Supervisory & Management Skills (January 12, 2026)

Description

Participants will improve their skills in leadership, management and supervision of staff. Participants will learn skills to enhance their ability to build a collaborative team culture with their staff and on job sites.

Audience:

The course is designed for construction owners, managers, estimators, and supervisors.

Course Duration:

16 hours of lessons with instructor plus an online portion involving research, reading and answering questions (7-8 hours).

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Understand the differences between leadership, management and supervision
• Identify different leadership styles and approaches
• Apply different leadership styles to deal with various situations
• Be familiar with various motivational approaches – Mazlow, Herzberg, MARS
• Understand how to enhance individual and group performance and engagement
• Understand different personality styles and how to communicate appropriately
• Effectively manage time
• Understand stress and how to manage it at work
• Have knowledge of substance abuse, recognition and prevention
• Conduct a successful toolbox talk
• Appropriately discipline and/or terminate staff
• Apply various negotiating skills
• Deal with difficult people, conflict and confrontation
• Use collaborative decision making skills
• Understand a systems approach to management of construction companies

Course Facilitator

Tim Williams MBA, B.Econ., CPA, GSC | President of Construction U. 

Tim has worked with numerous construction companies for over thirty years and is a Gold Seal Certified project manager. He is an experienced and sought after trainer who has trained thousands of construction company leaders and companies on behalf of construction industry associations across Canada

This course is worth 5 Gold Seal Credits 

Refund Policy: The ECA requires a minimum of 5 business days to qualify for a refund. Cancellations made within 5 business days will be offered to transfer their registration to a future offering. Failure to attend the new date may result in the forfeit of your registration and fees. Please reach out to education@edmca.com for more information.