Free Resources for Industrial Leaders
Get the insights you need to build stronger supervisors and safer operations.
Build supervisory leadership skills.
Give supervisors the tools to succeed.
Grow more long-term leaders.
Build supervisory leadership skills.
Give supervisors the tools to succeed.
Grow more long-term leaders.
You're paying a hidden tax that never appears on financial statements - the cost of underdeveloped frontline leadership. When teams with identical resources get wildly different results, when good people leave, when safety incidents happen that could've been prevented - that's the Supervisor Tax.
A comprehensive analysis of what underdeveloped supervisors are costing your organization - and how to fix it. Each brief tackles a specific business challenge with real metrics and actionable solutions.
Key Topics Include:
Perfect for: Operations leaders who need to justify supervisor development investments to senior management.
How frontline supervisors become the critical link between safety systems and actual safety performance. This isn't about compliance - it's about building the relationships that make safety personal.
Inside This Guide:
Real Results: When supervisors become true safety leaders, recordable incident rates decrease by 35-50% and near-miss reporting increases by 60-80%.
Perfect for: Safety leaders who want to move beyond compliance to create genuine safety commitment.
Your best technical people get promoted to supervisor roles, but nobody teaches them how to lead people. This guide gives them the essential tools to succeed from day one.
What's Included:
Perfect for: New supervisors, HR departments, and operations leaders who want to set their promoted employees up for success.
These guides give you the foundation, but lasting change requires ongoing development. That's why we created PeopleWork Supervisor Academy - a comprehensive program that turns these insights into practical skills your supervisors can use every day.
The difference between great operations and struggling ones isn't equipment or processes - it's leadership. These resources give you the insights, but transforming your supervisors requires systematic development with coaching and accountability.
Stop hoping free resources will create the change you need. Get the complete system that actually transforms supervisors into leaders.
Choose your biggest challenge above to get started, or contact us directly to discuss your specific situation.
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.
