/\/www.indiana.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

[ii] https:\/\/hbr.org\/1980\/03\/let-first-level-supervisors-do-their-job<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Professional<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Top 10 Australian Supervisory Skills Supervisors in Australia have the difficult job of bringing the best out of their staff. Though it sounds simple, this requires a unique set of skills. According to Indiana University Bloomington, the role of a supervisor includes goal setting, decision-making, time management, delegation, and communication.[i] But that is not all. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[110,1728,1727,1726],"views":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4773"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4811,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773\/revisions\/4811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}