Summer Learning Series – Session 2: Empowered Supervision

Summer Learning Series – Session 2: Empowered Supervision: A Leader’s Guide to Strategic On-boarding & Employee Development

Effective on-boarding and professional development are key to employee engagement, retention, and long-term success. This session will empower supervisors to design and implement structured on-boarding programs that will set new employees up for success. Using a 90-day framework, participants will explore strategies for evaluating employee progress and fostering continuous growth.

Additionally, this session will help supervisors identify essential competencies for guiding employee development and performance management. Participants will gain hands-on experience in designing collaborative, action-oriented development plans tied to key performance indicators, as well as tracking and reporting on performance goals to align individual success with organizational outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand how to design and implement well-structured on-boarding programs that drive employee engagement, retention, and productivity.
• Utilize a 90-day framework for on-boarding and evaluating new employees.
• Identify key competencies to guide employee professional development and performance management.
• Design collaborative and action-oriented employee development plans that are based on key performance indicators.
• Discover methods for tracking performance goals and reporting on employee and organizational outcomes.

(Cost: $50/NAWDP Member; $75/non-member)

CWDP Competency 4