Supervisory Skills

This interesting video explores three factors affecting the leadership style of a supervisor or manager:

  1. Your personal background like personality, knowledge, and values.
  2. The personality of your employees – they are all individuals with different backgrounds and response mechanisms.
  3. The property you are working in: each property is different and has its own traditions, values, philosophies and concerns..

Being a leader means that you consider the above factors and develop your leadership skills accordingly. It might be needed that you change your leadership style to reflect the situation or the person you are dealing with.

The video also highlights the difference between personal and positional power and provides suggestion on how to develop power.