Most Important Skills for an Associate Director of Programs at Code Nation
Cassandra, Associate Director of Programs at Code Nation, emphasizes "project management and time skills" as crucial, especially given the unstructured nature of the work. Equally vital are "strong relationship building skills" and the ability to manage diverse internal and external stakeholders, including corporate and school partners.
Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Relationship Building, Communication, Time Management
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Cassandra Houghton
Associate Director of Programs
Code Nation
Saint Louis University, 2016
Dominican University, Masters in Special Education
Ethnic & Related Studies
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Education
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Project Management and Time Management Skills: Effectively structure your day and manage tasks even without a rigid schedule.
2. Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships and effectively manage diverse stakeholders (internal teams, cross-regional teams, corporate partners, school partners).
3. Relationship Building Skills: Handle different stakeholders and balance various relationships effectively.
Transcript
What sort of skills are most important for a job like yours?
Project management and time skills are really important. This includes how to structure your day or provide structure when you might not always have an exact plan.
Stakeholder management is also crucial, especially in the work we're doing with programs. You interact with many different people.
These interactions can be with your own team or cross-regional teams. You also work directly with external stakeholders, such as corporate or school partners.
Having strong relationship-building skills and knowing how to manage different stakeholders and balance those relationships is really important as well.