EDCI-528 Extra Credit Webinar w/George Hanshaw

 P3: People Performance Partnership

About the Speaker: Dr. George Hanshaw

Dr. Hanshaw is a performance psychology professional who has a doctorate in sport and performance psychology. He has worked with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics for more than 20 years. Dr. Hanshaw has transformed the "training" department during his time in Learning and Development. The department has moved from an organization that was being told what to do and deliver to an organization that is seen a partner in solving complex performance issues.

My Take-Aways:

I found Dr. Hanshaw's webinar very interesting in a lot of ways, in part because the Lockheed Martin projects he worked on were just plain cool! The content was also relevant to my course and career work. I really liked Dr. Hanshaw's overarching theme that it's all about creating partnerships to reach performance goals. It's so true!
I also found his schema to be very useful:
  1. Think like a kid
  2. Ask questions
  3. Actively wonder "What If..."
  4. Enjoy the process
Sometimes I get so bogged down in the processes that I forget to enjoy it. This really helped me refocus on the creative, collaborative elements of LDT that drew me to the field in the first place.

I also really liked Dr. Hanshaw's Analysis Problem Analysis worksheet that he went through in the presentation. It's really straightforward and well-organized. It seems like it would really help focus on and streamline the process. In fact, I may email him (since he's one of my upcoming professors) and see if he'd mind sharing a copy! 

Personal Reflections:

I loved the creativity of what Dr. Hanshaw shared. It sounded so challenging, yet fun. Aeronautics is totally out of my sphere of knowledge, but I could see myself working on projects like these. Finding creative solutions is just a natural strength of mine and I love thinking outside the box. 

I also found the concise manner in which he presented the process and information to be very refreshing. As I mentioned before, sometimes the courses can feel very intense and heavy but this webinar made it all seem very engaging and manageable. I hope in my career as an ID, I can hang on to some of the high-level ideas that Dr. Hanshaw presented focusing on people and creating partnerships in order to improve performance. I've heard people say "Teamwork makes the dream work" and I see that applies in all areas of our lives and career paths, no matter which field you focus on. 

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