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Your staff member enters your office carrying a thick folder.

“The study is complete,” she says.

You begin reading. The background is detailed, the problem is clearly stated, three alternatives are presented, and the final page contains a recommendation.

Then you ask one question.

“How do we know this option will solve the problem?”

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You are preparing for the annual strategic planning workshop.

The leadership team will leave the office for a day or two. The facilitator will guide them through vision, mission, values, environmental scanning, SWOT analysis, goals, KPIs, strategic initiatives, and action planning.

By the end, everyone expects to see a finished plan.

The document...

You are looking for an advanced program for your supervisors.

The course title sounds promising. The outline includes leadership, group dynamics, conflict resolution, delegation, problem-solving, decision-making, coaching, counselling, and meeting management.

These are important capabilities. Each one can affect team performance, trust, productivity, and r...

You are comparing two train-the-trainer proposals.

The first is a one-day course. The outline is simple: adult learning, facilitation, questioning, training methods, evaluation, and a short teaching demonstration.

The second course is much longer. It adds communication styles, multigenerational learners, blended learning, difficult participants, presentati...

Most basic supervisory training begins with a good intention.

The company wants newly promoted supervisors to become effective. It also wants current supervisors to improve their performance.

Both intentions sound reasonable. But neither tells the training designer what must actually change.

What does an effective supervisor do differently?

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