Event: Leadership and Management Skills for Managers and Supervisors Workshop
Date: April 26-27
Location: Virtual
Link: https://training.ua.edu/conferences-and-training/professional-development/skills/
 

Description: 
Effective maintenance is dependent on an engaged workforce that shares a common vision and strives for world-class performance. Deficiency in people skills is perhaps the greatest weakness within the maintenance function. [BL1] It is incumbent upon the maintenance manager and supervisor to have and practice effective leadership and management skills. This session focuses on providing these skills and practical guidelines that will help them involve and motivate their workforce, and deal with conflicts and other challenges.


Who Should Attend:

The program is aimed at current and aspiring maintenance managers, engineers, supervisors and planners, but is applicable to all who have a direct interest in or are affected by maintenance performance and its impact on the enterprise. While the program is maintenance-centric, the methods, standard processes and logic are applicable for all organizational functions. This comprehensive program is applicable to all industries and facilities, as well as for single-plant or global enterprises.

What You Will Learn:

-How to develop a strategic, e.g., long-range, plan that ensures effective support of current and future enterprise business plans

-How to manage for the future instead of continued day-to-day reaction to events

-How to effectively use Gemba to keep touch with internal functions and employees

-Learn how to engage employees and leverage the strengths of natural work teams

-How to create expectations, assign responsibility and enforce accountability

-How to deal with conflicts and confrontation