A bill requiring supervisor training for all federal managers unanimously passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today.

“Good leadership begins with strong management training,” said Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, the bill’s author. “It is time to ensure that federal managers receiv

Supervisor training should cover performance appraisals. Performance appraisal is the practice or reviewing an employee’s work performance in a face-to-face conversation. It is important that the appraisal is documented. The purpose of a performance appraisal is so the supervisor can give feedback to an individual on his/her performance over a certain period. During the

Every organization should have a drug-free workplace policy. Training supervisors is a fundamental part of every drug-free workplace program and these employees need to be provided with information on the program, how to implement the program as well as how to enforce it. Supervisors need to be educated on how to recognize and deal with employees whose job perform

A supervisor must implement good communication between their-self and their team. For any team to be successful the team needs to know what their goals are, they need to understand what is happening in their surroundings (coworkers, upper management, company objectives), and they need to know which tools are required and how to use them in order to achieve their goals.

In the quest to finding excellent employees, good hiring decisions are a vital part of that goal. Effective interviews are crucial when making decisions on which applicants to employ. Although potential employees usually submit applications or resumes and may possibly take tests when applying for a particular job, in the end of the decision making process it usually comes down to the