Build supervisory leadership skills.
Give supervisors the tools to succeed.
Grow more long-term leaders.
It was a safety meeting in a remote community hall near oil rig operations. The management team was still furious about something that happened three months earlier.
Craig, the safety manager, pulled me aside. "Do you understand what's happening here? We didn't just lose a rig manager. His entire crew of ten people quit and followed him to another company."
Ten people risked their livelihoods to follow their supervisor.
"Well, damn," I said. "We need to make more supervisors like that."
Great supervisors create relationships worth following.
They don't just manage tasks - they connect with people in ways that build genuine trust and respect.
Leadership skills can be taught systematically.
You don't have to hope good workers become good leaders. You can develop them intentionally using proven methods.
Care is the foundation of everything.
When supervisors genuinely care about their people, everything else - safety, productivity, quality - follows naturally.
I created PeopleWork Supervisor Academy to systematically develop the people skills industrial supervisors actually need - in under 10 minutes a day.
I've also written two books on this topic: The CareFull Supervisor and PeopleWork: The Human Touch in Workplace Safety, sharing the insights I've gained from working with over 1,000 supervisors across various industrial settings.
I've learned that I can be more effective by involving my team and asking their opinion rather than always telling them what to do. It brings them into the team.
For so many years I worked alone. Now I have a more team-oriented focus and a whole new skillset to create a great work environment for my team.
After just a few weeks, I've become a better listener and give more positive feedback. I now look at my team as an elite team and treat them that way.
Every supervisor has the potential to become the kind of leader people want to follow. Not because they have to, but because they genuinely want to.
Whether you're frustrated with inconsistent performance or you're a supervisor who wants to be better, I'm here to help you build the relationships that drive real results.
Because when supervisors learn to truly care about their people, everything changes.
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Most companies assume that being good at the job automatically makes someone good at leading people. They promote their best workers and expect them to figure out supervision on their own.
Today's workforce expects to be treated like they matter, not just like another resource. When supervisors genuinely care about their people, employees respond with discretionary effort, safety buy-in, and loyalty. In a tight labor market, care becomes your competitive advantage for finding and keeping good people.
If you see performance variations between teams doing the same work, if supervisors come to you with people problems, if you're losing good employees, or if you're experiencing preventable safety incidents, your supervisors likely need people skills training.
Yes. And if a company says this is not right for their people, they're missing the very leadership-driven supervisors they need to compete in today's market. These soft skills will be your competitive edge in finding and keeping the good people who want to be treated like they matter.
We designed it specifically for busy industrial operations. Under 10 minutes a day, no classroom time, virtual delivery, and focused on the relationship-building skills that drive business results.
Built on nearly 30 years of industrial experience, the Academy has trained over 1,000 supervisors across various industrial settings. The systematic approach was developed by watching examples of successful supervisors, talking with them, interviewing them, and paying attention to what actually works. Plus extensive research into what employees expect from their supervisors, how they expect to be treated, and what motivates them and gives them value.
