Building Confidence in the Future (Coursera)

Building Confidence in the Future (Coursera)

Welcome to Leading StandOut Teams: Building Confidence in the Future. This course will help you build your own specific vision to share with your team. We’ll define what is it that makes your company so special. And we’ll explore the value you, your team, and your company provide to your clients, and how you can keep that front-of-mind to ensure that the people you serve can see the unique value you offer.

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By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Build a detailed vision of the next six months for your team.
  • Describe what makes your company special and explain how you can make sure your team members feel it in their own ways.
  • Create a compelling picture of why clients need your company.

Modules Include:
One: Vision: The Next 6 Months. What does a vision look like for your team, and how does it connect to the vision for your company? Build your own specific vision to share with your team.
Two: What Makes This Company Special? So, what is it that makes your company so special? And once you figure that out, how do you make sure your team members feel it too, in their own ways? Explore these questions.
Three: Why Clients Need Us. Explore the value you, your team, and your company provide to your clients, and how you can keep that front-of-mind to ensure that the people you serve can see the unique value you offer.
This is a beginner's course, intended for team leaders with an interest in Leading StandOut Teams. It includes lecture videos by StandOut Strengths Coaches, practice quizzes, graded quizzes, peer-reviewed assignments, discussion prompts, and activity guides to facilitate ongoing learning and provide a structure to make sense of learning so that it can be embedded into real change.
To succeed in this course, you should be willing to self-reflect and open to shifting perspectives. Making the effort will result in a positive and fulfilling response.
Course 7 of 8 in the Leading StandOut® Teams Specialization

What You Will Learn

  • How to build a detailed vision of the next six months for your team.
  • How to describe what makes your company special and explain how you can make sure your team members feel it in their own ways.
  • How to create a compelling picture of why clients need your company.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Module 1: Articulating a Detailed Vision
Welcome to Leading StandOut Teams, Course 7: Building Confidence in the Future! What does a vision look like for your team, and how does it connect to the vision for your company? Module 1 will help you build your own specific vision to share with your team. By the end of the module, you will be able to build a detailed vision of the next six months for your team.

WEEK 2
Module 2: Exploring What Makes Your Company Special
Welcome back to Leading StandOut Teams, Course 7: Building Confidence in the Future! So, what is it that makes your company so special? And once you figure that out, how do you make sure your team members feel it too, in their own ways? This module will explore these questions. Module 2 will enable you to describe what makes your company special and explain how you can make sure your team members feel it in their own ways.

WEEK 3
Module 3: Delivering Value
Welcome back to Leading StandOut Teams, Course 7: Building Confidence in the Future! Module 3 will explore the value you, your team, and your company provide to your clients, and how you can keep that front-of-mind to ensure that the people you serve can see the unique value you offer. By the end of the module, you will be able to create a compelling picture of why clients need your company.

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