Recognizing Team Members (Coursera)

Recognizing Team Members (Coursera)

Welcome to Leading StandOut Teams: Recognizing Team Members! This course will explore the topic of recognition, which includes acknowledgement, attention, and even just noticing the work that’s done. Then we will consider how important timing can be in recognizing your team members. Finally, we're going to ask you to assume your assumptions are wrong.

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

  • Describe how recognition plays an important role in a team environment and discover three ways to recognize individuals.
  • Understand how important timing can be in recognizing your team members.
  • Learn how to identify what matters most to your team members.

Modules Include:
One: The Way You Recognize. Explore the topic of recognition, which includes acknowledgement, attention, and even just noticing the work that’s done. It’s not always public, it’s not always in the form of a reward, and it’s not necessarily meant to influence behavior.
Two: Timing Recognition. Consider how important timing can be in recognizing your team members.
Three: What Matters. Do you know what matters to your team members? Assume your assumptions are wrong. Or at least be open to having them turned on their heads.
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 6 of 8 in the Leading StandOut® Teams Specialization.

What You Will Learn

  • Describe how recognition plays an important role in a team environment and discover three ways to recognize individuals.
  • Understand how important timing can be in recognizing your team members.
  • Identify what matters most to your team members.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Module 1: The Way You Recognize
Welcome to Leading StandOut Teams, Course 6: Recognizing Team Members! Module 1 will explore the topic of recognition, which includes acknowledgement, attention, and even just noticing the work that’s done. By the end of this module you will understand it’s not always public, it’s not always in the form of a reward, and it’s not necessarily meant to influence behavior.

WEEK 2
Module 2: Timing Recognition
Welcome back to Leading StandOut Teams, Course 6: Recognizing Team Members! Module 2 focuses on identifying the right time to recognize team members. By the end of this module, you will have an understanding of how important timing can be in recognizing your team members.

WEEK 3
Module 3: What Matters
Welcome back to Leading StandOut Teams, Course 6: Recognizing Team Members! Module 3 focuses on understanding what matters to your team members. Do you know what matters to your team members? This module will have you examining your assumptions and gaining clarity.

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