Matthew Sowcik

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Personal Professional Development
Welcome!
By Matthew Sowcik Rob Emmerling
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Personal and Professional Development

• Wilkes University
• PPD Program
• Self-Assessment
• Leadership
• Team Building
• Personal Effectiveness

Todays
Agenda

• Looking Ahead / Research
• Questions / Comments

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Wilkes
University
Wilkes University is located in the city of
Wilkes-Barre, which has a population of around
50,000. Nestled in the Pocono Mountains, the city
is approximately 130 miles west of New York City
and 115 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
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Wilkes
University
The university is an independent institution of
higher education which was Established in 1933
and currently offers more than 40 undergraduate
and graduate level programs to about 2,000 full-
and part-time students. The Jay S. Sidhu
School of Business and Leadership opened its
doors in 2004 and saw a variety of success in its
first year
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PPD Program
Overview
The Personal and Professional Development Program
is a challenging and unique investment in ones
self and future. Offered as a four-year
undergraduate curriculum, the program builds
confident, professional leaders through a
distinct series of hands-on experience, in-depth
research, and educational training.
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PPD Program
Overview
The PPD Program has some key elements that make
it a truly unique and rewarding experience

• Designed with students
• Engages a cohort group of students in a four-year
  advisement and development program

• Builds leadership and emotional intelligence
• Integrated with universitys business curriculum

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PPD Program
Overview
The students first year in the curriculum is a
crucial period of understanding, growth, and
incorporation into the program. Four main
focuses of the first year include

• Self Assessment
• Leadership
• Team Building
• Personal Effectiveness

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Self-Assessment

• Aware of their strengths and weaknesses
• Reflective, learning from experience

• Open to candid feedback, new perspectives,
  continuous learning, and self-development
• Able to show a sense of humor and perspective
  about themselves

Knowing ones Inner Resources, Abilities, and
Limits Working with Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Golman
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• Developmental Purpose
• Goal To aid in the development of self
  awareness, competencies, and team building

Self-Assessment Two Reasons for
Assessment

• Program/Student Assessment
• Goal Benchmark success and provide data for
  research

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Self-Assessment Assessments Used

• MSCEIT
• Kolbs Learning Style
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• Behavioral Leadership Measurement
• 360 Degree Assessments
• Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Inventory
• Others

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MSCEIT TOTAL 81
PPD Program
MSCEIT
Experiential 76
Strategic 91
Understanding 96
Managing 87
Facilitating 77
Perceiving 82
Blends 93
Faces 79
Facilitation 101
Emo. Mgmt 99
Sensations 74
Pictures 89
Changes 102
Emo. Rel. 81
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Self-Assessment
I have a better understanding of my strengths
because of the PPD Program. . .

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Self-Assessment
I have a better understanding of what areas I
need to improve on because of the PPD Program

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Each week, the students must reflect on immediate
and long-term issues and goals. Examples include


Reflective Learning
Journal Entries

• What are 30 things you want to accomplish by the
  age of 30?
• What is your ideal self? What is your
  parents/friends ideal self for you?
• Pick a theme song for your life?
• What are your top 5-3-1 work priorities? Will
  that change and why?

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Developmental Advising and Coaching

• Each student meets with the PPD coordinator at
  least 1 hour a semester to discuss
• Grade Goals
• Career Goals
• Personal Goals

Open to candid feedback, new perspectives,
continuous learning, and self-development
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Leadership

• Articulate and arouse enthusiasm for a shared
  vision and mission
• Step forward to lead as needed, regardless of the
  position

• Guide the performance of others while holding
  them accountable
• Lead by example

