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Leading people runs on trust, presence and reading the situation: motivating, correcting, backing people up and taking responsibility. AI can't do that for you.
Part of Supervise personnel activities, under the O*NET work activity group Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 5 AI-assist, 61 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
- Assign, supervise, and review the activities of public relations staff.
- Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
- Plan, organize, or manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements.
- Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
- Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in buying, selling, and distributing materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies.
- Supervise fitness or wellness specialists, such as fitness instructors, nutritionists, or health educators.
- Direct activities of workers conducting autopsies, performing pathological and toxicological analyses, and preparing documents for permanent records.
- Direct and supervise work of embalmers, funeral attendants, death certificate clerks, cosmetologists, or other staff.
- Oversee regional and local sales managers and their staffs.
- Supervise the work of contracted employees.
- Direct and coordinate activities of teachers or administrators at daycare centers, schools, public agencies, or institutions.
- Direct and supervise construction or related workers.
- Direct activities of professional and technical staff members and volunteers.
- Direct or supervise fundraising staff, including volunteer staff members.
- Oversee workers including supervisors, inspectors, or laboratory workers engaged in testing activities.
- Enforce discipline and attendance rules.
- Direct team activities, establishing task priorities, scheduling and tracking work assignments, providing guidance, and ensuring the availability of resources.
- Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
- Supervise and instruct assistants.
- Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations.
- Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of workers in branches, offices, or departments of establishments, such as branch banks, brokerage firms, risk and insurance departments, or credit departments.
- Plan, supervise, and review work of assigned subordinates.
- Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
- Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.
- Direct and coordinate activities of teachers, administrators, and support staff at schools, public agencies, and institutions.
- Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
- Direct the work of logistics analysts.
- Hire or supervise loss prevention staff.
- Supervise employees performing financial reporting, accounting, billing, collections, payroll, and budgeting duties.
- Hire, train, and supervise volunteers and support staff required for events.
- Supervise claims adjusters to ensure that adjusters have followed proper methods.
- Direct workers who are assembling or disassembling equipment or cleaning parts.
- Supervise or train other divers, including hobby divers.
- Coordinate or direct activities of workers engaged in cutting, transporting, storing, or milling products and maintaining records.
- Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs.
- Train or manage maintenance personnel or subcontractors.
- Select or supervise contractors, such as event hosts or health, fitness, and wellness practitioners.
- Hire, train, or supervise purchasing clerks, buyers, and expediters.
- Direct the hiring, training, or performance evaluations of marketing or sales staff and oversee their daily activities.
- Assign, supervise, and review the activities of fundraising staff.
- Hire, supervise, and train support workers.
- Supervise, train, or mentor junior team members.
- Supervise subordinate employees.
- Establish personal offices in local districts or states, and manage office staff.
- Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures.
- Monitor the work of contractors in the design, construction, and startup phases of security systems.
- Supervise loan personnel.
- Train or supervise sales or clerical staff.
- Direct clerical staff to keep records of export correspondence, bid requests, and credit collections, and to maintain current information on tariffs, licenses, and restrictions.
- Supervise or advise subordinate personnel.
- Direct trained survey interviewers.
- Schedule and supervise splicing or termination of cables in color-code order.
- Schedule and supervise the construction and testing of special devices and the implementation of unique monitoring or control systems.
- Plan, direct, and supervise prescribed burn projects.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Monitor the behavior of security employees to ensure adherence to quality standards, deadlines, or procedures.
- Direct and coordinate the activities of staff and contract personnel and evaluate their performance.
- Plan, organize and direct activities of seasonal staff members.
- Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors.
- Supervise or provide leadership to subordinate security professionals, performing activities such as hiring, investigating applicants' backgrounds, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, or disciplining.
- Lead, or participate in, fraud investigation teams.
- Hire, supervise, or evaluate engineers, technicians, researchers, or other staff.
- Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the activities of personnel, including support staff engaged in administering academic institutions, departments, or alumni organizations.
- Manage sales team, including setting goals, providing incentives, and evaluating employee performance.
- Perform administrative duties, such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.
- Supervise, evaluate, or refer instructors to skill development classes.