{"id":5784,"date":"2018-06-04T10:30:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T00:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2018-05-31T12:16:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T02:16:06","slug":"top-10-skills-in-supervision-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/supervision-training\/top-10-skills-in-supervision-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Skills in Supervision – Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being a first-level supervisor is one of the most difficult, demanding and challenging jobs in any organisation, says Harvard Business Review.[i]<\/sup> A supervisor juggles many balls \u2013 managing, delegating, leading, resolving conflicts, motivating and more. To be able to supervise a team of any size and skill level, a common set of supervision skills is needed. Here are the top 10 skills that a supervisor needs to successfully supervise at any level.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Supervising Others<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Know the qualities of winning supervisors and the management skills they use<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Communication<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Use clear and concise language to promote understanding<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3<\/strong><\/td>\nLeadership<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Create common ground, encourage collaboration and keep the team motivated<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

4<\/strong><\/td>\nDelegation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Know when and whom to delegate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/strong><\/td>\nCritical Thinking<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Get to the root of problems, generate solutions and create a plan to implement them<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Employee Motivation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Know how to use personal motivators, and help employees to grow and develop<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

7<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Giving Feedback Constructively<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Sandwich a negative feedback between two positives<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/strong><\/td>\nTime Management<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/sup><\/td>\n

Set SMART goals, prioritise, delegate and create rituals to manage time<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Conflict Resolution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Learn to identify individual needs, find common ground and suggest options to resolve the issue permanently<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10<\/strong><\/td>\nCommunicating across Cultures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Develop a basic understanding of the other culture, notice non-verbal cues and show acceptance of the cultural differences<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sources<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[i] https:\/\/hbr.org\/1980\/03\/let-first-level-supervisors-do-their-job<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being a first-level supervisor is one of the most difficult, demanding and challenging jobs in any organisation, says Harvard Business Review.[i] A supervisor juggles many balls \u2013 managing, delegating, leading, resolving conflicts, motivating and more. To be able to supervise a team of any size and skill level, a common set of supervision skills is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[285,299],"tags":[1884,110,1885,1895],"views":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784"}],"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\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5814,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions\/5814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdtraining.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}