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Leading People and Teams

Scott DeRue, Ph.D., Maxim Sytch, Ph.D., and Cheri Alexander

In this specialization, you will learn essential leadership skills, including how to inspire and motivate individuals, manage talent, influence without authority, and lead teams. In this specialization, you will not only learn from Michigan faculty. You will also learn directly from exceptional leaders including Jeff Brodsky, Global Head of HR for Morgan Stanley, and John Beilein, previous Head Coach of the University of Michigan Men’s Basketball Team. We will share with you our research on how to lead people and teams effectively, and work with you to apply these insights to your own teams and leadership. In every course, you will have an opportunity to apply new leadership skills by working through a series of practical leadership assignments. In addition, the capstone will enable you to work on live leadership challenges.

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Five courses

Inspiring and Motivating Individuals

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In this course, you will learn how to inspire and motivate your team. You will learn how to create a shared vision, set effective goals, and understand the needs and drivers of performance across cultures. You will also learn how to align rewards with desired behaviors to motivate your team to attain its objectives.

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Managing Talent

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In this course, you will learn best practices for selecting, recruiting, and onboarding talent. You will also learn about the key approaches to measuring performance and evaluating your employees.

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Influencing People

This course improves your ability to influence people without formal authority. You will learn to build a power base, use influence tactics, and build relationships to maximize your informal power. You will also learn to distinguish between influence and manipulation and protect yourself from unwanted influence.

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Leading Teams

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In this course, you will learn how to build a team, improve teamwork and collaboration, and sustain team performance through continuous learning and improvement. You will also learn how to establish roles, build structures, and manage decision making so that your team excels.

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Leading People and Teams Capstone

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Interviews in organizations are a cornerstone of talent selection and promotion practices. One of the key goals of the interview process is to understand how you would approach a variety of leadership challenges at work, given your knowledge, expertise, and prior work experience.

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Learning objectives

Create and communicate your vision as a leader
Manage talent to improve employee performance, development and retention

Use the michigan model of leadership to define organizational goals
Create a high-quality team charter that enhances team performance

Create and communicate your vision as a leader
Manage talent to improve employee performance, development and retention
Use the michigan model of leadership to define organizational goals
Create a high-quality team charter that enhances team performance

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36 hours

Level

Introductory

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Coursera

Institution

University of Michigan

Instructors

Scott DeRue, Ph.D.

Maxim Sytch, Ph.D.

Cheri Alexander

Level

Introductory

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