Inspiring and Guiding Individuals and Groups
Working with Emotional Intelligence Daniel
Golman
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P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
151
Eco. Feas.
Bus. Plan / Resourcing
Customer Marketing Feasibility
Intro
Proj. MA
Teams
Creativity Innovation
E Process/ Environment
Making a great impression
Introduction to Resources
PPD 101
Intro
Self Aware. Empathy
Teams
Test
Comm.
Action Planning
Decision Making
Goal Setting
Innovation
Communication
Understanding Others
Role Play
Accurate Self Asses.
Service Orientation
Achievement Drive
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• What is it?
• Why do it?
• Projects
• Clothing Drive 500 articles
• Can Drive Car Wash 1200 cans
  120
• Softball Tournament - 1,500
• 3 on 3 Basketball Event - 160
• Special Olympics Practice

SCA Social-
Cyclical
Awareness Projects
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• Accurate Self Assessment
• Understanding others
• Innovation
• Achievement Drive
• Service Orientation
• Communication
• Emotional Awareness
• Commitment
• Leadership
• Trustworthiness
• Self Control

Reflective Learning
Role Plays
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Leadership
I have a better understanding of leadership
because of the PPD Program
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Leadership
The Leadership Program has helped me to build my
leadership skills
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Leadership
I had the opportunity to use my leadership
skills in the PPD Program
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Team Capabilities

• Model team qualities like respect, helpfulness,
  and cooperation
• Draw all members into active and enthusiastic
  participation

• Build team identity and commitment
• Protect the group and its reputationshare credit

Creating Group Synergy in Pursuing Collective
Goals
Working with Emotional Intelligence Daniel
Golman
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• The undergraduate experience cohorts students
  throughout their four year experience. Each
  student will be in a team of 5-6 individuals
  where their EI strengths and weaknesses are
  analyzed and worked on in the team environment
  over seven semesters.
• Assessments
• Weekly Team Meetings
• Extra Curricular Activities

Team Work Understanding Others
Sensing others feelings and perspectives and
taking an active interest in their concerns
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Team Capabilities

I was able to play an important role on my team
during the PPD and BA 151-152 Programs
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Team Capabilities

I feel more comfortable working in teams now than
I did entering Wilkes because of the PPD Program
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Personal Effectiveness Achievement

• Strive to improve or meet a standard of
  excellence
• A strong sense of ones self worth and
  capabilities

Drive, Self-Confidence, and Initiative

• displaying pro-activity and persistence

Working with Emotional Intelligence Daniel
Golman
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Standard of Excellence Seminars

• Purpose
• Topics
• Introduction to Resources
• Speed PPD
• Small Business Development Consulting
• Make a Great Impression

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• Throughout the first year students are required
  to participate in two different leadership
  challenges. These challenges are to encourage
  students to participate in extra-curricular
  activities, develop critical thinking skills in
  leadership development, and utilize the skills
  learned in PPD in a real time setting.
• Club Based Leadership Challenge
• Personal and Professional Leadership
  Challenge

Standard of Excellence Leadership Challenge

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Personal Effectiveness

I found the skills I learned in the PPD Program
useful outside the PPD Class
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Personal Effectiveness

I was able to use several areas of the PPD
Program in my extra-curricular activities
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Communication
Agree Not Sure Disagree
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• Thinking About Careers
• Pick someone from the audience that you do not
  know.
• Interview them for 5 minutes and try to obtain
  the following information.
• How many careers have they had and what were
  they?
• What were they thinking and feeling during these
  career transitions and how did they come to
  their decisions?

PPD Program
Brief Exercise
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• Emotion an Absent Presence in Career Decision
  Making (CDM)
• Emotion and CDM has not been the subject of
  much research
• Students served as subjects to test a theory
  of EI and CDM
• Results showed a correlation between the ability
  to perceive emotions and career indecision
• Rational decision-making styles were not
  correlation with career indecision or career
  decision certainty

PPD Program
Research
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PPD Program
Research
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• PPD Program
• Year 2 Social Competencies and
  Relationship Building
• Year 3 Authentic Leadership
• Year 4 Reflection and Life Long
  Learning
• Research
• Collect additional data in Fall
• Add a measure of Career Decision-Making
  Self Efficacy
• Continued Longitudinal Research

PPD Program
Future Directions
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Questions? Sowcikm_at_wilkes.edu