Inspiring and Motivating Individuals

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Inspiring and Motivating Individuals

This course is part of Leading People and Teams Specialization

Instructor: Maxim Sytch, Ph.D.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Learn how to create a shared vision for your team and effectively communicate it to your teammates.
Set effective goals and expectations. Understand the most important needs and drivers of performance across cultures.

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There are 5 modules in this course

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.

Every team needs a vision consisting of a shared purpose, core values and stretch goals. As a team leader, it is your responsibility to to create and communicate this vision. In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of "visionary leadership" and begin to think about how to create a vision of your own and communicate it to others.

What's included

12 videos7 readings2 discussion prompts

12 videosTotal 49 minutes

Welcome2 minutes
Reactions to Steve Jobs' Vision for Apple2 minutes
The Business Case for Visionary Leadership8 minutes
How a Clear Vision Creates Energy2 minutes
Vision in Words and Actions3 minutes
Why Do We Do What We Do?6 minutes
Menlo: Starting with WHY2 minutes
What Does Success Look Like?8 minutes
How Must We Act to Ensure Success? Part 17 minutes
How Must We Act to Ensure Success? Part 27 minutes
Does Jobs Answer the Three Questions? Part 11 minute
Does Jobs Answer the Three Questions? Part 21 minute

7 readingsTotal 36 minutes

Steve Jobs: Get Much Simpler, Be Really Clear2 minutes
Introduction to Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations2 minutes
Meet Your Instructors5 minutes
Course Syllabus5 minutes
Help us learn more about you!10 minutes
Previewing the Three Questions for Visionary Leadership5 minutes
Watch: Part 2 of the Steve Jobs Video7 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

Your Reaction to Steve Jobs' Vision for Apple10 minutes
Reflecting on Steve Jobs' Conversation10 minutes

In this module, you will continue your thinking around how to communicate your developing leadership vision. You will different things to take into account when communicating your vision, including both verbal and non-verbal considerations.

What's included

10 videos4 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 55 minutes

Visionary Language7 minutes
Watch: Dead Poets Society Clip8 minutes
Visionary Language - Dead Poets Society4 minutes
Visionary Language - MLK Speech3 minutes
Developing a Vision for Your Team2 minutes
Verbals and Non-Verbals, Part 18 minutes
Verbal and Non-Verbals, Part 29 minutes
Menlo: How to Design your Office to Reinforce your Vision2 minutes
Learn to be Charismatic8 minutes
Recap: Becoming a Visionary Leader5 minutes

4 readingsTotal 35 minutes

Previewing Ways to Communicate a Vision10 minutes
Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream..." Speech10 minutes
Leveraging Nonverbal Factors: Steve Ballmer Examples3 minutes
Michigan Model of Leadership12 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 75 minutes

Draft a Vision for Your Team30 minutes
Review of Key Concepts15 minutes
Strategies for Visionary Leadership 30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Analyzing Charlie Chaplin10 minutes

As a leader, one of your most important roles is to set clear goals and expectations. In this module, you will learn what makes for an effective goal, how to make goals meaningful and motivating, and the risks of setting goals that are too challenging or too specific.

What's included

11 videos7 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

11 videosTotal 52 minutes

Goals and Performance6 minutes
The Risks of Stretch Goals9 minutes
SMART Goals5 minutes
Limitations of SMART Goals, Part 17 minutes
Limitations of SMART Goals, Part 25 minutes
Making Goals Meaningful7 minutes
Menlo: Setting SMART and Meaningful Goals3 minutes
Autonomy and Skill Variety, Part 11 minute
Autonomy and Skill Variety, Part 20 minutes
Autonomy and Skill Variety, Part 34 minutes
Recap: Setting Effective Goals5 minutes

7 readingsTotal 44 minutes

Understanding Goals0 minutes
Previewing SMART Goals2 minutes
Basketball Video5 minutes
How Customers Can Rally Your Troops12 minutes
Watch: I Love Lucy Video5 minutes
Watch: Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Video10 minutes
Preview of SMART Goals Conclusion10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Setting Effective Goals 30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Setting SMART Goals120 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 15 minutes

Draft a SMART Goal15 minutes

To lead people, you must understand what motivates people to take action and contribute to the team. In this module, you will learn the fundamental needs that drive human behavior, and learn how to leverage these needs to enhance motivation in your team.

What's included

17 videos4 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

17 videosTotal 98 minutes

Assessment: Drivers of Performance4 minutes
Drivers of Performance and Motivation6 minutes
The Business Case for Employee Management5 minutes
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs5 minutes
The Herman Miller Case3 minutes
Are Needs Universal Around the World?5 minutes
Do Values Differ Between Generations?5 minutes
Menlo: Understanding People's Needs to Drive Motivation1 minute
Drivers of Satisfaction vs. Dissatisfaction6 minutes
Menlo: How to Diagnose if Someone is Satisfied or Dissatisfied at Work4 minutes
Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivators, Part 18 minutes
Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivators, Part 29 minutes
How to Create Meaning at Work14 minutes
Exercise: Backward Mapping Values and Needs from Behavior4 minutes
Major Motivation Traps: 1 & 29 minutes
Major Motivation Traps: 3 & 45 minutes
Recap: Drivers of Performance6 minutes

4 readingsTotal 19 minutes

Previewing the Drivers of Performance at Work2 minutes
Previewing Needs and Motivation Theories at Work2 minutes
Previewing the Backward Mapping Exercise10 minutes
4 Major Motivation Traps5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Motivation and Drivers of Performance30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

How Motivated is Your Team?15 minutes
Navigating Cultural and Generational Differences in Motivation at Work15 minutes

One of the most common problems in organizations is that rewards are not aligned with desired behavior. Another common problem is ineffective feedback on performance. In this module, you will learn how to align rewards with behavior and deliver effective feedback to drive performance in your team.

What's included

15 videos8 readings2 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

15 videosTotal 72 minutes

Equity, Part 12 minutes
Equity, Part 210 minutes
The Folly of Rewarding A while Hoping for B8 minutes
Types of Reinforcement15 minutes
Menlo: Managing by Fear3 minutes
Schedules of Reinforcement, Part 12 minutes
Schedules of Reinforcement, Part 27 minutes
Functions of a Performance Appraisal, Part 12 minutes
Functions of a Performance Appraisal, Part 23 minutes
Challenges of a Performance Appraisal9 minutes
Providing Critical Performance Feedback2 minutes
Menlo: Giving Critical Performance Feedback3 minutes
Seeking Performance Feedback2 minutes
Menlo: Seeking Feedback and Performance Appraisals3 minutes
Recap: Aligning Rewards with Behaviors3 minutes

8 readingsTotal 39 minutes

Previewing Using Rewards and Feedback to Drive Behavior5 minutes
Watch: Capuchin Monkeys Video3 minutes
Example: Paying to Extinction4 minutes
Example: Awkward Performance Review3 minutes
Ditch Performance Reviews?10 minutes
Accenture CEO on Why He's Ending Annual Performance Reviews2 minutes
Post-Course Survey10 minutes
Keep Learning with Michigan Online2 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 45 minutes

Review of Key Concepts15 minutes
Aligning Rewards and Behaviors30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Seeking Feedback on Your Leadership120 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Addressing a Folly A/B Issue in Your Team10 minutes

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University of Michigan

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