Category Archives: Supervisor

Still Here

Posted on December 9, 2012 by alexk

It is 8pm and I am still at the library –yikes!!!  I have worked diligently all day and have  only completed about 60% of the executive summary document for leaders.  It has morphed from a “2 pager” to 5 pages, so … Continue reading →

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Super Duper!

Posted on December 1, 2012 by alexk

This is another very short post because it has been a long and highly productive day.  I reviewed all of my analysis to date and then created a new file with organizational variables.  I was able to complete some preliminary analysis … Continue reading →

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Data Collection COMPLETE!!!

Posted on November 10, 2012 by alexk

Last week I was in Vancouver to complete my second, and final, stage of data collection.  I conducted six interviews with CEOs and CPOs.  They all went very well.  It was useful to have completed the two interviews in Toronto the … Continue reading →

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Positive and Confident

Posted on September 30, 2012 by alexk

I have spent the past few weeks leveraging  learnings from SPSS courses and have finally scrubbed all of my data using best practices.  Phew!!!  It took a good deal of time and was somewhat annoying to duplicate some previous efforts, but … Continue reading →

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The Difference Is The Detail

Posted on August 25, 2012 by alexk

I have spent most of today writing up my new research methodology plan.  It has been a useful exercise and I am about 50% complete.  I hope to complete the remaining portion next week and solicit feedback from my supervisors … Continue reading →

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30 Pages Down…

Posted on June 9, 2012 by alexk

I finally committed to my writing today.  It was a bit of a slog and felt unsatisfying until close to the end.  This is when I realized that the combination of writing and inserting graphs resulted in a 30 page document.  I am … Continue reading →

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Missing Data

Posted on April 21, 2012 by alexk

It has been a productive day at the library.  I have been focused exclusively on grappling with the “missing data” in my data set.  About 25% of the surveys have at least one missing response and it is not always easy … Continue reading →

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Final Data Collection Preparation

Posted on January 14, 2012 by alexk

Completing final preparation for my launch of the leadership survey on Monday has been far more time consuming than anticipated!!  I spent a good part of the week following up with a few organizations on missing information and then testing … Continue reading →

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Great Week and Sad Day

Posted on January 7, 2012 by alexk

It has been a very busy week preparing for my data collection.  The conference call with the HR Delegates was a good idea and was well attended.  I simply walked through all of the next steps and responded to questions.  … Continue reading →

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2011 Wrap Up

Posted on December 31, 2011 by alexk

I am fully in the mix with data collection preparation!!   I now have over 400 leaders confirmed for my study which is terrific.  Additional leader information should be coming from 5 more companies, so I should land close to 500.  … Continue reading →

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