Move - Leadership Performance

Authored by INSEAD, powered by LiveCase. Take charge as the Interim Head of Product at Move and tackle the challenge of managing an underperforming team member in this immersive LiveCase simulation. Lead a cross-functional team developing a groundbreaking tool amidst mounting pressure and missed deadlines. Gain invaluable insights into managing teams, addressing poor performance, and delivering feedback. Perfect for undergraduate, MBA, and executive students in in-person or online classrooms.

 

The Move LiveCase simulation creates an engaging scenario in which the student tackles the challenge of managing a team member who seems to be underperforming. Acting as the newly appointed Interim Head of Product at Move, a smart mobility platform, students oversee a team completing development on a new carbon reduction and offsetting tool, EcoLo. With a much-hyped launch date approaching, progress has fallen behind schedule and the performance of the Lead Engineer has been called into question. Students are under pressure to determine why progress is poor, how it can be improved, and ultimately whether to replace the Lead Engineer. A number of decisions must be made and implemented, requiring a balance between formal authority and informal influence. Set in the dynamic context of a cross-functional product management team, the Move LiveCase simulation offers valuable insights into the challenges facing product leaders managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced and demanding context. The experience provides insights into the student's own leadership style and their strengths and weaknesses in managing teams, addressing poor performance, and delivering feedback. The simulation is designed for undergraduate, MBA, and executive learners, and can be conducted in-person or online. While it can be taught individually or in teams, working in groups will create optimal learning conditions.