Supervisor

A line manager is a person who is authorized to issue instructions to their employees and is above them in the hierarchy. With the help of an organizational chart, such hierarchies can be easily understood.

Supervisor: The tasks

The management or board of directors is at the top of this hierarchy. Furthermore, there are usually department heads or team leads, seniors and a head of in several areas.

The line manager meets regularly with the management or higher authority to report on the progress of their department/team. They are also actively involved in the HR strategy and are present at job interviews.

They also give their team members regular feedback. This can take the form of 360-degree feedback, for example. However, line managers also need to learn and receive constant feedback, which is exactly what line manager appraisals are for.

Prerequisites

There are different ways to reach the supervisor position. For example, an employee can be promoted to the position. The challenge here is that colleagues first have to get used to the new boss. Their former easy-going colleague may now be the line manager whose instructions they have to follow.

The new team lead will probably also find it difficult to position themselves and may feel insecure in their new role. In this case, coaching makes sense.

A department may also have a completely new manager. Here, too, the team and team lead first have to get used to each other and warm up to each other.

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