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Course
English
Course
French
Online
6 hours
Managers
Supervisors
Becoming a supervisor is a significant career shift that involves taking on new responsibilities, developing new skills and adopting new behaviours. This online self-paced course provides foundational information to support public service supervisors at the start of their career transition. Participants will learn more about their new role, the expectations upon them, how to work with their new team, and how to become an effective supervisor.
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Legacy course code: G312
Becoming a supervisor is often the first major transition point in a public service career. The Supervisor Development Program: Virtual Edition (SDPv) offers a practical, hands-on approach to learning the core functions of the supervisory role and key concepts such as leadership, communication, delegation and engagement—all with an emphasis on people management. Participants will learn how to efficiently manage their priorities, time and teams, and how to apply their new supervisory skills in the workplace.
This online self-paced course outlines the typical demands and constraints of a manager's job and helps to clarify what managers really do. Participants will consider some of the myths about managing people and explore strategies for dealing with common mistakes made by first-time managers.
