Organized as a collaboration between the Making Connections Committee (MCC) on behalf of the OB Division and the Network of Leadership Scholars, this PDW helps participants learn about the communication of the practical implications of research as relevant to feedback reports. In this PDW, we provide advice on how to create high quality, relevant feedback reports efficiently. The practical implications of our work are important for many reasons, yet there is little to no training in PhD programs on how to communicate science to non- scientists. The focus is, understandably, teaching non-scientists to be, think, write, talk, act, and present like scientists. In doing so, we often forget how to talk and write like a “normal person.” These two domains of our experience are separated by a five-year intense and stressful chasm of life. Simply, many OB scholars have not practiced the crucial skill of communicating the value of our work outside of the echo chamber of academia. In this PDW, our purpose is to help participants learn how to:
1) Communicate the value of research agendas and the skills that the research team brings to organizations in an effort to “pitch” research partnerships.
2) Present research results (including the statistics and analyses helpful to various audiences) and practical implications to multiple stakeholders.
3) Create a feedback report/presentation rapidly using a variety of tools that we will overview during the session and the value of doing so.
