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FrontLine Supervisor Newsletter
Provided by Continuum Employee Assistance


December 2011

  • Article on Continuum’s On-line EAP Supervisor Training   
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are motivating employees, employee productivity, problem behaviors and being approachable as a supervisor.

November 2011

  • Recommended reading from Continuum's Top Shelf:  Workplace Violence:  Planning for Prevention and Response
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions on gaining trust as a new supervisor, stress at work, impacts of the economic downturn on employee safety and dealing with difficult employees.

October 2011

  • Continuum Consulting Services article on “Impaired on the Job”
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are employee performance issues, supervision relationships, communication and managing change.

September 2011

  • Continuum Services on 360-Degree Surveys.
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are supervisory referrals, praising employees, delegation, and employee behavior.  

August 2011

  • Article about our on-line training Using EAP as a Management Tool.
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions on supervisor’s that intervene, performance problems, advice to new supervisors and structuring a disciplinary meeting.  

July 2011

  • Recommended reading from Continuum's Top Shelf:  Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions on sleeping on the job, inspiring employees, understanding the work culture and discussing performance problems.

June 2011

  • An article on our team building and leadership development services using the Myers Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI).
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are managing employees, referring an employee to EAP, professional conduct and distressed employees.

May 2011

  • Article on Continuum’s Conflict Management services
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are conflict manangement, employee financial problems and helping employees feel valued.

April 2011

  • Article on Continuum’s On-line EAP Supervisor Training   
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are disciplinary action, patterns of behavior, self-awareness, and managing stress.   

March 2011

  • Recommended reading from Continuum's Top Shelf:  Generations, Inc.:  From Boomers to Linksters – Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions about managing and arranging a supervisory referral, the scope of a supervisor’s responsibilities, job stress and keeping a productive workforce.

February 2011

  • An article on our Management Skill Development Coaching Services.
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are the blame culture, effective communication, fitness for duty evaluations and confronting employee performance issues.

January 2011

  • An article featuring our Consulting Services and information that can be found on our website at www.4Continuum.com.
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are employee's performance, discontinued release of information, obesity in the workplace and leadership.   

December 2010

  • Article on Continuum's On-line EAP Supervisor Training   
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are making a supervisory referral, conflict between coworkers, self-injurious behavior and managing stress.    

November 2010

  • Recommended reading from Continuum's Top Shelf:  Greening Your Company:  Leading CEOs on Addressing Environmental Challenges, Setting Sustainable Standards, and Measuring ROI for Going Green
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions on employee absenteeism, struggles with perfectionism, employee performance, and manipulative employee behavior.

October 2010

  • Continuum's Climate/Employee Satisfaction Surveys.
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are conflict resolution strategies, understanding EAP recommendations, communicating bad news to employees and some enabling patterns of stressed-out supervisors.

September 2010

  • Continuum Consulting Services on death in the workplace.
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are respectful behavior at work, domestic abuse, workplace violence and dealing with personal problems.

August 2010

  • Article about our on-line training "Using EAP as a Management Tool".
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions on supervising employees returning from military duty, managing employees with addictive diseases, EAP as an investment, and recommending EAP to an employee with personal issues that are impacting the workplace.*

July 2010

  • Recommended reading from Continuum's Top Shelf:  The Shallows:  What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions on appropriate behavior at work, leadership, coping with stress and alcohol/drug use.

June 2010

  • An article on our team building and leadership development services using the Myers Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI).
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are job performance issues, layoffs, Internet Addiction Disorder and diverse workplace issues.

May 2010

  • An article on our online resources to inform supervisors on the topic of Consulting that can be found on our website at www.4Continuum.com.
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are reminding employees that EAP is available, managerial skills, documentation and teambuilding.   

April 2010

  • Article on Continuum’s On-line EAP Supervisor Training
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are work performance, ongoing employee performance problems, coaching and dealing with impulsive behavior.    

March 2010

  • Recommended reading from Continuum's Top Shelf:  The New Art of Managing People, Updated and Revised:  Person-to-Person Skills, Guidelines, and Techniques Every Manager Needs to Guide, Direct, and Motivate the Team
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions on supervisory referrals, documentation, disrespectful communication, and promoting a respectful workplace.

February 2010

  • An article on our Management Skill Development Coaching Services.
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  Issues addressed are personal problems and supervisors, how EAP can help employees at home and work, conflict resolution and communication skills.

January 2010

  • An article on our online resources to inform supervisors of the topics that can be found on our website at www.4Continuum.com.
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions on alcoholism, supervisors and socializing, negative employees and a supervisor’s relationship with employees.

December 2009

  • Recommended reading from Continuum's Top Shelf:  Go Put Strength To Work:  Six Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance
  • Supervisor questions on difficult yet common employee situations and best practice responses.  This issue addresses questions on documentation, workplace conflict, drug-free workplace policies and the role of EA professionals.