This book is intended to assist individuals that suddenly find them selves in charge for the first time, a supervisor, a team leader, the boss. It is also intended for those that aspire to be a supervisor and those that oversee supervisors, or even as a gift for that challenging boss! Even the CEO has direct reports they supervise. Being in charge, that is that lucky person that has been promoted, elected, drafted, or just the individual that steps up establishes you as the person responsible for team success. Line supervision is not as easy at it looks. The position comes with its pitfalls, and its opportunities. Line supervision is generally the first level of management, a person in charge of a handful of direct reports. Supervision comes in many shades, be it the crew chief of a maintenance crew, the president of a PTA, elder in a church, squad leader for a fire department, or staff manager for a congressman. Supervision can be of a volunteer group, a structured work gro