
Residential & Dining Enterprises’ (R&DE) exciting professional development program, Foundations of Supervision, will be offered to all R&DE managers and supervisors. Foundations of Supervision tools and techniques promise to unleash your excellence, while ensuring R&DE managers and supervisors are the “BEST IN THE BUSINESS.”
Create
Your secret ability to manage your team and harness their talents effectively
Build
Your organization into one that will guide the university now and in the future
Achieve
Your hidden potential while increasing your own personal power
Gain practical and relevant management knowledge, skills and best practices that will help navigate through 21st century organizations effectively. Strengthen core management competencies in the areas of:
- Technical skills
Proactive planning, goal-setting and business acumen - Cognitive skills
Critical thinking, decision-making and problem solving - Interpersonal skills
Emotional intelligence, communication and teamwork - Intrapersonal skills
Creativity, innovation, and leadership
R&DE’s Foundations of Supervision program was designed across Three Pillars of Excellence:
Learning Module I

- Attract, hire, retain and develop world-class talent
- Create and sustain a work climate of civility with respected, motivated employees
- Enhance employee engagement
Learning Module II

- Develop a culture of performance that is integrated into business operations
- Align and integrate divisional goals with strategic goals through innovation
- Create business strategies with clear objectives and initiatives
Learning Module III

- Adopt and sustain a management style philosophy of servant leadership
- Integrate and practice the four emotional skills to lead and influence
- Enhance personal and organizational powers of influence
Each module consists of a number of learning sessions categorized by topic, and defined by key learning objectives linked to R&DE Management Competencies, and support R&DE’s mission, vision and core values.
Learning modules will follow the University quarter system and should be taken in sequence (I-III). Each 60-minute session will be customized to accommodate a wide range of learning styles and management experiences.
Foundations of Supervision has been redesigned!
R&DE HR is pleased to present a redesign of Foundations of Supervision courses that will use Zoom meetings as the primary platform for virtual workshop delivery.
For more information:
Dr. Emma Gordon
Senior Director
R&DE Talent & Organizational Development
emma.gordon@stanford.edu
T: (650)725-4511 | C: (650)798-9470 | F: (650)725-8325