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Emotional Intelligence Methods Utilized by Successful Major League Baseball Closers to Perform Successfully in High Pressure Situations
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this qualitative case study is to understand the similarities that exist in the descriptions of emotional intelligence methods utilized by retired successful Major League Baseball closers to appraise, express, regulate, and utilize their emotions to perform successfully in high pressure situations.
Methodology: The dissertation was a qualitative case study. Twelve of the top 50 retired save leaders in Major League Baseball were interviewed to understand the similarities in the descriptions of emotional intelligence methods used to perform successfully in high pressure situations. This study attempted to understand what exactly elite closers did to utilize emotional intelligence to perform in high pressure situations.
Findings: A total of eight common themes emerged from this study. At least two-thirds of all closers interviewed identified that laser focus on the moment and a short-term memory for emotional regulation, adrenaline utilization of emotions, reflection to appraise emotions, remaining even keeled for emotional regulation, preparation for emotional control, playing for teammates for utilization of emotions, breath for emotional control, and celebration for emotional expression as emotional intelligence methods utilized to perform successfully in high pressure situations.
Recommendations: High pressure performers must develop routines that include the eight primary strategies used by the elite closers. Though each individual will address the eight routines differently, it is important for those who desire high performance in HPS to develop and maintain these strategies
Identifying Successful Strategies Within an Extrinsic Reward System to Improve Behavior in the Alternative School Setting
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this Delphi study was to identify strategies that are successful within a school-wide extrinsic rewards system to improve alternative school student behavior in the alternative school setting. A second purpose was to rate the effectiveness of the identified strategies for improving alternative school student behavior in the alternative school setting.
Methodology: This study used a Delphi method, consisting of 3 rounds, to collect data from alternative schoolteachers who are experts in implementing strategies within a school-wide extrinsic rewards system. In Round 1, participants were asked to identify strategies to improve student behavior in the alternative school setting. In Round 2, a Likert scale survey was used to rate the effectiveness of the strategies from Round 1. In Round 3, expert respondents provided activities to implement the five highest rated strategies to improve student behavior.
Findings: The expert participants identified 26 strategies to improve student behavior in the alternative school setting. These strategies were rated for their effectiveness. The top 5 strategies are (a) build relationships; (b) create a culture of care and respect; (c) consistent implementation of procedures and resources; (d) make the classroom environment about the students; and (e) free pass to early out, early lunch, or free period for identified positive behavior. The expert teachers recommended 19 activity categories for implementation of the top 5 strategies.
Conclusions: To improve student behavior in alternative schools, a variety of strategies should be implemented within an extrinsic reward system from 4 categories: social emotional, rewards, academic and curriculum, and behavioral. Additionally, it is important to understand that changing student behavior does not happen overnight, but by utilizing strategic activities that build relationships, create a culture of care and respect, and make the classroom environment about the students, while consistently implementing procedures and resources and rewarding students with passes for early lunch or free time can build trust and engagement for behavior improvement.
Recommendations: Based on the findings from this study, 2 recommendations were presented for further research to determine the effectiveness of suggested strategies to improve maladaptive student behavior in alternative schools
Mini 13: Leveraging EndNote for 790 *
No full textReady for Prospectus? Come learn some best practices using Endnote to organize and manage your references. You have done a lot of reading to get ready for EDOL 790. This session will provide you some hands-on, practical approaches to organize your resources and write your prospectus paper. Additionally, the skills you learn will be extremely beneficial in writing your dissertation
Mini 10: Empowered Women, Empower Women: How Women Can Empower Their Own Actions for Success in the Workplace
No full textAmong Fortune 500 companies, women make up about 15% of female executive officers and the percentage of women in Congress has hovered around 20% for almost a decade. Despite the progress that has been made to promote gender equality in the workplace, women continue to face glass ceilings, glass cliffs, glass escalators, glass walls and concrete ceilings preventing them access to top positions of leadership. Four women leaders in their field will share research dedicated to navigating gender differences between men and women. This engaging and entertaining workshop will focus on practical strategies women can immediately use to address gender differences and ultimately increase their viability at work and home
The History of the Doctoral Program in Organizational Leadership at Brandman University From an Innovation Theory Perspective: Alpha Cohort 2012
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this historical research study was to document the development of the Doctoral Program in Organizational Leadership at Brandman University from concept and design to implementation with the Alpha cohort of 2012. In addition, it was the purpose of this study to chronicle the decisions that guided program development and the factors that influenced key leaders and decisions from an innovation perspective of Bolman and Deal’s four-frame model of structural, human resource, political, and symbolic frames. Methodology: In this historical study, artifact and relic review and interviews were utilized to secure data from key leaders involved in the concept, design, and implementation of the Brandman Doctoral Program in Organizational Leadership. While the artifacts and relics enabled the researcher to understand the concept, design, and implementation of the program, the interviews were used to hear the story of this time period through the eyes and in the words of the key leaders. Findings: The findings for this research study emphasized the vital nature of multiframe thinking and the human resource frame for swift organizational innovation. The findings also illustrated the importance of decision-making aligned to fervently held core values within a culture of “do whatever it takes,” which includes access to resources and removal of barriers. Conclusions: By examining factors considered and decisions made from an innovation standpoint of Bolman and Deal’s four frames—structural, human resource, political, and symbolic—leaders in higher education can understand and develop the type of practices that are crucial to lead innovation at the fast pace demanded in today’s organizations. Recommendations: Further research is recommended, which will widen, extend, and fortify this study through replication within the timespan of 2017 to present day: consideration of other internal stakeholder perspectives in the Brandman doctoral program, examination of program impact on students, analysis of organizational impact made by Brandman doctoral graduates in the states of California and Washington, analysis of Brandman doctoral faculty roles compared to faculty roles in traditional universities, and study of doctoral program innovation in other universities