In partnership with the Fox Valley Technical College’s Business & Industry Services, this 18-hour six-week program offers an in-depth learning experience for new and potential first-time leaders engaged in the construction trades who seek to build or enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities required for effective supervision.

Organized around themes of managing self, their team, the work and their processes and systems, the program offers both new and potential first-time supervisors the opportunity to learn and engage with other professionals and world-class facilitators.

March 21 - May 2

7:30 - 10:30 a.m.

D. J. Bordini Center

Overview

• Training specific to first time or new supervisors engaged in the construction trades
• An integrated curriculum - no classes can be taken separately
• Content is delivered in 3 hour segments, total of 18 hours
• Training is delivered in person
• Training allows the learner to apply the training immediately
• Training includes accountability to the content and participant experience through ongoing feedback loop
• Cohort based learning consisting of up to 20 participants per program
• BENEFIT: Earns one associate degree credit with potential to earn advanced standing in the 3-credit Supervision course. 
• One 3-hour Management Support Session prior to cohort start
• Each cohort will be limited to no more than 20 total participants

Desired Outcomes

• Understand the skills, behaviors, and attitudes needed for effective leadership in a commercial construction environment
• Provide tools for connecting and engaging teams and individual team members
• Understand the psychology of employee engagement and satisfaction
• Learn skills for analyzing employee developmental needs and customize an approach for improving employee performance
• Learn communication skills needed to coach, provide feedback, initiate change, and manage conflict
• Develop skills in creating high performing teams

Management Support Session

This session is for Managers of Leadership Skills Participants

Training Content:

• Confirm training needs and obstacles of supervisors
• Provide information to meet the Five Expectations of Managers
• Know the content
• Set goals for the training
• Coach the participants throughout the training
• Lead by example
• Reinforce the participants’ use of new skills
• Identify commitments from management 

Session 1

March 21, 2024

Supervision Fundamentals:

Assessing strengths & areas for growth in leadership role

• Introductions and set goals for course
• Identify characteristics of effective leaders 
• Brainstorm strategies to avoid pitfalls of new supervisors 
• Apply trust builders to your leadership of team 
• Develop action plan 

Session 2

March 28, 2024

Leading Different Personalities: Applying the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

• Follow-up on action plan
• Choose your Myers-Briggs personality type
• Identify how to motivate & lead different types
• Identify your strengths and potential struggles as a leader
• Develop an action plan

Session 3

April 11, 2024

Communicating Effectively:

Identifying strategies to communicate clearly 

• Follow-up on action plan 
• Define effective communication 
• Identify meaning of non-verbals 
• Practice active listening techniques 
• Adjusting communication with the appropriate method 
• Develop action plan

Session 4

April 18, 2024

Giving & Receiving Constructive (Negative) Feedback:

Building the communication skills to handle correction effectively 

• Follow-up on action plan
• Identify steps in giving feedback
• Practice giving feedback
• Identify benefits for receiving feedback appropriately
• Choose correct method of communication for situation
• Develop action plan 

Session 5

April 25, 2024

Leadership:

Assessing your preferred influencing style 

• Pre-Work: 360° Leadership Assessments
• Define Leadership
• Assess Power Bases of Influencing
• Assess Leadership Style from Situational Leadership Develop action plan 

Session 6

May 2, 2024

Motivating Others:

Understanding the needs of others to meet their goals while meeting the needs of the organization

• Pre-Work: Motivation Assessments
• Follow up on action plan
• Define motivation & morale
• Compare motivational theories with participant’s assessments
• Identify obstacles to praise and recognition
• Identify strategies for dealing with difficult behaviors. Develop action plan 

Instructor

Judy Ruhl

Judy is a trainer/consultant with the Management Development Department of FVTC and has a proven track record in helping leaders, regardless of industry, meet their full potential. Her enthusiastic style keeps the training session moving while focusing on skill building. Judy’s experience and flexibility ensure that each participant gains specific action items to get results. Particular areas of expertise include Leadership (especially people skills), Train-the-Trainer, Myers-Briggs, Time Management, Generational Collaboration, and Team Building. 

While Judy specializes in training front-line supervisors and staff, she also works with all levels of leadership in organizations. She serves a variety of industries, including service, construction, manufacturing, and law enforcement. Judy has been a production shift supervisor, a technical representative, and a research chemist. For a global perspective, she's delivered and developed class exercises as part of a faculty exchange with a university in Russia. She has a B.S. in chemical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration. 

Current NEWCA Investors

$750 per participant

Non-Alliance Investors

$1,500 per participant

*Investment includes assessments, materials, catering, learning management system access and all facilitation.

Questions?

[email protected]

920.328.0562