Leading Without Losing Your Mind: The Manager’s Blueprint for Leading, Coaching, and Correcting Employees

Topic Description:

Great supervisors do not just happen. They are developed

The strength of your workplace culture, employee performance, and everyday productivity largely depends on the quality of your leaders. Despite this, many organizations still make a costly mistake: they promote their highest performers or longest-tenured employees into management roles without equipping them with the tools and support they need to lead effectively.

That is where problems start

New supervisors are often expected to manage people, resolve conflicts, document performance issues, and make legally sound decisions, with little or no real training. Predictably, this leads to inconsistent leadership, low morale, unnecessary turnover, and increased legal risk.
In this practical and engaging webinar, California employment law attorney Ryan M. Haws will guide employers through what supervisors need to know to lead with confidence, enhance team performance, and avoid common management missteps.

Your team of supervisors will learn about:

• The management mistakes employers make most often, and the price they pay for them
• Smart interviewing practices and the questions supervisors should avoid
• How to use a coaching approach to strengthen employee performance
• What makes performance evaluations useful, fair, and legally sound
• How to handle counseling and discipline effectively
• How to draft disciplinary memos with the right tone and wording
• Simple ways to create solid documentation without making it a burden
• When and how to use probationary periods and performance improvement plans
• How to recognize when termination is the right next step

Speaker Information:

I’ve helped California businesses confidently navigate workplace compliance and employee issues for over 16 years, first as an employment defense litigator and now as a trusted employment law advisor. After years in the litigation trenches, I shifted my focus to preventing legal disputes before they escalate. Throughout my career, I’ve partnered with hundreds of companies and organizations from startups to established enterprises, crafting clear policies, minimizing risk, and resolving complex employment issues efficiently. See: https://employlawgroup.com/about-elg/ for more about me.

The East Ventura County Employer Advisory Council (EAC) is composed of employer volunteers representing a cross-section of businesses and industries.  Its commitment is to assist employers in conducting their business more effectively and efficiently, to provide information on employment-related issues, and to enhance communication in the private sector. This presentation is provided for educational and informational purposes only; it does not constitute an endorsement of the curriculum or speakers by the East Ventura County EAC. We assume no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or content of the materials provided during this event.

Special requests for accommodation need to be made two weeks before the event by emailing info@eastventuraeac.org or by calling (805) 288-8231