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Sara Canaday, Casey Ayers, Doru Catana, Jason Alba, Jason Edleman, Lars Klint, Ron Schindler, Dan Appleman, Shelley Benhoff, Tony Curtis, Kylie Hunt, Ben Howard, Alice Meredith, Milena Pajic, Amy Irvine, and Amy Agnew Irvine

Are you a technology manager, or do you want to become one? In order to be successful in your role you will need to develop a few essential soft skills in addition to your technical skills. In this path you will learn crucial technology management skills, how to effectively lead technology teams, and how to best manage technology projects. This content is not meant to be watched in order, so you can pick your own adventure.

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14 courses

The Successful Technical Interview for Interviewers

(1 hours)
Potential job candidates aren't the only ones who need to be qualified when interviewing. The person on the other side of the desk needs to know what they're doing, too! This course will help you as an interviewer conduct better technical interviews.

Aligning IT and Business Strategies

(1 hours)
This course shares fundamental tips that will help you bridge technical divides in organizations, by putting shared objectives first and, by using a better understanding of the business's strategic needs and enhanced communication skills to succeed.

Building an IT Strategic Plan

(1 hours)
Having a vision is good, but better is realizing it. This course teaches how to understand your organization, clarify your vision, and build a roadmap to get there.

Generational Leadership: Adapting to the Changing Workplace

(2 hours)
Demographic studies help you better understand those you work with. This course explains generational differences, providing leaders and team members with deeper understandings of one another.

How to Have Difficult Conversations

(1 hours)
In this course, you will learn to improve communication and leadership skills by having successful difficult conversations. You should take this course if you want to improve personal or professional relationships and advance in your career.

Embracing Change: Staying Agile in the Midst of Change

Recognizing the value of embracing change is essential to staying on the cutting edge of your career. In this course, learn to stay agile yourself and become a change agent among your peers.

Establishing Goals, Roles, and Guidelines for a Team

(1 hours)
This course teaches how to lead a successful team by establishing goals, roles, and guidelines that work.

Building Trust and Commitment on Your Team

(1 hours)
Trust and commitment are the foundation of effective teams. This course teaches how to build trust and commitment on your team, regardless of your seniority.

Managing Remote Teams

(1 hours)
Remote work is the norm for digital workers. Learn to manage remote teams, from recruiting to communication, performance, and culture.

Leading with Emotional Intelligence

(1 hours)
Emotional intelligence is crucial for career success. Explore its five pillars with exercises to enhance self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, and motivation. Improve your leadership and inspire others effectively.

Project Management Basics for Non-project Managers

(2 hours)
This course provides managers with an overview of popular project management methodologies. By the end, you will be able to choose the right one for your team and projects.

Pitching the Project: Winning Management Buy-in on a Project

Learn to successfully pitch your new idea and have it backed by management. This course will get you up and running with great methods for successfully pitching projects.

Managing Scope Creep

(1 hours)
Scope creep is one of the most damaging things to happen to any project. This course will teach you both what scope is, how it is defined, managing scope, and how to combat scope creep in any project.

Building Vendor Relationships That Work

(1 hours)
Does your job require working with a vendor? It's time to rethink building relationships with your vendor partners. Maximize your investment and build a vendor-ship that works.

Learning objectives

  • Technology management skills
  • How to lead technology teams
  • How to manage technology projects

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