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In this course, you will learn how to create a shared vision for your team and effectively communicate it to your teammates. You will also learn how to set effective goals and expectations in a way that best enables your team to attain the shared vision. Finally, you will understand the most important needs and drivers of performance across cultures, and will learn to align rewards with desired behaviors so that your teammates are motivated to attain the team’s objectives. 
Motivation represents a crucial challenge for contemporary organizations: A recent Gallup poll revealed that only 13% of workers worldwide exhibit high levels of engagement and motivation. We will show you why these motivation problems are not simply due to a “bad” or “unmotivated” team member. Rather, motivation is very much driven by what work conditions we create for our teammates, how we structure goals and objectives, and how we reward people for the accomplishment of those goals. This course will help you diagnose and solve motivation problems so that you can bring out the best in your people.

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Skills you will gain

goal setting
Communication
Leadership
Leadership Development

Flexible deadlines

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Leading People and Teams Specialization

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English

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Maxim Sytch, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Management and Organizations Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow

Management and Organizations, Ross School of Business

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Becoming a Visionary Leader

4 hours to complete

18 videos (Total 104 min), 10 readings, 2 quizzes

18 videos

01.01 - Welcome1m01.02 - Reactions to Steve Jobs' Vision for Apple1m01.03 - The Business Case for Visionary Leadership7m01.04 - How a Clear Vision Creates Energy2m01.05 - Why Do We Do What We Do?9m01.06 - How Starting with WHY is Essential2m01.07 - What Does Success Look Like?7m01.08 - How Must We Act to Ensure Success?13m01.09 - Does Jobs Answer the Three Questions?2m01.10 - Part 1: Visionary Language15m01.11 - Part 2: Visionary Language - Reflecting on Dead Poets Society3m01.12 - Part 3: Visionary Language - MLK Speech2m01.13 - Developing a Vision for Your Team1m01.14 - Verbals and Non-Verbals7m01.15 - Part 2: Verbal and Non-Verbals9m01.16 - How to Design your Office to Reinforce your Vision2m01.17 - Learn to be Charismatic7m01.18 - Recap: Becoming a Visionary Leader4m

10 readings

Help us learn more about you!10mSteve Jobs Video, Part 12mIntroduction to Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations2mCourse Syllabus5mSteve Jobs Video, Part 27mMartin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream..." Speech10mSteve Ballmer Video3mMichigan Model of Leadership12mNotice for Auditing Learners: Assignment Submission10mUnit Lecture Slides

1 practice exercise

Strategies for visionary leadership30m

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Setting Effective Goals and Expectations

4 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 52 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

8 videos

02.01 - Goals and Performance6m02.02 - The Risks of Stretch Goals8m02.03 - SMART Goals5m02.04 - Limitations of SMART Goals12m02.05 - Making Goals Meaningful6m02.06 - Setting SMART and Meaningful Goals2m02.07 - Autonomy and Skill Variety5m02.08 - Recap: Setting Effective Goals5m

4 readings

Basketball Video2mHow Customers Can Rally Your Troops12mVideos for Mobile Users5mUnit Lecture Slides

1 practice exercise

Setting Effective Goals30m

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Understanding Human Needs and Drivers of Performance Across Cultures

2 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 98 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

12 videos

03.01 - Assessment: Drivers of Performance3m03.02 - Drivers of Performance and Motivation6m03.03 - The Business Case for Employee Management5m03.04 - Understanding Human Needs to Motivate People17m03.05 - Understanding People's Needs to Drive Motivation53s03.06 - Drivers of Satisfaction vs. Dissatisfaction6m03.07 - How to Diagnose if Someone is Satisfied or Dissatisfied at Work3m03.08 - Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivators16m03.09 - How to Create Meaning at Work13m03.10 - Exercise: Backward Mapping Values and Needs from Behavior4m03.11 - 4 Major Motivation Traps14m03.12 - Recap: Drivers of Performance5m

1 reading

Unit Lecture Slides

1 practice exercise

Motivation and Drivers of Performance30m

Week4

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Aligning Rewards and Behavior

4 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 72 min), 8 readings, 2 quizzes

12 videos

04.01 - Equity11m04.02 - The Folly of Rewarding A while Hoping for B7m04.03 - Types of Reinforcement14m04.04 - Managing by Fear2m04.05 - Schedules of Reinforcement9m04.06 - Functions of a Performance Appraisal4m04.07 - Challenges of a Performance Appraisal8m04.08 - Providing Critical Performance Feedback2m04.09 - Giving Critical Performance Feedback2m04.10 - Seeking Performance Feedback2m04.11 - Seeking Feedback and Performance Appraisals3m04.12 - Recap: Aligning Rewards with Behaviors2m

8 readings

Video for Mobile Users3mVideo for Mobile Users4mVideo for Mobile Users3mDitch Performance Reviews? How About Learn How to Do Them Well?”10mVideo for Mobile Users2mUnit Lecture SlidesPost-course Survey10mKeep Learning with Michigan Online10m

1 practice exercise

Aligning Rewards and Behaviors30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INSPIRING AND MOTIVATING INDIVIDUALS

by TDJun 20, 2017

Great course, but perhaps forewarn students of the feedback assignment in week 4 a little bit earlier - it took me nearly a month to get feedback from people on my team because we are pretty busy.

by SSAug 28, 2018

Excellent instructors with great video references. Lectures have strong content that is readily applicable and useful in my organization today. It is a great leadership development course.

by CDAug 12, 2017

This course is superb. The Leadership model from Michigan University is really applicable to reality, and I consider this course at the top of the leadership courses that I have done so far.

by VNJun 14, 2020

This is one of the best courses that I have seen so far. Every lecture is interesting and the way of teaching is another level. This course will help everyone to develop a personality.

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About the Leading People and Teams Specialization

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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