Supervisor training program
Supervisor training program that runs on your real work
Thrive runs the talent development function for companies that were never going to build an L&D team. The function is what you buy for the company. Fundamentals of Leading People is how a newly promoted supervisor enters that function.
The problem
Strong workers do not become strong supervisors by accident.
First-time supervisors are often promoted because they are reliable, fast, and trusted by the team. Then the job changes. Now they need to set expectations, redirect peers, handle attendance issues, run huddles, and keep performance moving without damaging morale. Many were never taught how to make that jump.
Most supervisor training is either too academic or too passive. A binder gets shelved. A webinar gets half-watched. A long e-learning path competes with shift coverage and urgent work. First-time supervisors need short, practical training tied to the real moments they face every week.
Companies this size have been sold the one job that can be put in a box: a library with an admin login. The rest were left to whoever had spare hours, which is why the library sits unfinished and the new supervisor is still on their own.
The door
Fundamentals of Leading People, for first-time supervisors.
Fundamentals of Leading People is four weeks, about two hours of live time a week, $1,000 per seat, on top of the platform band.
It is for first-time supervisors and new managers. Live sessions, applied work on the participant's real job, 1-on-1 coaching, and a cohort.
A four-week blended program for people in their first leadership role. Each week: a short theme film, a live session with a facilitator who has held the job, applied work on the participant's real role reviewed by our team, a 1-on-1, and a cohort debrief. Leadership Development Plan and program badge on completion.
About two hours of live time plus the applied work, which happens inside the job rather than on top of it. Sessions run live on Microsoft Teams.
The applied work in programs is reviewed by our team.
Fundamentals of Leading People
New manager onboarding checklist for HR
The function
One flat price for the whole company.
Live workshops across sixteen topics, each running once a month. Short self-paced courses. Every employee is included, with no per-seat platform charge.
The platform is one flat price per organization by headcount: $3,990 a year for up to 100 employees, $7,990 for 101 to 500, and $14,990 for 501 to 2,500, every employee included. Annual billing is ten months charged for twelve months of access; monthly is $399, $799 and $1,499. Above 2,500 the price is set with you, not looked up.
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How much does first-time manager training cost?
What a talent development function is
Training for the HR department of one
By industry
Supervisor training by industry.
- Frontline Supervisor Training for Construction
- Frontline Supervisor Training for Financial Services
- Frontline Supervisor Training for Hospitality
- Frontline Supervisor Training for Logistics & Warehousing
- Frontline Supervisor Training for Manufacturing
- Frontline Supervisor Training for Retail
- Frontline Supervisor Training for Health Insurance
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Questions
Questions about supervisor training.
Who is Fundamentals of Leading People for?
People in their first leadership role or about to take one: supervisors promoted from the line, engineers who now manage, team leads who inherited a team. Built for people in their first year of leading.
How much time does it take each week?
About two hours of live time plus the applied work, which happens inside the job rather than on top of it. Sessions run live on Microsoft Teams.
How much does a supervisor training program cost?
$1,000 per seat for the public Fundamentals of Leading People cohort, on top of your organization's platform band. The platform is the talent development function for every employee, from $3,990 per year for up to 100 employees: live workshops, the course library, guided setup, and coaching on request. See thrivetalentdevelopment.com/marketing/talent-development-function.
Who reviews applied work?
The applied work in programs is reviewed by our team. Your team owns priorities, reminders, and follow-up; scheduled reminders are not built yet.
Do I need an LMS?
No. Thrive is not an LMS. An LMS stores content and records completions. It carries one of the jobs at most. The rest, the delivery, the follow-up, the coaching, the review, and the reporting, are the function. Thrive is a talent development function for companies of 50 to 2,500 people: live workshops and programs led by facilitators who have held the role, a growing course library with compliance included, and agents that run the administration, at one flat price per organization.
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- Religious Accommodations
- First-month evaluation worksheet
- New manager onboarding checklist for HR