Another well-documented approach to improving leadership competencies could be studied, though this organization may not have had the resources (time and personnel) to follow through. This would be to create and study a mentoring or coaching program for new managers. The organization had a preceptor program already, a person for new managers to ask questions, but that program focused on practical application questions (e.g., following processes, asking who to contact, finding forms). While that was useful, the literature review indicated that new managers derive more benefit from having a dedicated mentor or coach, a partner who was focused on the new manager’s continued self-development in leadership competencies.
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As noted, they not only adopted the course as written for their ongoing monthly classes, they followed templates created by the researcher to create other course content and wiki resources for their employees in leadership and beyond. This final result added yet another data point of success in validating the usefulness of this study, beyond the original scope.
Implementation
My previous experience as a corporate trainer allowed me to know how courses should flow and how to create interactive experiences. The implementation of the capstone project allowed me to expand on that skillset, by applying my newly developed knowledge of course design in a real-world setting.
Also, the requirement of extensive research was a discipline that was not strongly reinforced in the corporate world, where speed and execution tended to take precedence over deep process and thorough understanding. It was helpful to my skill development to be forced, by virtue of writing the various courses and capstone papers, to do in depth research, to seek out related studies, to create an annotated bibliographies and literature reviews, and to synthesize information before diving in to designing …show more content…
While that was expected, it indicates that learning to influence key decision makers was a skill that I, as a researcher and designer, need to continue to develop.
Lastly, I discovered that the parts of the design process I enjoy most are the formatting of elegantly useful resources. Whether that was coding on the organization’s internal wiki, finding applicable graphics, or creating smoothly flowing online assessments, the hands on creation experience was extremely gratifying. Surprisingly, I even realized that if I were given the choice between researching papers or formatting papers in APA style, I would choose the formatting project, as I relish a highly polished final
These last two recommendations …show more content…
As noted, they not only adopted the course as written for their ongoing monthly classes, they followed templates created by the researcher to create other course content and wiki resources for their employees in leadership and beyond. This final result added yet another data point of success in validating the usefulness of this study, beyond the original scope.
Implementation
My previous experience as a corporate trainer allowed me to know how courses should flow and how to create interactive experiences. The implementation of the capstone project allowed me to expand on that skillset, by applying my newly developed knowledge of course design in a real-world setting.
Also, the requirement of extensive research was a discipline that was not strongly reinforced in the corporate world, where speed and execution tended to take precedence over deep process and thorough understanding. It was helpful to my skill development to be forced, by virtue of writing the various courses and capstone papers, to do in depth research, to seek out related studies, to create an annotated bibliographies and literature reviews, and to synthesize information before diving in to designing …show more content…
While that was expected, it indicates that learning to influence key decision makers was a skill that I, as a researcher and designer, need to continue to develop.
Lastly, I discovered that the parts of the design process I enjoy most are the formatting of elegantly useful resources. Whether that was coding on the organization’s internal wiki, finding applicable graphics, or creating smoothly flowing online assessments, the hands on creation experience was extremely gratifying. Surprisingly, I even realized that if I were given the choice between researching papers or formatting papers in APA style, I would choose the formatting project, as I relish a highly polished final