However, in spite of growing evidence of the importance of supervisors in workforce engagement, organizations have been slow to implement changes in how supervisors are developed. In my experience, leadership development activities for first line supervisors are often more transactional than transformational. By this I mean that supervisor development focuses more on building technical skills than on building the higher level capabilities needed to motivate and engage people. Said simply, many current leadership development programs do not adequately prepare supervisors to create work environments optimized for engagement. It may be time to take a careful look at the curriculum your organization uses to train supervisors.