ABSTRACT

The world shifts dramatically when a worker first becomes a supervisor. New supervisors often have trouble recognizing that the skills that got them promoted to supervisors are not the same skills that make a great supervisor. The greatest electrician in the world might fall on their face as a supervisor until they face the facts.

They will be managing their friends.

They will have to supervise older workers.

They will have to supervise young workers.

They will have to deal with some unpleasant realities.

They may have to fire people.