Leading at Purdue

Effective supervision is more than understanding HR processes. It is about building the capabilities that help employees, teams and organizations succeed. Purdue's supervisor enablement workshop series provides supervisors with practical, interactive learning experiences designed to strengthen the skills most critical to leading people effectively.

Built around Purdue's supervisor capability framework, the series develops eight core leadership capabilities: communication & influence, coaching & development, relationship management, talent stewardship, performance leadership, change leadership, decision-making & business acumen and data-informed leadership. Through real-world scenarios, peer discussion and actionable tools, supervisors will learn how to apply these capabilities in everyday workplace situations.

Each workshop focuses on a specific supervisory practice, using HR processes as the practical context while keeping leadership capability development as the primary learning goal.

These free sessions are open to all Purdue supervisors and managers. Once registered, the TEAMS link for the session will be sent in a separate email.

Class registration is through SuccessFactors Learning; courses are announced in Purdue Today. Reach out to teclearning@purdue.edu with training requests. 

September - Smart Hiring: Building Your Team with Intention

September 23, 10:30 a.m.

• Register for Smart Hiring: Building Your Team with Intention
• Primary Capability: Talent Stewardship
• A successful hire starts with being clear about who you need, what success looks like and how you will evaluate it. In this interactive session, supervisors will learn practical ways to strengthen each stage of hiring — from creating an attractive, relevant job posting to identifying resume criteria, developing competency-based interview questions and using reference checks to validate what they learned. We’ll explore how AI can support the work, where human judgment matters most and how every interaction contributes to the candidate experience. Throughout the session, we’ll also share what Purdue applicants are telling us about their experience — what is working, where things can go wrong and simple practices that make a difference.

October - Strong Starts: Building Momentum

October 28, 2 p.m.

• Register for Strong Starts: Building Momentum
• Primary Capability: Relationship Management
• A strong onboarding experience helps new employees build clarity, confidence, and connection from the start. In this practical, interactive workshop, supervisors will explore key practices for creating an effective onboarding experience, including setting expectations, using Team Onboarding to intentionally integrate new employees into team relationships and norms, and providing ongoing support. Participants will practice using the GROW Coaching Model to guide meaningful conversations, apply onboarding practices to common situations, and leave with practical strategies to help new employees build momentum and successfully integrate into their role and team.

November - Building Teams That Thrive

• Primary Capability: Relationship Management
• Foster trust and psychological safety, strengthen collaboration and team effectiveness, promote inclusion and belonging, and build a culture of recognition and appreciation.

December - Cultivating a Workplace Where People Thrive

• Primary Capability: Talent Stewardship
• Create conditions that foster engagement and commitment, conduct meaningful stay and development conversations, recognize and address drivers of retention, and support employee well-being and growth.