Valuing Excellence (Coursera)

Valuing Excellence (Coursera)

Welcome to Leading StandOut Teams: Valuing Excellence! In this course we’ll discuss how team culture and environment make a big difference to individual and organizational success; help you define success for and with your team; and explore how you can create the conditions that make your team feel comfortable sharing ideas.

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

  • Analyze how team culture affects both individual and organization success.
  • Define what success looks like for and with your team.
  • Identify what strengths build success.
  • Design the conditions to make your team feel comfortable sharing ideas that boost the team's overall productivity, performance, engagement, and more.

Modules Include:
One: Working Together. Focus on the importance of teams and discuss how team culture and environment make a big difference to individual and organizational success.
Two: Aligning on Team Success. Help define success for and with your team.
Three: Speaking Up. The environment you create for your team impacts the team's overall productivity, performance, engagement, and so much more. Learn how you can create the conditions that make your team feel comfortable sharing ideas.
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 3 of 8 in the Leading StandOut® Teams Specialization.

What You Will Learn

  • How to analyze how team culture affects both individual and organization success.
  • How to define what success looks like and empower your team to use their strengths to build success.
  • How to design conditions to make your team feel comfortable sharing ideas that boost the team's overall productivity, performance, and engagement.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Module 1: Creating Great Things as a Team
Welcome to Leading StandOut Teams, Course 3: Valuing Excellence! Module 1 will explore how team culture and environment make a big difference to individual and organizational success. By the end of this course, you will understand how to focus your team on doing great work together by defining what great looks like and creating space for team members to contribute the best of themselves.

WEEK 2
Module 2: Aligning on Team Success
Welcome back to Leading StandOut Teams, Course 3: Valuing Excellence! Module 2 will help you define success for and with your team. By the end of this module, you will feel empowered to lead your team to success.

WEEK 3
Module 3: Speaking Up
Welcome to Leading StandOut Teams, Course 3: Valuing Excellence! Module 3 will explore how the environment you create for your team impacts the team's overall productivity, performance, engagement, and so much more. By the end of this module, you will be able to create the conditions that make your team feel comfortable sharing ideas.

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