Leadership Development - Winter 2023

MGHC02
Closed
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Phani Radhakrishnan
Associate Professor
(9)
5
Timeline
  • January 9, 2023
    Experience start
  • January 10, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • January 14, 2023
    Project Introduction
  • April 6, 2023
    Student Live Presentations (virtual/in person)
  • April 18, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
2 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries
Categories
Leadership Employee retention Training & development Workplace health/wellness Communications
Skills
business consulting business strategy communication research reflection
Student goals and capabilities

3rd and 4th year undergraduate business management (BBA) students working in 3-6 person teams will conduct research and develop an actionable strategy to solve a leadership development or training challenge faced by your organization, stakeholders, and/or clients. For example, they can design leadership training programs incorporating the latest virtual and in-person design features and gamification ideas. They can providing leadership competency maps that could align with current or novel performance management systems for companies.

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
80 students
Project
30 hours per student
Students self-assign
Teams of 6
Expected outcomes and deliverables

3-6 person teams of students will make 15 minute in person/virtual synchronous team presentations and provide speaking notes, slide decks, and training materials when relevant

Project timeline
  • January 9, 2023
    Experience start
  • January 10, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • January 14, 2023
    Project Introduction
  • April 6, 2023
    Student Live Presentations (virtual/in person)
  • April 18, 2023
    Experience end
Project Examples

Examples include but are not limited to:

  • Develop leadership skills training programs using games, experiential and virtual learning methods
  • Develop leadership competency maps and align with current or novel performance management systems
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for an initial virtual meeting with the professor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available for attending ~8 student team presentation sessions (~ 2-2.5 hours) and ask Q&A (2-5 min per team)

Provide relevant company or industry data as needed per the description of the project (either in a virtual session and/or with ppt slides)

Virtually (or in person) attend final student team presentations sessions that involve 15 min/ presentation, 8 teams/session, 5 min employer q&a with student teams