The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command has established a monthly professional development training program for its civilian supervisors located throughout the command.
Maj. Gen. Jim Richardson, AMCOM commander, met with his G1 staff to discuss various ways to continually develop our supervisors' expertise. The result -- Mandatory Supervisor Professional Development training conducted monthly for 798 supervisors.
"Maj. Gen. Richardson wanted a mandatory monthly meeting on professional development for all AMCOM supervisors to discuss any management related issues," said Jared Tarver, AMCOM G1.
The monthly supervisors training program provides AMCOM employees the opportunity to learn skills needed to effectively manage and further develop employees. These training sessions also provide an opportunity for supervisors to discuss with fellow supervisors particular subjects that could be mutually beneficial when working specific issues.
"It provides an opportunity for managers to talk to fellow managers on leadership issues within their office and to get ideas on how to lead their organizations," said Tarver.
More than 300 supervisors physically attended the first session on September 15, 2014 in the Bob Jones Auditorium with video-teleconferencing links to outlying activities. Training materials are also available on AMCOM G1 SharePoint site for those supervisors unable to physically attend.
Topics covered in recent training include: Living the Army Ethic, Listening -- How to build a Connection and Safety and Risk Management. Future training sessions will cover Resource Management, Performance Management, Becoming Audit Ready, Management Employee Relations, to name a few.
"So far we received a lot of good feedback regarding the sessions we presented. One response, 'This was a very good session with relevant information,'" said Tarver.
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