Project topic selection 1-2 pages: Identify the key performance indicators and outcome measures for a proposed project. Locate authoritative sources on performance measurement. Articulate the value of a proposed project to an organization and to one′s professional health care leadership competency development goals. Data Review Project proposal: Expand on your list of peer-reviewed or authoritative sources from Assessment 1 that substantiate your approach and method for the data review, such as accrediting body standards, accounting principles, federal laws, or Medicare conditions of participation. Add a minimum of five relevant, authoritative sources. Limit commercial website references to no more than two entries. Format your citations and references using APA style. Note: While an annotated bibliography is not a part of the graded assessment, you will need to integrate your sources into the proposal. Review the Balanced Scorecard Example [DOCX]. You will construct a balanced scorecard table in this assessment to convey the value of your project to the organization. Review this resource, which provides information on the steps to creating a balanced scorecard: Balanced Scorecard Institute. (n.d.). Building and implementing a balanced scorecard: Nine steps to success. http://balancedscorecard.org/Resources/The-Nine-Steps-to-Success Download and review the Assessment 2 Proposal Template [DOCX], which you will use to complete this assessment. then client meeting: Step 1: Schedule a meeting with the prospective client. Step 2: Meet with the client and present your project proposal (your combined Assessments 1 and 2). You may wish to send your proposal to your reviewer prior to the meeting. Provide evidence-based support for your assertions and conclusions. Be clear about the project scope, execution, and focus. Be clear about the value of your proposed project and how you will measure the outcomes for each of the four areas of the balanced scorecard. Be prepared to answer questions that the client asks. Step 3: Work with the client to refine your project proposal as necessary, including any negotiated changes, using the Assessment 3 Client Meeting and Review Template [DOCX]. Summarize the feedback offered by your client during the meeting, and provide any substantive, relevant details needed for clarification. (You will integrate the client feedback into your final project report.) Step 4: Submit the changes noted in your Assessment 3 template to the client for their approval and signature. (The client’s signature, title, and contact information are required.) Step 5: Scan and submit the signed copy of the Assessment 3 template as the deliverable for this assessment. This assessment is in two parts: Part 1: Project Report. This report should be succinct, substantive, and written for a hypothetical executive leadership team. It is not a lengthy academic paper. Part 2: Project Report Presentation. This recorded presentation is an overview of the project, also intended for an executive leadership team. Part 1: Leadership Self-Assessment Complete a self-assessment of your health leadership competencies using the Assessment 5 STAR Format Competency Rating Table [DOCX]. Instructions for filling in the table are included in the document. The requirements outlined below correspond to the first three grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your self-assessment addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the assessment scoring guide to better understand how each criterion will be assessed. Assess personal progress toward developing NCHL health leadership competencies. Compare your baseline competency rating at the start of your program with your current competency rating. Explain any new insights from your competency assessment. Describe specific examples of how you have demonstrated NCHL health leadership competencies, with the intent of improving health care outcomes. Provide the most current, relevant examples of how you have demonstrated these skills in the past, preferably in the health care and human services industry. Consider, if you do not have experience in health care or human services, how you may have demonstrated these skills in a different industry or setting, a previous job, volunteer work, or other courses here at Capella. You may consider the following as examples: You assumed a role on a strategic marketing team for a client organization and demonstrated analytical thinking, strategic orientation, and organizational awareness. You demonstrated an information-seeking attitude and self-confidence during a health policy team debate on HIPAA. You demonstrated financial skills, performance measurement, and human resource management when conducting a health care quality cost-benefit analysis. Evaluate the outcomes of demonstrated health care leadership that illustrate NCHL competencies. Reflect upon personal, community, volunteer, academic teamwork, and workplace experience in which you have demonstrated each competency. Determine how, if asked, you would justify your evaluation. Part 2: Personal Development Plan Reflect upon any insights for future workplace relevance that you have gained during your capstone project, obstacles that you may have encountered, and the strategies you employed to overcome them. Then, formulate a 1–2 page personal development plan that bridges the transition from your academic studies to leadership development strategies for future career advancement. The requirements outlined below correspond to the last grading criterion in the scoring guide. Be sure that your personal development plan addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the assessment scoring guide to better understand how each criterion will be assessed. Identify measurable action steps for one’s future career advancement. Measurable action steps include a specific task, due date, and relevance to the competency. Example: Study for and take the ACHE certification exam by March of 2022. Select two areas for improvement that you believe will be relevant to your future career. Use industry-related or organization-specific examples to show how these two areas will be relevant to your future career. Discuss what career development steps you might take in the future. Deadlines: the first section within the week last one within 4 weeks
