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the stretch experience
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the stretch experience
we are:
• Kirsten Abbott-West,
Director, Talent Development, Leadership
Universal Orlando Resort
• Joe LiVigni,
Director, Training & Development
stretch: purpose and objectives • Challenging assignments beyond the scope of your current
role, in readiness for a Director level position.
– greater awareness of your personal effectiveness
– exposure to executives and fellow cross divisional high-potential leaders
– deeper business acumen
– improved skills in collaboration, innovation, creative problem solving and influence
– an opportunity to showcase your learning in a program-end “pitch”
the stretch experience
insight build contribute
August September October November December Jan/Feb March
Launch Coaching
& IDP
Creation
Cohort
Formal
Kick-off
Innovation
Workshop
- Challenge
Projects assigned
Executive
Speakers
Business
Simulation
Workshop
Cohort
project work
Executive
Speakers
Executive
presentation/
Finale
insight
Participants connected to HR Mentor
insight – connecting with your cohort
build – skill building workshop
Challenge Projects assigned
Cohort participated in Innovation/ Problem Solving Workshop
build – executive speakers
Cohort heard from wide variety of senior leadership re: their functional responsibilities and career journey
build
Who is Capsim? • 1985 • Business Simulations • Academic
– Used by 100,000 students last year in over 800 Universities
• Corporate Training Programs – Leadership Development – General Business Acumen – Strategy – Team Building/Collaboration – Sales Enablement – Project Management – Business Acumen for HR – Finance for Non Finance
What We Believe
• Experiential learning
• 70/20/10
• Capsim Recipe for Leadership – Leadership Awareness
• Self-Team-Organization-Business
• Clients are Partners
• Adult Learning
Knowles
Simulation Experience
experiential learning
tying in insight
tying in insight
team effectiveness
feed forward exercise
• Person A shares 1 behavior they would like to change
• Rest of team gives suggestions 1 by 1
• Person A can only listen and say thank you
• Each team member takes a turn being person A
what the 2 days looked like
Capstone – pictures
“The facilitator did a great job of relating the simulation back to examples in our business. It was nice to relate it to what we deal with day in and day out”
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KEY LEARNING & TAKEAWAYS Back to Your Desk ❯The effects of collaboration can be significant. There is a deeper appreciation for every business unit.
• Identifying efficiencies, opportunities, strengths
• FUN is important
• An appreciation for different leadership styles
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KEY LEARNING & TAKEAWAYS Back to Your Desk • A better understanding of the “whole picture”
– How it applies cross-divisionally
• Allow team to fill roles organically
• Listen first
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KEY LEARNING & TAKEAWAYS Back to Your Desk What will you take back to your business unit from the past few days?
• Big Picture Thinking/Forecasting
– Impact on other divisions
• Understanding others personalities
• Self Awareness
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KEY LEARNING & TAKEAWAYS Back to Your Desk A greater appreciation for Finance
Developing a business plan before picking a strategy
We are all different in style but were able to not assign specific roles, yet still work together – part of this success came from the fact that we have each MBTI dimension on our team
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KEY LEARNING & TAKEAWAYS Back to Your Desk
All of us had a voice in the process and skin in the game – so no regrets.
We all valued everyone’s input and their point of view.
No one came to the table with functional bias and allowed everyone’s input to count towards the final decision.
We stayed true to our strategy, but willing to adapt and learn from round to round.
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KEY LEARNING & TAKEAWAYS Back to Your Desk Small adjustments can make a big difference
It is ok to fail, learn your mistakes and move forward
Don’t panic
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KEY LEARNING & TAKEAWAYS Back to Your Desk Communication
Identifying strategy and
staying the course
Collaboration and
team work
Understanding personalities
Awareness of derailers
Big picture
Simulation comments
“for someone who doesn’t have a business degree, this information was really valuable”
“it gave me a real appreciation for the intersection of operations, marketing and finance – I was able to apply it regarding the entire business”
“we were able to get to know each other and work in a collaborative setting.”
“this is a great vehicle to get some people to think about their tolerance for failure”
“it really did stretch your mind and out of box thinking”
contribute – challenge projects
October thru February – project work
March - final presentation
outcomes
Promotions 50% already promoted to executive positions 71% of Round 1 Projects Implemented • Career Connectors • Social Media Response Team • Supervisor Development content
“the stretch experience challenged me both professionally and personally, and it will be an experience I will never forget”
Now launching Round 3!
we are:
• Kirsten Abbott-West, Director, Talent Development, Leadership
Universal Orlando Resort
• Joe LiVigni, Director, Training & Development
Questions?
