Summary

What Information We'll Cover

Behavior analysts are trained to understand and influence behavior, yet many enter supervisory and leadership positions with little formal preparation for managing the performance of other adults. This course bridges that gap by introducing foundational principles of Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) and demonstrating how behavior-analytic concepts apply to everyday leadership challenges.

Participants will examine how environmental contingencies influence employee behavior and organizational outcomes, including the role of antecedents, consequences, reinforcement, punishment, and response effort. The course explores why common management practices, such as repeated reminders, additional training, policies, and threats, frequently fail to produce lasting performance improvements.

We will also examine the fundamental attribution error and how assumptions about employee motivation, attitudes, and personal characteristics can interfere with effective supervision. Through examples relevant to early career behavior analysts, participants will learn to approach leadership as the deliberate design of environments that support desirable behavior, sustainable performance, and positive working relationships.

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The Details

SUP1007 - 1.5 Supervision CEUs

Released 10/24/2026

INSTRUCTOR:
Shannon Biagi, MS, BCBA
 DURATION:
1 hour, 33 minutes
PARTICIPATION MONITORING:
Video completion tracking, knowledge checks and post-training quiz
 EVENT FORMAT:
Asynchronous online course with videos

CE PROVIDER INFORMATION: 
Chief Motivating Officers, LLC (OP-19-3170)

Closed Captioning available.

After this course, participants will be able to:

Objectives - What We'll Accomplish During This Course

  • Explain how environmental contingencies influence employee behavior and organizational performance.

  • Identify examples of the fundamental attribution error and describe how attribution bias can interfere with effective supervision.

  • Differentiate between antecedent-based and consequence-based strategies for influencing workplace behavior.

  • Apply concepts from the Matching Law and response effort to common workplace performance scenarios.

  • Distinguish among positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, and punishment in supervisory situations.

  • Identify limitations of management approaches that rely primarily on instructions, policies, retraining, or threats.

  • Describe how supervisors can design work environments that support employee performance and positive behavior change.

Course Outline

    1. SUP1007 Syllabus

    2. Pre-course Check-in

    1. Optional: Downloadable Guided Notes

    2. Foundations of Behavioral Leadership and Performance

    1. SUP1007 - Completion Quiz

    2. Post-Training Survey

About this course

  • $15.00
  • 6 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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