e.g. This is primarily aimed at first- and second-year undergraduates interested in engineering or science, along with high school students and professionals with an interest in programming.Lead high-performing teams by designing the systems that make execution consistent, fast, and scalable. In this course, you’ll learn how strong managers translate company goals into clear team outcomes, define success signals, and build alignment around what “good” looks like. You’ll practice outcome mapping and metrics trees to connect daily work to measurable results, assign ownership without creating blame, and diagnose gaps when outcomes or measurement are unclear.

High-Performance Team Leadership: Lead Teams That Deliver

High-Performance Team Leadership: Lead Teams That Deliver
This course is part of High Performance Team Leadership For Modern Teams Specialization

Instructor: Evan Kimbrell
Access provided by ExxonMobil
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
Recommended experience
2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Define team purpose, outcomes, and success metrics that align work to real impact.
Build metrics trees and assign ownership to track what matters and close gaps fast.
Clarify roles, handoffs, and decision rights using RACI/DACI, DoR/DoD, and SOPs
Skills you'll gain
- Business Metrics
- Team Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Goal Setting
- Document Management
- Leadership
- Performance Management
- Process Improvement
- Workflow Management
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Team Management
- Operational Efficiency
- Decision Making
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Team Performance Management
- Prioritization
- Performance Measurement
- Accountability
- Operational Excellence
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Assessments
8 assignments
Taught in English
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