NAE is proud to offer our most popular supervisor training course. This training series comes in a variety of levels and formats: Fundamentals, Advanced, and Bootcamp. These training courses can aid supervisors with better understanding regulatory laws, how to troubleshoot uncomfortable situations, how to strengthen leadership skills, and so much more!

Supervisor Training Course Descriptions:

SUPERVISORY SKILLS:
THE FUNDAMENTALS

The Supervisory Skills: The Fundamentals is a supervisor training course series designed for current supervisors/managers as well as those employees slated for supervisory positions in the future. Topics in this training series include: discipline and discharge, workplace harassment, employment law, performance management, and reasonable suspicion.

The employment law module provides an overview of the following major federal and state employment laws, including Title VII, NRS 608 and NRS 613, Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Paid Time Off (SB312), and more.

The workplace harassment module provides an in-depth review of the laws applicable to workplace bullying and sexual harassment.

The reasonable suspicion module provides an overview of reasonable suspicion drug testing, including the indicators of drug use and alcohol abuse.

The performance management module provides guidance on employee performance, including communicating employee performance expectations and providing feedback.

At the end of the series, attendees will have an understanding of the laws applicable to their roles as supervisors and/or managers and what best practices are in each of the topic areas.

TRAINING DURATION: 8 hours

SUPERVISORY SKILLS:
ADVANCED SKILLS

Our Supervisory Skills: Advanced Skills four-week training series explores the supervisory “soft skills,” including leadership, team building, communication, and conflict resolution.

The leadership module focuses on the various leadership styles, including the strengths of each leadership style as well as discusses the traits in each leadership style that derail supervisors from high performance, and the contexts in which each leadership style works best. Participants will take a leadership style assessment to determine which style they fall into.

The team building module provides perspective on the diversity of your workforce and how to facilitate engagement of diverse team members on projects. This module includes demonstrations of team-building exercises.

The communication module focuses on effective communication with and among employees, including the importance of listening for supervisors. Participants will identify their own listening style and review the strengths and weaknesses of each style. This module will also go over communication-related anxiety and ways to reduce anxiety in meetings and presentations.

The conflict resolution module focuses on the sources of workplace conflict and conflict handling styles. This module will include practice with communication strategies that have been proven to help resolve conflicts between employees.

TRAINING DURATION: 8 hours

SUPERVISORY SKILLS:
BOOTCAMP

Supervisory Skills: BOOTCAMP is a comprehensive supervisor training course designed to address the areas that affect Nevada businesses the most. This one-day intensive training bootcamp covers the essentials—what supervisors/managers need to know to mitigate the risks of running a business and managing employees.

At the conclusion of the training bootcamp, participants will have greater insight into their roles as supervisors/managers within the organization, a deeper understanding of the laws applicable to employers in Nevada, and best practices in dealing with some of the most difficult situations supervisors/managers face.

Supervisory Skills: BOOTCAMP is designed for current supervisors/managers, newer HR professionals, small business owners, and anyone else who would like a better understanding of the rights and obligations of being an employer in Nevada.

Topics covered in this intensive training bootcamp include employment law, workplace harassment, and reasonable suspicion.

TRAINING DURATION: 5 hours

We offer each of these series multiple times throughout the year. Check our Calendar to register for an upcoming training series.

Don’t see an upcoming date that works with your schedule or are you looking for a more customized training for your workforce, contact us at 888.398.8092 or training@nevadaemployers.org to discuss your options.