Star Choices, together with the Georgia Learning Community for Person Centered Practices, and ARC of Macon, asked Mary Beth to design training on Supervising Person Centered Teams and deliver it to organizational leaders and program managers from a variety of human services organizations. Participants had completed Person Centered Thinking training and were well versed in using person centered thinking tools with people they supported in the community. They wanted, however, to learn ways to embed
Read more →by Helen Sanderson and Mary Beth Lepkowsky with Michelle Livesley and Ruth Gorman Many, if not all of us, upon experiencing the impact of supporting people in a person centered way, see the value in applying person centered practices with staff. Person centered organizations recognize that people are central to success. They focus on developing employees as well as getting good results with the people they serve. Employees who are respected, heard and supported well
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Person Centered Supervision and the Gallup Study Person Centered Supervision provides a process and road map to managing employees respectfully and effectively. In 2002, the Gallup Organization set out to look at effective supervision with a comprehensive research study that spanned a twenty-five year period. The study produced many important findings, the most powerful of which is that talented employees need great managers. Great managers understand that the foundation of a strong and productive workplace
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