ASSIGNMENT 2: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL Due Week 6 and worth 190 points In Assignment 1, you conducted a research analysis of the company and proposed strategic solutions to the CEO. As you continue your consulting role, the next task is to deliver a professional development program to the CEO of your chosen organization. It is important that your program’s proposal be based on your research of emotional intelligence (EI) and specifically detail how a new incentive program, based on an EI management approach, will: ● Foster teamwork ● Strengthen interpersonal relationships ● Enhance communication ● Increase overall performance ● Benefit not only managers but the bottom-line INSTRUCTIONS Following SWS standards, write a 5 to 7 page, double-spaced proposal that includes the following components: 1. EI and Motivation ○ Which of the EI building blocks would impact management’s ability to enhance employee performance and job satisfaction? ○ Based on your research on motivational theory, describe which motivational theory you would utilize to influence the members of the organization and aid in helping to resolve the issue. Provide examples to support your solution. 2. EI and Social Skills and Decision Making ○ Explain how the core concepts of emotional intelligence would enhance the decisionmaking efficacy of the management team. 3. Effective Teams ○ Describe the core attributes of an effective team and the strategies you would implement to develop team dynamics that will benefit the organization. 4. Reward Systems ○ Create an effective reward system for this organization based on how you want to resolve the organizational issue. Determine the strategies you would incorporate to motivate employees and influence behavior. 5. References and Citations ○ Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate two quality resources. ○ In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source. 6. Formatting and Writing Standards ○ Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Align your formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards. *Grading for this assignment will be based on the following criteria and evaluation standards:

Previously, you worked with your group to compose a comprehensive paper with respect to Walmart. In that paper, your group made recommendations concerning 4 corporate strategies you believed the company should use to achieve or maintain a sustained competitive advantage.Choose one of the corporate strategies; and, building on that recommendation, work with your group to identify 4 initiatives HR could implement in order to support that strategy. In what manner would each initiative contribute to the strategies' success?What should each initiative measure?How should each initiative be measured?Your response should be 750-1000 words. Be sure to cite your sources for information.