Employers have stated that many college graduates have inadequate capability in basic “power skills” including communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration. This is largely the result of the academic heritage of subject matter/discipline focus in college courses. The challenge for colleges and universities is to invest in a learning methodology where the power skills are both developed and assessed with rigorous rubrics. These skills learning objectives must be integrated with disciplined learning and assessment. It is being done. How it is being done is the focus of this session.
This session will present the case study on how the employer’s power skills are being developed and deployed in the Department Supervisor LEAD program collaboratively designed with The Home Depot. This two-course program covers the disciplines of management and leadership. It is being delivered online to the front line managers of The Home Depot - their department supervisors.
- Why skills to performance (Bellevue University methodology) & power skills learning is important to integrate into learning programs.
- What the integration of these learning methodologies looks like in an actual corporate collaborative program.
- How the business impact of this program is being measured by Bellevue University’s Human Capital Lab.
