Assignment Task:
Introduction:
During your career, there will be times when you are asked to present before a senior leadership team. For this task, you will be acting as a consultant. You will be using the skills you have learned in this course to identify problems and opportunities based on the given scenario and then provide a beneficial recommendation to the leadership team. You will need to present your root cause analysis and recommendation with the goal of influencing the senior leadership team.
Scenario:
Refer to the attached "Corollary Communications Scenario."
Requirements:
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Create a multimedia presentation (suggested length of 6-12 slides), including speaker notes, in which you persuade stakeholders of the best resolution for the situation presented in the attached "Corollary Communications Scenario"
1. Summarize the main business challenge in the attached "Corollary Communications Scenario" (suggested length of 1 slide).
2. Explain the root cause of the business challenge identified in part A1 by using one problem-solving process (e.g., Five Whys, fishbone, Kaizen) (suggested length of 1-2 slides).
3. Provide a recommendation to leadership that employs emotional intelligence to resolve the business challenge identified in part A1 (suggested length of 1 slide).
a. Explain two benefits of your recommendation (suggested length of 1-2 slides).
b. Describe a potential obstacle to implementing this recommendation (suggested length of 1-2 slides).
Note: Potential obstacles may be related to company culture, competing priorities, leadership experiences, or continuous improvement.
B. Explain how you would use emotional intelligence to persuade your senior leadership audience to adopt your recommendation. Submit as a separate file.
Note: Remember to explain your use of emotional intelligence before answering the following two prompts.
1. Provide two questions relevant to your recommendation that you anticipate you might be asked by the leadership audience.
2. Provide answers to each of your questions from part B1.
C. Create an audiovisual recording (suggested length of 15-20 minutes) of yourself delivering your multimedia presentation from part A using the Panopto system.
Note: Remember to demonstrate confidence, persuasiveness, credibility, and professionalism while delivering a well-organized presentation.