KevBurns - Supervisor Training

Build supervisory leadership skills.

Give supervisors the tools to succeed.

Grow more long-term leaders.

You've Been Promoting Your Best Technical People - Then Abandoning Them

For years, you've taken your most skilled workers and promoted them to supervisor roles. They knew the job inside and out, understood the equipment, could troubleshoot any problem. Then you expected them to magically know how to lead people.

 

You've been promoting them without the one skill that matters most: how to motivate teams, handle difficult conversations, or build the trust that creates consistent performance.

Here's Why Your Supervisors Are Struggling

They Don't Know How to Build Safety Buy-In Your supervisors have procedures and rules, but they've never learned how to create the trust and relationships that make people actually care about safety.

They Don't Know How to Keep Good People Your supervisors want to retain talent, but they've never been taught how to value employees, provide development, or build the connections that make people want to stay.

They Don't Know How to Create Consistent Engagement Your supervisors are responsible for team motivation, but they've never learned the specific skills that inspire people to give their best effort every day.

The truth is: Your supervisors aren't failing because they don't care - they're struggling because they don't know how.

 

Built on nearly 30 years of industrial experience, we understand that technical experts need specific tools to become effective leaders. We've developed the systematic people skills training that transforms supervisors from struggling with leadership to confidently building safer, more engaged teams.

Here's How We Set Supervisors Up to Succeed:

1

Build Trust To Improve Safety Culture
When people trust their supervisor, they speak up about safety concerns, report near-misses, and genuinely care about protecting each other.

2

Create Leaders People Want to Work For
Supervisors learn to value, develop, and connect with their teams, dramatically reducing turnover and attracting top talent.

3

Drive Consistent Engagement
All supervisors learn the same proven approach to motivate and inspire, eliminating engagement gaps across teams.

What Success Looks Like

New Braunfels Utilities has partnered with us for 8 years, with NBU Safety Manager Billy Shearer saying: "Our company has worked this program for five years now. And we've committed to another three years. A testament to how much of a difference it's made."

After five years of development, NBU's employee engagement survey achieved an 85% participation rate, indicating clear indicators of psychological safety and a strong leadership culture.

Read the Complete Case Study

I found tools to build trust with our employees and to have them buy into what we're doing and why. We're trying to create a different culture here and it's in the engagement between the operators and the supervisory staff.

- Shannon Barnaby

The example in our industry for supervisors was to act like a dictator. But this program has taught us that the best coaches are not yelling all the time. They're encouraging, and mentoring, and getting everyone pointed in the same direction.

- Bill Young

I'm now focused on being a better leader, listening and hearing what each of my employees has to say. Inviting their questions, problems, or being there when they just need to vent.

- Tamara Sprick

Ready to Set Your Supervisors Up For Success?

Choose your biggest challenge above to get started, or contact us directly to discuss your specific situation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why don't companies train their supervisors in people skills?
Why is "care" so important in the workplace today?
How do we know if our supervisors need this kind of development?
Is this soft skills training?
What makes this approach different?
What's PeopleWork Supervisor Academy's track record?