High-performing teams are powered by excellent collaboration and communication. Leaders provide value by fostering team cohesion and motivation. In this course, you’ll learn how to help your team achieve peak performance by aligning around shared goals, creating psychological safety, achieving results without burnout, and supporting healthy conflict resolution. You’ll learn strategies to measure team performance and to handle team changes successfully. You’ll also develop the skills to help globally diverse teams work well together and navigate cultural and linguistic challenges. By honing your ability to cultivate positive team dynamics, you’ll be able to help your team excel.
Cultivate Teamwork and Collaboration
Cultivate Teamwork and Collaboration
This course is part of Build High-Performing Teams Specialization
Instructor: Harvard Business Review
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Intermediate level
Some related experience required
2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Build a strong team, encourage collaboration, and increase productivity without causing burnout
Encourage healthy communication and feedback, build trust, and help your team debate and disagree productively
Support your team through transitions, set motivating goals, and foster accountability
Develop cultural intelligence, communicate across cultures, minimize language barriers, and manage the challenges faced by globally dispersed teams
Skills you'll gain
- Productivity
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Drive Engagement
- Team Leadership
- Cultural Responsiveness
- Conflict Management
- Communication Strategies
- Meeting Facilitation
- Collaboration
- Cultural Diversity
- Team Management
- Team Performance Management
- Team Building
- Intercultural Competence
- Safety Culture
- Team Motivation
- Virtual Teams
- Teamwork
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Organizations are powered by teams: groups of people with a shared identity, complementary skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively. As a leader, you can create immense value by knowing how to build and lead teams in ways that maximize their creativity and performance.
What's included
11 videos45 readings1 assignment
In today’s connected world, learning how to collaborate across cultures and languages is more essential than ever. Cultivate your cultural intelligence and build trust between global team members by establishing shared purpose and developing strategies to get back on track if misalignments occur.
What's included
13 videos31 readings1 assignment
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