Supervisor & Leadership Development for Manufacturers
Promoting your best technicians into supervisor roles is only the start. Tennessee MEP helps you give those leaders the coaching and people skills they need to run steady, engaged teams.
When supervisors are promoted for their technical skills but never taught to lead, teams feel it. Direction gets unclear, conflict gets avoided, and good people start looking for the door.
Tennessee MEP's Supervisor and Leadership Development program gives your frontline leaders the practical skills to coach their teams, hold accountability, and keep production steady. It pairs a proven curriculum with mentorship and real workplace practice so the learning shows up on the floor, not just in the classroom.
Course Catalog
Courses We Offer
Find the right leadership development courses to meet your team's needs. Each is a focused, practical session your supervisors can put to use right away.
Supporting Change
Learn To
Understand and facilitate the three phases of change
Develop strategies for effectively communicating and supporting change
Build team member buy-in to change
Resolving Conflicts
Learn To
Recognize conflicts before they become problems
Identify the source of team member conflicts
Use effective communication to resolve conflict
Providing Performance Feedback
Learn To
Develop a collaborative feedback process
Get team members' buy-in
Implement a systematic approach to performance improvement
Managing Complaints
Learn To
Empathetically listen to team members' complaints
Find the root cause of an issue
Effectively resolve workplace problems
Improving Work Habits
Learn To
Distinguish between performance and work habits
Recognize poor work habits
Effectively coach to improve work habits
Essential Skills of Leadership
Learn To
Manage your team while enhancing team members' self-esteem
Solve problems by focusing on team members' behavior
Encourage team member participation
Essential Skills of Communicating
Learn To
Communicate clearly and concisely
Understand and manage your nonverbal communication
Communicate effectively through listening
Effective Discipline
Learn To
Encourage self-discipline
Deliver disciplinary actions to team members
Use discipline as a positive growth experience
Developing Performance Goals & Standards
Learn To
Define goals, objectives, and performance standards
Identify and set performance standards
Involve team members in creating individual performance standards
Delegating
Learn To
Delegate for optimal time management, job satisfaction, and productivity
Develop processes that ensure the involvement and success of your team members
Communicating Up
Learn To
Plan for effective communication with supervisors
Build consensus around goals, objectives, and action plans
Recap communications for clarity and consistency
Coaching Job Skills
Learn To
Identify team member difficulties that hinder team success
Build improvement plans by observing team member performance
Effectively coach job skills
Develop Your Next Generation of Leaders
Talk with a Tennessee MEP consultant about building leadership skills across your floor.
