Practical Leadership 1.0: Cultivating Thriving Supervisory Relationships

Effectively carrying out a supervisor role is more “art” than science. Often, people leaders are left on their own to try and figure out how to implement their supervisor duties. Unskilled supervision can create organizational cultures that are ineffective at best, and causing harm at worst. When people leaders understand the expectations of their role, they are able to supervise in a way that fosters healthy working relationships with each employee that reports to them. This, in turn, builds psychological safety and creates thriving, inclusive organizational cultures.

This highly interactive training provides participants with immediately implementable tools and strategies for transforming their supervision skills for stronger, more productive one-on-one relationships in the workplace.

This workshop is one of MCN’s most popular trainings and consistently receives high evaluations.

This is a six-hour virtual training spread over three two-hour sessions:

• May 12, 2026 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Central
• May 13, 2026 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Central
• May 14, 2026 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Central

Topics Covered:

• Cultivating self-awareness and brain/body response to stress
• Feedback conversation skills
• Developing psychological safety
• Using the Platinum Rule in supervision
• One-on-One check-ins and Supervising Framework
• Coach approach to supervising

Learning Objectives:

• Better understand the competencies of the supervisor roles and have improved confidence in implementing the role
• Analysis of the challenges to inclusive leadership with the vertical power dynamic created by hierarchical structures
• Cultivate self-awareness and accountability for fostering positive organizational culture and avoiding destructive behaviors in the workplace
• Increase comfort at holding a range of conversations, including developmental feedback
• Learn strategies for helping employees solve their own challenges
• Build awareness of when to use coaching in the supervisor role

Note: We also strongly recommend you take Practical Leadership 2.0: Building Engaged Teams. While no material is repeated between the two courses, the curriculum of Practical Leadership 1.0 and 2.0 complements each other.