The information below is an extract from the Autodesk Manager Development Program Playbook v. 2.0
Program overview
The Manager Development Program at Autodesk is designed to provide managers the ability to develop important management skills. The program structure leverages the following key ideas.
Principles
- Move away from training as an event.
- Acknowledge that mastery comes from practice.
- Feedback and introspection are key to adult learning.
- Mentoring and peer-coaching are powerful development interventions.
Sprint based
- The program is designed around a 3-week sprint cycle.
- The program will consist of two sprints per Sprint Topic
Cohort Based
- Team of up to 5 learners will move through the program together. This provides a motivational aspect and the ability to learn from peers. Cohorts are intended to be self-organizing.
Group Mentoring
- A key feature of this program is the use of a group mentor. Each cohort will have a mentor assigned to guide the opening and closing meetings of each sprint. Mentors will be experienced managers who are encouraged to share their experiences.
Content Agnostic
- The program described can be used to cover any topic. Although some topics may require more than one sprint of application.
Application orientated
- While learning content will be provided for a Sprint, the main focus is on putting the ideas into practice.
