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Leading High-Performing Teams
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 10 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO TEAMS
Focuses on recognizing the distinction between groups and teams; developing an understanding of your own group/team loyalties and priorities and considering the building blocks for high-performing teams.
MODULE 2: MOTIVATING AND ENGAGING PEOPLE
Examines what motivates and engages people at work, developing strategies for improving motivation and engagement in your employees, and what motivates and drives your own behavior.
MODULE 3: MANAGING WORK RELATIONSHIPS
Considers the nature of your work relationships, how to develop strategies for strengthening employee trust and attachment to the group, how to manage those particularly difficult people at work, and recognizing the importance of external stakeholder relationships.
MODULE 4: LEADING TEAMS FOR EXECUTION
Considers how to recognize the ingredients for team execution, how to identify challenges in team communication and coordination, and how to develop strategies to enhance team communication/coordination.
MODULE 5: LEADING TEAMS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
Focuses on recognizing the value of openness and inclusion for problem solving and creative teams, how to develop better problem solving in your teams - both in execution and in team culture.
MODULE 6: WHEN GOOD TEAMS FAIL (PART 1): TOO MUCH CONFLICT!
Examines the causes and consequences of serious and escalating conflict, developing strategies for preventing serious/escalating conflict, and developing competencies for resolving serious conflict.
MODULE 7: WHEN GOOD TEAMS FAIL (PART 2): TOO MUCH COHESION!
Enables you to recognize the warning signs that your team is too cohesive and develop strategies for promoting productive conflict in teams.
MODULE 8: BRINGING DIVIDED GROUPS TOGETHER
Enables you to recognize patterns and implications of intergroup behavior in your organization, develop strategies for bridging organizational silos and identify the steps for building an inclusive organizational identity.
MODULE 9: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Enables you to identify the impact of organizational culture and its (non) alignment to a broader organizational strategy, and recognize points of potential influence when trying to change organizational culture.
MODULE 10: BRINGING IT TOGETHER: ANALYZING AND DEVELOPING YOUR TEAM
Develops skills in recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of your team, critically analyzing the processes affecting team effectiveness, and considering ways to further develop your team for high-performance.
Prerequisite
English writing/reading proficiency (required) Some experience in managing people (recommended)
Instructors
Tyler G. Okimoto
Professor in Management
The University of Queensland
Editor
L'Université du Queensland est une université publique de recherche située principalement à Brisbane, la capitale de l'État australien du Queensland. Fondée en 1909 par le parlement du Queensland, l'UQ est l'une des six universités de grès, une désignation informelle de la plus ancienne université de chaque État.
En combinant les trois classements mondiaux des universités les plus établis en 2023, l'Université du Queensland est classée 2e en Australie et 42e au monde. UQ est également membre fondateur d' edX, le principal groupe des huit d'Australie et l' association internationale à forte intensité de recherche des universités du Pacifique.
Platform
EdX est une plateforme d'apprentissage en ligne (dite FLOT ou MOOC). Elle héberge et met gratuitement à disposition des cours en ligne de niveau universitaire à travers le monde entier. Elle mène également des recherches sur l'apprentissage en ligne et la façon dont les utilisateurs utilisent celle-ci. Elle est à but non lucratif et la plateforme utilise un logiciel open source.
EdX a été fondée par le Massachusetts Institute of Technology et par l'université Harvard en mai 2012. En 2014, environ 50 écoles, associations et organisations internationales offrent ou projettent d'offrir des cours sur EdX. En juillet 2014, elle avait plus de 2,5 millions d'utilisateurs suivant plus de 200 cours en ligne.
Les deux universités américaines qui financent la plateforme ont investi 60 millions USD dans son développement. La plateforme France Université Numérique utilise la technologie openedX, supportée par Google.