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Jobs - New Superviser Tips
By Jay Bauder
When you first take over as a new supervisor, or even before, you want to get a good understanding of how things work in your unit--the specifics of the unit processes and how they fit into the larger organization. You also want to understand how people work together.
Several strategies will take you a long way to understanding your unit and its operations:
Meet with your predecessor
Review documents
Meet with your supervisor
Meet with your employees
Meet with customers and suppliers
As soon as you can after being appointed a supervisor, meet with your predecessor to find out about the work of the unit. Your predecessor will have a vast amount of information that will be useful to you in taking over as the supervisor. Make use of it.
Use the following list of items to cover in your meeting with the previous supervisor:
Organization Chart and Other Documents – review reporting relationships and workflow
Organization Mission and Goals – review strengths/weaknesses and achievements
Unit Personnel – review strengths and weaknesses of employees
Urgent Needs – review issues that need immediate attention
Prior to coming on board as a supervisor or in the first few days as a supervisor, collect and review as many of the following documents as you can:
Organization chart
Procedure manuals
Policy guidelines and issuances
Time and quality standards
Goals and objectives
Production reports and statistics
Studies on unit operations and performance
There's a good chance that you will be overwhelmed by the amount of material that's available. This may mean spending some time after regular work hours or at home plowing through the information. Carefully select the pieces you feel you need to review. Set the rest aside for some future date, if you feel that you still need to review them.
Once a supervisor, you will be responsible for seeing that your unit's processes work effectively in producing the products and services. This requires a thorough understanding of the processes of the unit. How can you make intelligent decisions or even talk intelligently with your employees if you don't know how the processes work? Take the time early on to ground yourself in the unit's processes.
Follow these steps in helping you understand your unit's processes:
Identify your unit's processes
Study documents that detail unit processes
List the steps for each process
Review the processes with your employees
Meet with your supervisor as soon as you become a supervisor, if not before, to find out what urgent needs may need your attention as soon as you take over the unit.
Get to know your employees. Become comfortable with them—find out their needs, interests, and responsibilities.
Once you've had a chance to become familiar with the processes of the unit, you may be thinking about some changes that have occurred to you. Perhaps in your interviews with employees, or even your supervisor, you have become aware of some changes in the processes that would increase the quality and productivity of the unit.
It would be very tempting to come in and start making changes right away. After all, most new supervisors want to make their mark and get noticed for the great things they do, and the sooner the better. Unfortunately, there are some serious hidden pitfalls with this type of thinking.
By some effort early on in your new supervisory responsibilities, you can make the transition easier on yourself—and on your employees and supervisor.
About the Author
Jay is the web owner of http://www.jobs-in.com Jobs | Job Search Resources, a website that provides information and resources on searching for jobs nationwide. You can visit his website at: Job Search
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