Enhanced Supervision Program LogoDuring the Boldly Elon strategic planning process, staff and faculty articulated the critical importance of supervisory learning and development in building a dynamic working environment where all employees can thrive through new learning pathways and enhanced supervisory training.

Goals, Competencies and Courses

Ten courses (listed below) have been designed to meet the following goals and Office of Leadership and Professional Development leadership competencies.

Cutting edge learning and development designed to:

  • Develop, encourage, and support all supervisors
  • Build a healthy, inclusive and effective work environment

Leadership Competencies DiagramThe seven Elon University leadership competencies:

  • Communication
  • Learning Capacity and Initiative
  • Self-Awareness and Relationships
  • Organizational Acumen
  • Employee Development
  • Technical Knowledge
  • Global Perspective: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

 

Enhanced Supervision Program Courses for 2022-2023

Supervisors must complete the Preparation Form before participating in ESP sessions. Download the Preparation Form here.

Purpose for Performance: Supervision and Motivation

Photo of Nell Derick Debevoise and Going First book cover
Event Details:

  • Instructor: Nell Derrick Debevoise, Consultant and author of Going First: Lead Purposefully and Inspire Action
  • Date, Time, and Location: Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Oaks 212

Supervisors will learn to:

  • Connect purpose and personal/professional well-being
  • Activate purpose in employees’ work
  • Teach employees steps to feeling more purposeful
  • Create an environment to keep employees focused on purpose throughout the year

Leadership Competencies:

  • Learning Capacity
  • Employee Development
  • Supervising for Goal/Strategy Achievement
  • Organizational Acumen

 

Building an Effective Team or Department

Event Details:

  • Instructors: Dr. Preston Yarborough, Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Senior Faculty, and Dr. Jessica McCall, CCL Faculty and UNC-G faculty
  • Date, Time, and Location: September 13, 2022, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., via Zoom

Supervisors will learn to:

  • Apply the DAC model (Direction, Alignment, Commitment) to a current team
  • Navigate the key elements of a systems process
  • Manage challenges and benefits of best practices in leading teams

Leadership Competencies:

  • Organizational Acumen
  • Supervising for Goal/Strategy Achievement

 

Managing Conflict and Difficult Conversations

Event Details:

  • Instructors: Dr. Preston Yarborough, Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Senior Faculty, and Dr. Jessica McCall, CCL Faculty and UNC-G faculty
  • Date, Time, and Location: October 7, 2022, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., via Zoom

Supervisors will learn to:

  • Approach conflict successfully
  • Practice a specific approach to addressing a conflict
  • Achieve positive outcomes for difficult conversations

Leadership Competencies:

  • Learning Capacity
  • Employee Development
  • Communication

Managing Performance: Writing Effective Performance Reviews/Giving and Receiving Feedback

Photo of TJ BowieEvent Details:

  • Instructor: TJ Bowie, Equal Opportunity and Human Resources Compliance Manager
  • Date, Time, and Location: November 3, 2022, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Oaks 212

Supervisors will learn to:

  • Utilize the SBI (Situation, Behavior, Impact) tool for giving feedback
  • Practice skills needed to actively listen, understand employees’ goals and perspectives, and motivate enhanced performance
  • Effectively complete all components of a performance review

Leadership Competencies:

  • Learning Capacity
  • Employee Development
  • Communication

 

Policies and Procedures: Best Practices in HR

Photo of Milly ZlockEvent Details:

  • Instructor: Molly Zlock, Director of HR Compliance, Equal Opportunity and Title IX
  • Date, Time, and Location: December 5, 2022, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Oaks 212

Supervisors will learn to:

  • Navigate sensitive employment matters
  • Identify compliance topics and being prepared to respond
  • Utilize employee resources for a healthier team

Leadership Competencies:

  • Learning Capacity
  • Employee Development
  • Communication

 

Managing Change and Motivating Employees through Change

 

Event Details:

  • Instructors: Dr. Preston Yarborough, Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Senior Faculty, and Dr. Jessica McCall, CCL Faculty and UNC-G faculty
  • Date, Time, and Location: January 18, 2023, 11-12:30 p.m. via Zoom

Supervisors will learn to:

  • Differentiate between the external process of change and internal process of transition
  • Plan a change process, including ways to motivate employees
  • Practice effective change conversations

Leadership Competencies:

  • Organizational Acumen
  • Supervising for Goal/Strategy Achievement

 

Budgets: Managing Funds and Using Budgets to Achieve Goals

 

Event Details:

  • Instructor: Kelly McKinney, University Controller, and Ashlyn Hyman, Senior Accountant for Budget and Endowment
  • Date, Time, and Location: February 21, 2023, 12-1:00 p.m., Oaks 212

Supervisors will learn to:

  • Use OnTrack and accounting forms to manage budgets
  • Explain and analyze the line items of budgets

Leadership Competencies:

  • Technical Knowledge

 

BE Aware: Unlearning Bias, Part 1

 

Photo of Carla FullwoodEvent Details:

  • Instructor: Carla Fullwood, Director of Inclusive Excellence, Education and Development
  • Date, Time, and Location: March 28, 2023, 12-1:00 p.m.,  Oaks 212

Leadership Competencies:

  • Supervisors will recognize, and assist their direct reports in recognizing that bias exists within all people.
  • Supervisors will understand the differences between identity-based bias and general biased attitudes.
  • Supervisors will identify bias attitudes and how this affects supervision style and actions.

BE Accountable: Identifying and Responding to Bias, Part 2

 

 

Photo of Carla FullwoodEvent Details:

  • Instructor: Carla Fullwood, Director of Inclusive Excellence, Education and Development
  • Date, Time, and Location: April 17, 2023, 12-1:00 p.m., Oaks 212

Leadership Competencies:

  • Supervisors will understand the Bias Response and Education Process at Elon.
  • Supervisors will discuss strategies to address bias-related incidents in their departments.
  • Supervisors will identify resources to support direct reports who experience identity-based bias in the workplace.

BE Advocates: Shifting Department/Campus Culture, Part 3

Photo of Carla FullwoodEvent Details:

  • Instructor: Carla Fullwood, Director of Inclusive Excellence, Education and Development
  • Date, Time, and Location: April 27, 2023, 12-1:00 p.m., Oaks 212

Leadership Competencies:

  • Supervisors will discuss how anti-bias advocacy supports inclusive supervision strategies.
  • Supervisors will explore tools for effective advocacy and inclusive supervision.
  • Supervisors will develop steps to promote anti-bias and inclusion in respective departments to support direct reports across all identities.

Focusing on the Big Picture: Connecting to Department & University Strategy & Mission

Registration and additional event details coming soon.

Event Details:

  • Instructor: Senior Staff member TBD
  • Date, Time, and Location: This event will be rescheduled in the Fall. Exact date, time, and location information will be announced at a later date.