PeopleWork Supervisor Program

There's a Better Way for Supervisors to Learn Than Trial and Error

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You Promoted Your Best Technical People - But Nobody Taught Them How to Lead

You run a solid operation with good equipment, proven processes, and safety standards that work. But your supervisors are learning how to manage people through trial and error. On your best employees.

Some teams perform consistently while others struggle with identical equipment and processes. Good people walk out for competitors where supervisors know how to connect with them. Problems that should be solved on the floor keep landing on your desk.

 

You know the difference isn't technical skills - it's the people skills your supervisors never learned.

The Performance Gap You're Seeing

Inconsistent Results Between Teams Same equipment, same processes, but wildly different performance because each supervisor leads differently.

Good People Leaving for Better Supervisors Employees don't quit jobs - they quit supervisors who don't know how to value or develop them.

Problems Escalating Instead of Getting Solved Without leadership confidence, supervisors either bring you everything or try to handle things alone and make them worse.

 

We've Transformed Over 1000 Supervisors

We've worked with major industrial operations and have seen what transforms technically skilled people into leaders employees want to work for. The solution isn't hope - it's real training.

 

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Here's Our Simple 3-Step Process:

1

Build People Skills Foundation
Your supervisors learn the seven skills employees actually want from them (technical skills rank last).

2

Build Confidence
They discover how to coach and motivate instead of just giving orders, creating teams that solve problems independently.

3

Get Everyone Leading the Same Way
All supervisors learn the same proven approach, so you stop getting different results from different shifts.

Choose the Right Fit for Your Team

Whether you start with the Core Essentials foundation or go all-in with the full PeopleWork Supervisor Academy, give your supervisors the training that transforms technical experts into leaders people want to work for.

Not every company needs the same level of support. Whether you're just getting started with supervisor development or you're ready for the full transformation, we've got you covered.

PWSCE graphic1PeopleWork Supervisor Core Essentials + User Workbook — $995

The foundation. 38 video lessons covering the seven people skills employees actually want from their supervisors. Your supervisor works through the program at their own pace — under 10 minutes a day, zero operational disruption. Includes a User Workbook so they can apply what they learn immediately. Perfect for companies getting started with supervisor development.

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52B Ad-152 Benefits of Safety + Facilitator's Guide — $2,495

A full year of weekly employee safety engagement. 52 short videos — one per week — each giving your employees a real, tangible reason to buy-in to safety. Includes a comprehensive Facilitator's Guide with discussion questions and coaching tips for every single week. Designed for crew meetings, toolbox talks, and safety huddles. Your supervisors and safety managers can run it without any preparation.

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Combo01Core Essentials + 52 Benefits Bundle — $2,995 (Save $495)

Both programs together. Build your supervisor's leadership skills while giving them a full year of employee safety engagement content. Includes the User Workbook and the Facilitator's Guide. The complete package for companies that want a stronger supervisor and a safer, more engaged workforce.

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25-1PeopleWork Supervisor Academy — $15,000

The full 58-week transformation for a cohort of 12-15 supervisors. Everything in Core Essentials plus 7 weekly live coaching sessions with Kevin Burns, 44 Monday Mentor support videos, 52 Benefits of Safety + Facilitator's Guide, and daily lessons delivered by email. This program has graduated over 1,000 supervisors. It's for companies that are serious about having their supervisors work hands-on with bestselling author Kevin Burns to build leaders and a solid safety culture.

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PeopleWork Supervisor:
How Supervisors Learn to Lead

Whether you start with the Core Essentials foundation or go all-in with the full PeopleWork Supervisor Academy, give your supervisors the training that transforms technical experts into leaders people want to work for.

How to build trust that keeps good people engaged

Coaching skills that develop team problem-solving

How to communicate so issues don't escalate

Safety leadership that creates genuine buy-in, not just compliance

The best part? Delivered in under 10 minutes a day with zero operational disruption.

This was such an eye-opener for me in the way I approach people, and my attitude. This is some of the best training I've ever been involved with.

- Ben Ortegon

For 30 years I've been in some type of management position and have seen myself in a lot of the segments discussed in this program. But now I have new tools and techniques to get better results.

- Steve Tucker

I think it's a great program. I wish I'd had it earlier in my career. I will use these tools on a daily basis.

- Bruce Patterson

Here's How the full Academy Program Works!

Weeks 1-8: The Intensive Foundation (60 days)
Your supervisors go through our 7 CareFull Supervisor modules - the core training that changes how they see their role. They get daily video lessons (under 10 minutes each) delivered by email so they can watch whenever and wherever they are. Then, we supplement their learning with 7 weekly live coaching Zoom calls with Kevin Burns. 

Weeks 9-58: Ongoing Support
After the intensive 60-day learning, supervisors continue with twice-weekly support. They're building habits, not just learning concepts. We set a weekly mindset on Mondays (and review the learning materials, latest trends and discuss business books that can help), and then we focus on getting employee buy-in to safety every Friday with a new video from the 52 Benefits of Safety program for frontline employees.

No Operational Disruption
All video lessons are under 10 minutes. All Zoom coaching sessions are scheduled around your operations and schedule. Supervisors don't leave the floor for days at a time - they learn while they work. Moments after learning, they can be front-facing their teams, putting into practice what they just learned. 

Seriously, where are you going to find another program designed like this without building it yourself? And why would you build it yourself when you could start your team of supervisors next Monday?

What they will learn:
The Essential Foundation Every Supervisor Needs

Module 1: Know Your Role

Your supervisors discover the seven skills employees actually want from them (technical skills rank dead last). They learn why being a "gunslinger" who handles everything alone destroys team cohesiveness, and how to become the example they'd want to work for.

Module 2: Become Premium-Brand

Your supervisors understand they already have a brand - the question is whether employees see them as "budget-brand" or "premium-brand." They learn what makes the difference and how to build engagement that keeps good people around.

Module 3: Focus Down, Not Up

Your supervisors stop trying to impress you and start focusing on their team. They learn why people don't leave jobs - they leave supervisors - and get three things they can do immediately to be more effective.

Module 4: Create Elite Teams

Your supervisors learn what separates elite teams from ordinary ones: certainty and trust. They learn the three types of supervisors and why only one creates elite-level performance. They get tools for setting standards, identifying team strengths, and building mission focus.

Module 5: Selling the Safety Brand

Your supervisors learn how to get genuine buy-in to safety instead of just compliance. They learn how to "sell" safety by getting permission to help people be better, and what benefits employees actually get from working safely.

Module 6: Motivating Your Team

Your supervisors learn what really motivates people (hint: it's not money). They learn the six things more important to employees than pay, and how to use safety meetings the way sports teams use pre-game talks - to build buy-in and enthusiasm.

Module 7: The Supervisor As Coach

Your supervisors learn how to replace chasing people with coaching and mentoring. They learn why consistency builds trust, why conversations matter more than commands, and four things they should be talking about in safety meetings to make them actually work.

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Ready to Stop the Trial and Error Approach?

If you don't act: Your supervisors will keep experimenting on your employees, good people will leave for competitors with better leaders, and performance will remain unpredictable while you handle problems that should be solved on the floor.

Take action now: Whether you start with the Core Essentials foundation or go all-in with the full Academy, give your supervisors the training that transforms technical experts into leaders people want to work for.

Frequently Asked Questions

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