Posted August 30, 2025
DOORWAYS | 1101 N. Jefferson Avenue | St. Louis MO 63106
Members of DOORWAYS’ Leadership Team Attended Three-Day Supervisor Essentials Workshop
This “Supervisor Essentials” was provided by AAIM Employers’ Association.
St. Louis, MO – Members of the DOORWAYS leadership team attended a three-day training and education event on “Supervisor Essentials” August 18, 19, and 20. The 24 employees represented a diverse range of backgrounds, spanning different levels of work experience, life experience, tenure with the organization, and time in current leadership roles.
As the professional world continues to evolve, so does DOORWAYS. Over the past five years, the agency’s expansion in services and strategic reorganization created new staff positions—opening the door for internal promotions. These opportunities allowed experienced employees, already deeply engaged with program participants, to step into new roles with confidence and institutional knowledge. This continuity supports smoother transitions and strengthens service delivery. Promoting from within also boosts retention, productivity, and morale, signaling the organization’s respect for and investment in its people. “Strong leaders build strong teams. This investment in our supervisors will repay us many times over,” noted Opal M. Jones, President & CEO.
The essentials training topics focused on understanding their responsibilities as a supervisor, developing/strengthening leadership skills, and discovering effective ways to communicate, motivate, coach, resolve conflicts, and manage productivity within their team. Training topics in the AAIM Employers’ Association Supervisor Essentials included:
- Your Leadership Role
- Leadership Communication Skills
- Implementing Effective Motivation
- High-Performance Coaching
- Mastering Conflict Resolution
- Personal Productivity
ABOUT DOORWAYS
Founded in 1988, DOORWAYS provides housing and 360 degrees of wrap-around services to people at the intersection of poverty, homelessness, and illness from HIV. Each year, we serve approximately 3,000 clients and family members in 124 counties spread across Missouri and Illinois. Expanding over the years to meet growing depth and breadth of need, DOORWAYS evolved from a hospice caring for the dying to an agency building lives for the living. We currently own 11 buildings with 219 apartments offering five housing platforms—emergency housing, flexible housing, assistive housing for those too ill to live independently, permanent housing, and, to prevent homelessness for people in their own accommodations, rent/utility subsidies.
Housing is supplemented by empowerment services to build the social determinants of health (housing, health, food security, employment/income, education, community, etc.) that are needed to advance towards a life of opportunity and independence. We use individualized case management, resource referrals, self-development programming, employment support, behavioral health counseling, and psychiatric care. To remove barriers to essential resources, we have arranged to have a BOCA Pharmacy and a Key Clinic on campus. Both are open to anyone in the community who wishes to use these services. Pairing a clinic next to a pharmacy strengthens the circle of care.
Through this mix of services to stabilize housing, health, and hope, clients begin their journey toward a more self-directed life. Once housed and linked with their care coordinator, clients are encouraged to comply with an HIV-medication regimen that can help them attain undetectable status. When HIV is undetectable, life span and quality of life improve for the individual. Additionally, undetectable means untransmittable (U=U), stopping new cases–opening the door to ending HIV in future generations.
For more information, please review this website or contact the agency at info@doorwayshousing.orgs
