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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.
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
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12 videos•Total 49 minutes
Welcome•2 minutes
Reactions to Steve Jobs' Vision for Apple•2 minutes
The Business Case for Visionary Leadership•8 minutes
How a Clear Vision Creates Energy•2 minutes
Vision in Words and Actions•3 minutes
Why Do We Do What We Do?•6 minutes
Menlo: Starting with WHY•2 minutes
What Does Success Look Like?•8 minutes
How Must We Act to Ensure Success? Part 1•7 minutes
How Must We Act to Ensure Success? Part 2•7 minutes
Does Jobs Answer the Three Questions? Part 1•1 minute
Does Jobs Answer the Three Questions? Part 2•1 minute
7 readings•Total 36 minutes
Steve Jobs: Get Much Simpler, Be Really Clear•2 minutes
Introduction to Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations•2 minutes
Meet Your Instructors•5 minutes
Course Syllabus•5 minutes
Help us learn more about you!•10 minutes
Previewing the Three Questions for Visionary Leadership•5 minutes
Watch: Part 2 of the Steve Jobs Video•7 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
Your Reaction to Steve Jobs' Vision for Apple•10 minutes
Reflecting on Steve Jobs' Conversation•10 minutes
Creating and Communicating Your Vision
Module 2•3 hours to complete
Module details
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.
Menlo: How to Design your Office to Reinforce your Vision•2 minutes
Learn to be Charismatic•8 minutes
Recap: Becoming a Visionary Leader•5 minutes
4 readings•Total 35 minutes
Previewing Ways to Communicate a Vision•10 minutes
Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream..." Speech•10 minutes
Leveraging Nonverbal Factors: Steve Ballmer Examples•3 minutes
Michigan Model of Leadership•12 minutes
3 assignments•Total 75 minutes
Draft a Vision for Your Team•30 minutes
Review of Key Concepts•15 minutes
Strategies for Visionary Leadership •30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Analyzing Charlie Chaplin•10 minutes
Setting Effective Goals and Expectations
Module 3•4 hours to complete
Module details
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.
Menlo: Setting SMART and Meaningful Goals•3 minutes
Autonomy and Skill Variety, Part 1•1 minute
Autonomy and Skill Variety, Part 2•0 minutes
Autonomy and Skill Variety, Part 3•4 minutes
Recap: Setting Effective Goals•5 minutes
7 readings•Total 44 minutes
Understanding Goals•0 minutes
Previewing SMART Goals•2 minutes
Basketball Video•5 minutes
How Customers Can Rally Your Troops•12 minutes
Watch: I Love Lucy Video•5 minutes
Watch: Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Video•10 minutes
Preview of SMART Goals Conclusion•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Setting Effective Goals •30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Setting SMART Goals•120 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 15 minutes
Draft a SMART Goal•15 minutes
Understanding Human Needs and Drivers of Performance Across Cultures
Module 4•3 hours to complete
Module details
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.
The Business Case for Employee Management•5 minutes
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs•5 minutes
The Herman Miller Case•3 minutes
Are Needs Universal Around the World?•5 minutes
Do Values Differ Between Generations?•5 minutes
Menlo: Understanding People's Needs to Drive Motivation•1 minute
Drivers of Satisfaction vs. Dissatisfaction•6 minutes
Menlo: How to Diagnose if Someone is Satisfied or Dissatisfied at Work•4 minutes
Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivators, Part 1•8 minutes
Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivators, Part 2•9 minutes
How to Create Meaning at Work•14 minutes
Exercise: Backward Mapping Values and Needs from Behavior•4 minutes
Major Motivation Traps: 1 & 2•9 minutes
Major Motivation Traps: 3 & 4•5 minutes
Recap: Drivers of Performance•6 minutes
4 readings•Total 19 minutes
Previewing the Drivers of Performance at Work•2 minutes
Previewing Needs and Motivation Theories at Work•2 minutes
Previewing the Backward Mapping Exercise•10 minutes
4 Major Motivation Traps•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Motivation and Drivers of Performance•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
How Motivated is Your Team?•15 minutes
Navigating Cultural and Generational Differences in Motivation at Work•15 minutes
Aligning Rewards and Behavior
Module 5•5 hours to complete
Module details
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.
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