Leadership

Leadership

LEADERSHIP AND CONTROL

Preparation

For this assignment, you will create a presentation to staff and leadership on your planned response to emerging human resources issues. If you use PowerPoint for your presentation:

· View Guidelines for Effective PowerPoint Presentations [PPTX] if you are new to PowerPoint.

· Use the PowerPoint Template [PPTX] to complete this assignment.

Note: You have the option of using Kaltura or PowerPoint Recording Tool to complete your presentation.

If you use Kaltura for your presentation:

· Review Using Kaltura for information about this courseroom tool. More information on setting up hardware can be found on the Tools and Resources page.

Scenario

Imagine that you received the following e-mail from your boss about a month after they adopted your departmental plan outlined in the previous assignment.

· HR E-mail [PDF]. Use this e-mail from your boss as a basis for this assignment.

Instructions

Create an approximately 5-minute presentation with voice narration targeted to your staff and leadership that effectively responds to your superior’s request found in the e-mail. Your presentation should demonstrate leadership qualities such as composure, preparation, solid communication, thoughtfulness, et cetera. The presentation should also:

1. Articulate the problems and their sources. (Make sure to include plausible assumptions based upon the facts presented to support your assertions.)

2. Detail your plan, which must address:

· Retention: Describe two of the most significant steps you will take to keep employees and why you believe they will be effective.

· Compensation.

· Benefits.

· Culture, leadership, and engagement.

· Hiring: Select one of the positions that you identified in your organizational chart as
new hire. Suggest two actions that you will take to secure new hires. Substantiate your ideas with real market data for at least one of your actions. (Cite your sources.) State any assumptions that you need to make to conduct your research. For example, candidate experience, job level, and industry norms.

· Training.

· Onboarding or orientation.

· Communicating organizational values and culture.

3. Performance measure and standards: Describe how performance will be measured
for one of the position types in your group. Your expectations should be consistent with your stated departmental goals.

Slides might include headings such as the ones below. However, you certainly have creative freedom to create ones that best align with your presentation. Simply be sure that the key topics are covered.

· Welcome.

· Who Am I (this is a bio of yourself).

· Retention.

· Hiring.

· Performance Management.

· Expected Outcomes.

· Timeline.

· Conclusion.

· Q&A.

Additional Requirements

Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

· Communication: Ensure your presentation (narrated or PowerPoint) is free of errors that detract from the overall message.

· Length: Approximately 5 minutes. Submit as many presentation slides as needed to meet the requirements of this assignment (include a title slide).

· Visuals: Use font size, colors, and design to assure optimal readability.

Atha Corporation
Hi,

Looks like we have some issues to address (see below). Let me know how you plan to deal with
them. I suggest you put a plan together and share it with your staff and me. Please set up a time
for next week to present it.

Thanks,

Grant

SVP Operations
Atha Corporation

From: Havish, Molly
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 10:23:53 AM
To: Grant Stiller
Subject: RE: HR concerns about retention and hiring

Hi Grant,

I just wanted to follow up with you on a couple of things that concern one of
your departments.

First, as you probably know we lost two of our personnel to other companies.
The exit interviews were consistent and revealing. Each mentioned that the
lack of acknowledgement of their contributions in the wake of the ramp up and
sizeable workloads associated with the goal of doubling sales a few months
ago was a factor. They also said the compensation was no longer appropriate
for what they were doing and was not competitive with outside opportunities.

Second, our offers to the two candidates identified by your manager as
desirable hires were not accepted. One made a counter offer for a 20% higher
salary and the other is concerned about benefits – mostly leave (she said that
only one week off in the first year was “a challenge.” I’m not sure the
compensation we are offering for the increased workload is attractive.

Molly Havish
SVP Human Resources

mailto:Molly@Atha.com

mailto:Grants@Atha.com

• From: Havish, Molly Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 10:23:53 AM To: Grant Stiller Subject: RE: HR concerns about retention and hiring

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Guidelines for Effective PowerPoint Presentations

Introduction

One concern about visual presentations is that the technology used to create them can be used in such a way that it actually detracts from the message rather than enhances it. To help you consider carefully how your message is presented so that it reflects care, quality, and professionalism, consider the information provided in the remaining slides.

NOTE: This presentation serves as an example in itself, by utilizing all of the guidelines mentioned.

Outline
Writing
Organization
Audience
Design
Images
Bullets
Tables
Font
Speaker Notes
The following topics will be covered:

Writing
Present ideas succinctly with lean prose.
Use short sentences.
Use active, rather than passive voice.
Avoid negative statements, if possible.
Avoid double negative entirely.
Check spelling and grammar.
Use consistent capitalization rules.

Organization
Develop a clear, strategic introduction to provide context for the presentation.
Develop an agenda or outline slide to provide a roadmap for the presentation.
Group relevant pieces of information together.
Integrate legends and keys with charts and tables.
Organize slides in logical order.
Present one concept or idea per slide.
Use only one conclusion slide to recap main ideas.

Audience
Present information at language level of intended audience.
Do not use jargon or field-specific language.
Follow the 70% rule—If it does not apply to 70% of your audience, present it to individuals at a different time.

Design
Use a consistent design throughout the presentation.
Keep layout and other features consistent.
Use the master slide design feature to ensure consistency.
Use consistent horizontal and vertical alignment of slide elements throughout the presentation.
Leave ample space around images and text.

Images
When applicable, enhance text-only slide content by developing relevant images for your presentation.
Do not use gratuitous graphics on each slide.
Use animations only when needed to enhance meaning. If selected, use them sparingly and consistently.

Bullets
Use bullets unless showing rank or sequence of items.
If possible, use no more than five bullet points and eight lines of text total per slide.

Tables
Use simple tables to show numbers, with no more than 4 rows x 4 columns.
Reserve more detailed tables for a written summary.

Font
Keep font size at 24 point or above for slide titles.
Keep font size at 18 or above for headings and explanatory text.
Use sans serif fonts such as Arial or Verdana.
Use ample contrast between backgrounds and text.

Speaker Notes
Summarize key information.
Provide explanation.
Discuss application and implication to the field, discipline or work setting.
Document the narration you would use with each slide.

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