Supervisors should develop self-awareness and focus on their strengths to act confidently and make good decisions. Building respect between supervisors and employees through understanding and support creates a successful organization where employees work harder. Developing a culture of trust, respect, and fairness requires effort but results in improved teamwork, loyalty, performance and productivity. Supervisors should communicate well, fulfill promises, and give credit to develop trust with employees and meet expectations of their own manager through cooperation and keeping them informed.

1. Balancing Personal, Management and Employee Needs

2. Supervisors’ Self-Images If you believe you have power, you will act more powerfully If you think of yourself as being intelligent, you are more likely to make careful decisions

3. Be aware of what you think about yourself By doing this, a supervisor can create positive thoughts and help them act in a positive way Consider your strengths and goals Give yourself credit

4. Supervisors’ and their Employees Developing respect for your employees – and they for you – is the cornerstone of a successful organization. Employees who like and respect their supervisor will work harder and better. How to build respect? One simple way is to be understanding when an employee must rush off to take care of a family emergency. The signals you send to your employees will determine the support they give the organization. 1 1. http://www.winningworkplaces.org/buildingblocks/trust/index.php

5. Ways to be a Role Model Act how you want your employees to act Follow all rules that apply to an employee. Spread the wealth and be ethical

6. Develop Trust Developing a culture where trust, respect, and fairness requires work and dedication. All the more reason to build the bonds of respect, trust, and fairness. The benefits to developing this atmosphere include improved teamwork, stronger loyalty and sense of self worth, higher performance, and greater productivity. 2 2. http://www.winningworkplaces.org/buildingblocks/trust/index.php

7. Ways To Develop Trust Fulfill promises Give credit where credit is due Communicate

8. Supervisors’ and their Manager How you get along with your manager can determine you future at an organization. Learn about your manager Observe how your manager deals with certain situations Notice which issues are most important Adapt your style with your managers

9. Expectations See that the department meets or exceeds its objectives Results Keep manager informed about what is happening in your department Communication Work well with others to achieve organizational goals Cooperation Only say positive things about the company and your manager Loyalty

10. Quick Review Be a Leader Project a positive attitude Be Loyal Be authentic when taking an interest in others Be creditable – Do what you say your going to do Communicate Cooperate