Supervisor Resource Center now available online through Air Force Portal Published Jan. 9, 2012 By Mandy Smith-Nethercott Air Force Materiel Command Manpower, Personnel and Services WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Supervisor Resource Center, a virtual clearinghouse of resources that provides helpful online tools and information for new and seasoned supervisors and employees, is now available online through the Air Force Portal. The Supervisor Resource Center features a blend of human capital management information and leadership development resources, including a variety of online tools such as courses, books, videos, simulations, exercises and more. The SRC is a virtual site targeted to the needs of supervisors and provides a direct link to register for the mandatory first-time supervisory training. It also offers access to learning programs based on the Air Force institutional competencies, and a process to help supervisors guide the development of employees interested in a supervisory career path. The SRC can be accessed via the Air Force Portal by first clicking on the 'Life and Career' tab along the top of the homepage. Within this tab's pull-down menu, click on 'Force Development.' Once on the Force Development page, click on the 'Supervisor Resource Center' tab located along the page's left-hand side. Once there, users will find a variety of useful links to resources for both supervisors and employees, including: - SkillSoft's BusinessPro Course and Simulations collection, which provides a library of more than 940 e-learning courses, simulations, and learning objects to help supervisors develop their leadership and management competencies. It offers a quick and engaging way to learn about a variety of topics like giving and receiving feedback, coaching, mentoring, communicating, listening and more; - SkillSoft's Books 24x7 BusinessPro services, a resource that delivers an online library of the latest publications from best-selling authors covering leadership, business and general management topics. Books are searchable by topics and can be read in their entirety or scanned for applicable content; - Leadership Nuggets which are short videos intended to elicit key knowledge from Air Force leaders -- both past and present. Leaders share their personal experiences and wisdom not found in books that help develop leadership and supervisory skills; and, - Leadership Knowledge Center which offers immediate access to comprehensive reference materials, topical spotlights refreshed on a monthly basis, and ongoing automatic content updates, facilitating both on-the-job learning and more formal instruction. Additionally, the following online tools can be accessed from the Leadership Knowledge Center: - Business Impact and Challenge Series is a set of concise, scenario-based vignettes and interactive case studies focused on problem discovery and analysis; - Practice Zone and Labs include simulations designed to meet the needs of different learners; - Learning Roadmaps provide a set of courses and aids with specific focus areas such as building improved working relationships, leading the workforce generation, giving effective presentations and effective use of feedback; and, - Books 24x7 and Skills Courses. The SRC also features OPAL, a user-friendly search engine of personnel-related topics to enhance employee performance. It allows employees to receive just-in-time coaching and expert guidance on handling work situations and developing important leadership competencies.