Training and Mentoring

MGT 460: Leadership Priorities & Practice

COURSE DESCRIPTION Leadership Priorities and Practice is a capstone course that requires students to

reflect on and synthesize the major insights gained in their study of

organizational management. A substantive paper is developed to illustrate how

these insights can be applied effectively in the student’s work environment.

Students choosing the personal program of study must show how their chosen

concentration relates to organizational management and include insights from

each academic area in their synthesis and application.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Examine how values and ethics are reflected in professional

practices and behaviors. 2. Evaluate situations from a multidisciplinary perspective. 3. Apply systematic and innovative approaches to decision-

making and problem solving. 4. Integrate leadership theory and professional practice through

applied problem-solving activities. 5. Analyze the role of the leader in promoting organizational

effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.

MGT 460 TEXTBOOK

London, M., & Mone, E. (2012). Leadership for today and

the future. (1st. ed.). San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint

Education, Inc.

This textbook is a

Constellation textbook

This week students will: 1. Examine the characteristic of insight,

identity and resilience in career motivation. 2. Identify types of training and analyze their

benefits to the individual. 3. Evaluate the relationship of role models,

mentors and coaches in leadership.

WEEK TWO LEARNING OBJECTIVES

WEEK TWO ASSIGNMENTS

SELF-LEADERSHIP - DEFINED Self leadership is the ability of someone to guide themselves to positive places that they have never been before. It enables a person to fulfill their potential while building a strong foundation from which to make daily decisions -- both professionally and personally. Without a strong sense of self-leadership, people can feel out of control, overwhelmed and unfocused. (Bommelje, 2009, p. 1).

SELF-LEADERSHIP - 10 STEPS

1. Clarify your purpose 2. Use your gifts – Use them with discipline 3. Reflect & forward your life 4. Serve Others 5. Pull up the stake – break old habits that are holding you back 6. Make the present perfect 7. Listen, Listen, Listen 8. Be 100% honest with others 9. Stop tolerating - remove the negatives that are holding you

back 10. Take calculated risks & focus on success

(Bommelje, 2009)

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Mayer, Salovey and Caruso (2004) define emotional intelligence (El) as the capacity to reason about emotions, and of emotions to enhance thinking. It includes the abilities to accurately perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions so as to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote emotional and intellectual growth. (p. 198)

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

(“Emotional Intelligence,” 2014)

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TEST

(Lipman, 2015)

Here is a link to take a free Emotional Intelligence test. After taking the test, reflect on how the results agree and disagree with your self-perceptions. What can you do to raise your EI? Free EI quiz

If the hyperlink does not work, please

open a browser and copy and paste this URL:

http://www.ihhp.com/free-eq-quiz/

MENTORING VERSUS COACHING

According to Chakravarthy (2011), the main difference

between mentoring and coaching is the focus.

Mentors focus on the individual and his or her general

work life. The focus is on attitudes and behaviors.

Coachs focus on the task. A coach helps with attitudes

skills, and behaviors related to job success

(Chakravarthy, 2011).

ACTION LEARNING

Another key term that is associated with mentoring and coaching is “action learning.” Davis, Doran, Hutchinson, and Provost (2012) defined action learning as an organizational process designed to create continuous quality improvements Action learning is an effective process used to integrate learning and teaching (Davis et al., 2012)

KEY TERMS FOR WEEK 2

• 360-degree (multi-rater) feedback

• Self-leadership

• Experiential Learning

• Action Learning

• Mentoring

• Coaching

You may be asked to use these terms in Discussion Board responses or your assignment for the

week.

FSB APA GUIDANCE Please use the FSB APA Guidance located in your classroom.

REFERENCES Bommelje, R. (2009). The top 10 ways to strengthen your self-leadership. Rhttp://www.listeningpays.com/articles/RKB%20- %20THE%20TOP%2010%20WAYS%20TO%20STRENGTHEN%20YO UR%20SELF.pdfetrieved from Chakravarty, P. (2011, December, 20). The difference between coaching and mentoring. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/infosys/2011/12/20/business-leadership- for-smarter-org-2/ Davis, K. Doran, F., Hutchinson, M., & Provost, S. (2012). Action learning enhances professional development of research supervisors: An Australian health science exemplar. Nursing & Health Sciences, 14(1), 102-108. Emotional intelligence for business success. [Web log comment]. (2014, January 23). Retrieved from https://borneotraveladvisor.wordpress.com/

REFERENCES CONTINUED Lipman, V. (2015). So you’d like to work in a more ethical culture? Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2015/07/01/so-youd- like-to-work-in-a-more-ethical-culture/ Mayer, J. D., Salovey, P, & Caruso, D. R. (2004). Emotional intelligence: theory, findings and implications. Psychological Inquiry, 15(5), 197- 215

RECOMMENDED READINGS

Hooijberg, Robert and Lane, Nancy. (2009). Using Multisource Feedback Coaching Effectively in Executive Education. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 8 (4) 483-493. Retrieved from EBSCO (Business Source Complete). Tiffan, Bill. (2011). Managing Your Impact On Others. Physician Executive, 37 (6) 76-79. Retrieved from EBSCO (Business Source Complete).

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