根据盖洛普的最新报告 “美国工作场所状况”， only 21% of employees feel strongly that their managers motivate them to do outst和ing work. 在同一个盖洛普调查中, Americans cited management 和 领导 as one of their top five reasons for leaving a job.
美国的劳动力正在发生变化. As millennials move into 领导 roles 和 older generations enter retirement, it’s becoming more important for the next generation of employees to gain 领导 和 management skills — 和 quickly.
Learning about 领导 is a great first step, but finding opportunities to practice the skills essential for good 领导 is critical to the growth 和 success of your career — this is why, 在乌兰巴托, our faculty are always looking for new 和 innovative ways to give students a chance to practice their 软技能 并领导其他人.
我们最近发表了一篇十大网赌平台 在UB的实践学习机会. Let’s explore how some of those opportunities led to growth in technical, 领导, 以及团队管理技能.
Meet Br和on Adams, MS in Data Analytics student
去年夏天，我们分享了UB学生的故事 gaining h和s-on skills working with a local start-up、人流量统计. 通过这个正在进行的正规的网赌平台，UB的 数据分析硕士学位 students work as the start-up’s dedicated analytics team each semester — providing valuable product feedback while helping the company develop a data analytics dashboard to make smart business decisions as they bring their technology to market.
That story continued into the fall 2023 semester, with the next cohort of Analytics students continuing the project. Br和on Adams led a group of 12 students in his Data-Driven Marketing class as they navigated the technical side of this project.
意料之中的是, Adams faced a common challenge for those leading diverse groups of people, but one that was new to him — interpersonal issues within his team. 虽然亚当斯可能没有预料到这个障碍, it was a challenge his faculty likely anticipated, 甚至可能希望如此. Learning to navigate the 沟通 和 collaboration struggles that arise during a major project is something people encounter in their day-to-day work lives. By gaining the knowledge 和 skills to navigate these issues as students, Adams 和 his team are getting real-world opportunities to address the challenges they’ll encounter in the workforce.
Exposure to these types of issues early on in one’s career is vital to one’s ability to become resilient to — 和 even overcome – these challenges 和 become effective leaders. “At first, it was difficult gaining that synergy to work together,” said Adams. In addition to working through technical challenges the project presented, Br和on was faced with the challenge of motivating a group of students who were struggling to come together.
As the team leader, it fell to him to find solutions to some of these interpersonal challenges. “As a leader, you learn that everything that goes poorly with the group is a reflection on you.” Br和on stepped up after noting some of the issues he was observing 和 discussing his concerns with his professor.
“我自己又迈出了一步，”布兰登说. He delegated tasks where needed 和 sought creative ways to motivate his team. “What I learned most from this 领导 role was how to rally 和 motivate a group. To encourage others to be proud of what we were doing for ourselves 和 others can be difficult,布兰登继续说, “I was happy that I could put that spark in somebody else.这对布兰登来说是很重要的一课, preparing him for a future environment where he will work on data analytics teams made up of diverse personalities.
向专业人士展示
In addition to leading his team throughout the semester, Br和on was tasked with leading the presentation his team made to the founders of Foot Traffic Stats 和, 有时, suggesting to the company areas where they could alter or fix their technology to make it more consumer friendly. “This was a great first-h和 experience 和 a sneak peek into what I can expect in the business world,他想道。. 布兰登和他的团队练习公开演讲, 沟通, 和 working collaboratively — all on a project with real-world implications — providing their actionable insights to the company 和 UB.
“I learned things about myself 和 others that I can take with me for the rest of my life,布兰登说。. “I can’t wait to share this experience with hiring managers when I go out 和 look for a position when I graduate. 我很高兴能分享我的动机, 我的心态, 和 my ideas for moving businesses forward 和 the business of moving myself forward.”
Br和on 和 his team plan to share their technical findings with you at the upcoming UBRISE event on April 5, 2024, 他们将在哪里展示他们的正规的网赌平台, reporting on their recommendations 和 next steps for Foot Traffic Stats 和 for 正规的网赌平台, which is serving as the use case for the foot traffic technology created by the company.
To learn more about UBRISE 和 see all the research, 创新, 奖学金, 和 entrepreneurship th在乌兰巴托’s faculty 和 students are involved in, visit here to register to attend this year’s event!