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A Unique Training Opportunity for Information-Intensive Firms

Mar 2008

(Livingston, NJ) In conjunction with the NJ Department of Labor and Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison), the Employers Association of New Jersey (EANJ) will be forming a consortium of companies in the Morris County area to train supervisors on leadership skills, communications, conflict resolution, teambuilding and knowledge management. The program is one of a kind, and will focus on companies where knowledge is their most important asset.

According to John Sarno, president of EANJ, in today’s economy where the primary resource is knowledge, collective knowledge building is a key strategic task. Supervising “knowledge workers” is different than supervising production workers.

“Years of experience indicate that supervisors must lead from a core set of values in knowledge-intensive environments. You cannot force someone to give you his or her ingenuity, know-how and enthusiasm,” states Sarno.

Organizations that value creative autonomy as well as teamwork are more able to tap the reservoir of ingenuity and know-how that exist within the organization, Sarno adds. 

This semester long course will help supervisors:

  •  Evaluate their strengths and weaknesses as leaders, 
  •  Improve existing leadership skills, 
  •  Develop a leadership vision, 
  •  Align leadership with organizational mission, 
  •  How to think and act like a leader based on ethics and transparency,
  •  Tap into employees’ good will and to maximize their cooperation,
  •  Understand the difference between discipline and cooperation,
  •  Leverage core values to maintain performance and engagement,
  •  Motivate employees by being authentic and genuine,
  •  Empower employees to make positive changes,
  •  Codify knowledge into useable form,
  •  Protect the organization legally from misappropriation,

It is likely that the course will run one morning per week during the Fall and Winter, 2008. Tuition for the course will be paid by the NJ Department of Labor but companies must be meet eligibility criteria, which include, among other things, developing a development plan for each supervisor/student and the submission of a confidential financial statement to determine the overall solvency of the company.

EANJ is a nonprofit trade association dedicated to improving employer-employee relations and facilitating the exchange of information among employers. It does not render legal services, offer legal opinion or engage in the practice of law.