This course offers seasoned and up-and-coming leaders a clear, concise overview of hiring for team culture, the concepts and practices of building a productive environment for remote and hybrid teams, and leading organizational strategies, which begins with developing a strategic plan, creating SMART goals, and determining the most critical key performance indicators or metrics to manage and measure the plan’s success. Studies have shown that leading and developing talent includes creating a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. As a result, this course provides strategies for identifying, attracting, and retaining a diverse team of employees. Finally, the course includes best practices for coaching and mentoring based on a partnership that provides support and challenging opportunities to employees.
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Leading and Developing Top Talent
This course is part of Advanced Leadership Skills for the 21st Century Specialization
Instructors: Dr Andrew Campbell
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- Understand the purpose and importance of developing a team culture
- Promote effective communication for both individuals and group members
- Attract and retain a diverse team of employees
- Ensure accountability to diversity and inclusion efforts for a sense of belonging
- Increase collaboration by implementing strategies for team performance
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There are 4 modules in this course
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1 video4 readings1 discussion prompt
Building effective and high-performing teams is a strategic process that begins with the selection of a team that fits within your culture, developing operational procedures and work environments that lends themselves to creating high-performing teams in both remote and hybrid environments, as well as recognizing the importance of building and managing a diverse group of professionals.
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9 videos8 readings5 assignments4 discussion prompts
In times of today’s volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguous business environment, there are inflection points that continually threaten to shake up industries. However, some organizations survive disruption by actively sensing and responding to environmental changes. Influential strategic leaders only develop strategic plans that guide the business but adjust the strategic plan, goals, and objectives based on environmental changes, policy, and other new information. Still, more than 60% of organizations do not have a formal process and likely will miss critical inputs to their strategic assumptions and planning. This leaves their organization exposed to blind spots and risks limiting their ability to capitalize on these opportunities. Then, there is the challenge of bringing these principles to life in a meaningful way so people can relate.
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8 videos11 readings4 assignments
Being a coach involves drawing from several disciplines. Coaching is based on a partnership that provides support and challenging opportunities to employees. Knowing how and when to coach is an essential skill that can benefit you and your organization. Finally, this module includes the best practices for having difficult conversations during coaching and mentoring opportunities.
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6 videos11 readings4 assignments1 peer review
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