766 Alignment Template

By: Abbie Weispfenning

Problem Identification
With the rapid growth of the company, many employees have had the opportunity to move into a management role but dont fully
understand what being a manager entails until they are in the new position. This is causing high turnover because the employees
moving into the management role dont enjoy the responsibilities or they do not have the essential skills needed to be a good leader.
This not only effects the manager but also impacts their direct reports. High turnover and unhappy employees lead to the need for an
Exploring Leadership training. This training will provide employees interested in moving into management a clear guide to what they
would be responsible for, the key skills they would need to be an effective manager, and the benefits and challenges of a career in
management.

Delivery Options
The training program will be conducted on-site at the company and will use a blended delivery method consisting of both online
training and live face-to-face training sessions with pre-work and post-work. The program will start with a live face-to-face training
that will present the roles or the manager, key skills needed to be successful, and the challenges and benefits of management. After this
session, learners will be asked to watch four online video trainings (one for each role of the manager). Then live discussion sessions
will be facilitated to talk about the videos and include role playing. Learners will also be assigned a mentor to work with and asked to
create an individual development plan to practice leadership skills on the job.
Terminal Objective: Articulate what a manager does in their position
Enabling Objectives Assessment Idea
Absorb Activity
Do Activity
Memorize the four
Quiz This will be
Presentation
-Quiz
roles of the
used to check for
(slideshow) and
manager
understanding
reading
involves multiple
choice, true/false,
and fill in the blank
questions

Connect Activity
-Job Aid: Roles of
the Manager
Reference Guide

Identify one task a

manager would
complete under
each of the four
roles of the
manager

Matching Quiz
Presentation
Match the task to
(panels)
the appropriate role
of the manager

Terminal Objective: Evaluate why you want

Enabling Objectives Assessment Idea
Identify at least
Worksheet three of your
Provide strengths
personal strengths
and weaknesses
and three
template worksheet
weaknesses
for learners. Include
through selfexamples of
reflection
strengths and
weaknesses to get
learners started.
Compare whether
Comparison Table
you believe the
Worksheet benefits outweigh
Provide comparison
the challenges of
table worksheet for
being a manager
learners to write
down the benefits

-Learners will be
split into small
groups to play a
jeopardy game
asking questions
about the roles of
the manager and
the tasks
associated with
each role
-Matching Quiz

-Ponder Activities
(Cite-example
activity): Learners
will be asked to
think of examples
of tasks they have
seen a manager
complete from their
own experiences

to be a manager or why you may not want to be a manager

Absorb Activity
Do Activity
Connect Activity
Stories
-Learners will
complete the
strengths and
weaknesses
worksheet

Stories and
Presentation
(slideshow and
panel)

-Learners will
complete the
comparison table
worksheet
-Guided Research Activity: Learners will
interview 3 current managers and ask the

and challenges of
being a manager.

following questions:
1) How do you leverage your strengths in
your role as a manager?
2) What are some benefits of being a
manager?
3) What are some challenges of being a
manager?
-Learners will then share their findings
with the group

Terminal Objective: Explain at least three challenges and three benefits of being a manager
Enabling Objectives Assessment Idea
Absorb Activity
Do Activity
Connect Activity
Describe the
Discussion Presentation
-Group Discussion: Leaners will be split
responsibilities of
Learners should be
into small groups and given a poster
being a manager
able to describe in
board to write down the responsibilities of
their own words
a manager. Each small group will then
what a manager is
present their posters to the larger group.
responsible for by
Learners will be encouraged to ask one
sharing their
question to another small group.
thoughts during the
live discussions.
Use a rubric to
assess each learner
during discussion.
List out the
Discussion: Live
Presentation
-Group Discussion: Learners will be split
challenges and
discussions will be
into small groups to discuss their
benefits of being a
facilitated that ask
thoughts on the challenges and benefits
manager
learners to provide
of being a manager. Each small group will
their thoughts on
then present their ideas to the larger

the challenges and

benefits of being a
manager. Use a
rubric to assess
each learner during
discussion.

group. Learners will be encouraged to ask

one question to another small group.