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Strategic Leadership & Supervision
Training for Current Leaders

Strategic Leadership & Supervision is an 8-day supervisor training experience, designed for experienced leaders and managers who are ready to strengthen how they lead their teams. Participants build practical skills in communication, coaching, accountability and conflict management, along with broader strategic leadership capabilities.

Previously Supervisory Skills, this program has been redeveloped with modern, strategic leadership tools for a new experience.

Date & Time

Dates vary; one day per course.

Eight full-day courses, with sessions typically held every 4–5 weeks, giving participants time between sessions to apply what they’ve learned.

All classes run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; breaks are included*

Location

MBA Erie Office
2171 West 38th Street, Erie, PA 16508

Pricing (Per Course)

$250 for members/$370 for non-members

Skill Level

Intermediate, Advanced

Prerequisites

None required

Materials Required

None

*Lunch break from noon to 1pm, lunch is not provided

Who should attend?

Strategic Leadership & Supervision is designed for people who already have experience supervising or managing others and want to continue developing as leaders.

This program is a great fit for:

  • Experienced supervisors
  • Managers
  • Department and team leaders
  • Leaders responsible for employee performance and development
  • Supervisors preparing for greater leadership responsibility
  • Leadership Launchpad graduates who are ready for the next stage of development
  • Previous Supervisory Skills participants who want to continue developing with the new curriculum

The Strategic Structure

Is This the Right Program for Your Employee?

Strategic Leadership & Supervision may be a good fit if you’re looking to help a supervisor or manager strengthen skills such as:
  • Communication
  • Delegation
  • Coaching and developing employees
  • Accountability and performance
  • Conflict management
  • Difficult conversations
  • Team culture and collaboration
  • Leading through change
  • Strategic thinking
  • Building confidence and effectiveness as a leader
Participants are also encouraged to bring real workplace situations and leadership challenges into the classroom and connect what they’re learning to the situations they encounter with their own teams.

Strategic Leadership & Supervision Includes:

This course shifts supervisors from task-focused management to strategic, proactive leadership. The class covers the supervisor’s real role, understanding organizational systems, translating goals into daily execution, building business acumen, and connecting foundational supervisory skills to forward-looking leadership.

Supervisors in this course explore how to shape team culture and norms intentionally. The class includes culture vs. climate, inclusion as a leadership behavior, modeling team values, increasing self-awareness, managing bias, building effective teams, motivating employees, and essential time-management skills.

This leadership training course builds the ability to drive performance through clarity, commitment, and communication. The class covers setting shared standards, motivating mid-level performers, using feedback loops, active listening, communicating across levels, and applying constructive accountability to strengthen results.

This course develops supervisors as talent builders who create depth on their teams. The class focuses on identifying potential, structuring career conversations, coaching for readiness, effective delegation, handling tough conversations, conducting performance appraisals, applying positive discipline, and addressing toxic behaviors.

This leadership training course strengthens skills for leading across teams and functions. The class includes managing interdependencies, forming alliances, supporting shared wins, facilitating group decisions, navigating cross-team conflict, leveraging diversity, managing stress, and presenting goals clearly and effectively.

Upcoming Strategic Leadership & Supervision Training Courses

Supervisors in this course will learn to guide teams through change, both operational and adaptive. The class covers diagnosing team readiness, leading through ambiguity, building resilience, implementing change effectively, and applying workforce planning to support future needs.

Upcoming Strategic Leadership & Supervision Training Courses

This supervisor training course enhances leadership communication for influence, alignment, and clarity. The class focuses on crafting actionable messages, communicating across all levels, setting expectations, delivering difficult feedback, running effective meetings, storytelling, managing emotions and relationships, and leadership at a distance and cross-generational teams.

Upcoming Strategic Leadership & Supervision Training Courses

The program concludes with reflection, application, and future-focused planning. This leadership training course includes ethical decision-making, innovation, continuous improvement, building strategic relationships, technology-enabled leadership, creating a 90-day plan, and developing personal leadership goals and persuasive influence strategies.

Upcoming Strategic Leadership & Supervision Training Courses

Not sure which leadership program is right for your employee?

Choose Leadership Launchpad for employees who are new to leadership or preparing for future leadership responsibilities and growth opportunities.
Choose Strategic Leadership & Supervision for experienced supervisors and managers who are ready to strengthen and expand how they lead their teams.

Still not sure? Contact us and tell us a little about the employees’ experience and the skills you’d like them to develop. We’re happy to help you choose the best fit!

Training A Group?

Strategic Leadership & Supervision can also be delivered onsite for organizations looking to develop a group of supervisors or managers together. Contact us to talk about your team's leadership development needs.

Strategic Leadership & Supervision FAQs

Who should attend Strategic Leadership & Supervision?

Strategic Leadership & Supervision is designed for experienced supervisors and managers who want to strengthen their leadership skills and become more effective in leading people and teams.

The program addresses communication, coaching, accountability, conflict management, employee performance, team development, change and strategic leadership.

Yes. Strategic Leadership & Supervision features refreshed content and a more strategic approach to leadership development, making it valuable even for previous Supervisory Skills participants.

Leadership Launchpad is designed for emerging and developing leaders. Strategic Leadership & Supervision is designed for experienced supervisors and managers.

Yes. Strategic Leadership & Supervision can be delivered onsite for organizations looking to develop a group of supervisors or managers together.

Course Instructors

Tracy Daggett

Tracy, PHR, is the director of Training and Development at the Manufacturer & Business Association. He has 16 years of experience in the retail industry and has extensive experience in the establishment of programs to increase sales, improve productivity, reduce costs, and improve customer relations.

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Training Courses

Check out our upcoming training courses to learn more about all the training we offer to help your business succeed.

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Onsite Training

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