Inspiring and Motivating Individuals

  • 4.8
Approx. 12 hours to complete

Course Summary

Learn how to motivate people and teams with this course. Discover how to create a positive work environment, build trust, and foster collaboration in order to achieve common goals.

Key Learning Points

  • Develop the skills to motivate individuals and teams to perform at their best
  • Learn how to create a positive work environment
  • Understand how to build trust and foster collaboration

Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have

  • Human Resources Manager
    • USA: $70,000 - $120,000
    • India: ₹800,000 - ₹2,000,000
    • Spain: €30,000 - €60,000
  • Team Leader
    • USA: $50,000 - $90,000
    • India: ₹500,000 - ₹1,500,000
    • Spain: €20,000 - €40,000
  • Project Manager
    • USA: $80,000 - $150,000
    • India: ₹1,000,000 - ₹3,000,000
    • Spain: €35,000 - €70,000

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Learning Outcomes

  • Develop the ability to motivate individuals and teams to achieve common goals
  • Create a positive work environment that fosters collaboration and trust
  • Build effective teams that are able to perform at their best

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

  • No prior experience required
  • Basic understanding of team dynamics

Course Difficulty Level

Beginner

Course Format

  • Online self-paced course
  • Video lectures
  • Quizzes and assignments

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Description

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.

Outline

  • Becoming a Visionary Leader
  • 01.01 - Welcome
  • 01.02 - Reactions to Steve Jobs' Vision for Apple
  • 01.03 - The Business Case for Visionary Leadership
  • 01.04 - How a Clear Vision Creates Energy
  • 01.05 - Why Do We Do What We Do?
  • 01.06 - How Starting with WHY is Essential
  • 01.07 - What Does Success Look Like?
  • 01.08 - How Must We Act to Ensure Success?
  • 01.09 - Does Jobs Answer the Three Questions?
  • 01.10 - Part 1: Visionary Language
  • 01.11 - Part 2: Visionary Language - Reflecting on Dead Poets Society
  • 01.12 - Part 3: Visionary Language - MLK Speech
  • 01.13 - Developing a Vision for Your Team
  • 01.14 - Verbals and Non-Verbals
  • 01.15 - Part 2: Verbal and Non-Verbals
  • 01.16 - How to Design your Office to Reinforce your Vision
  • 01.17 - Learn to be Charismatic
  • 01.18 - Recap: Becoming a Visionary Leader
  • Help us learn more about you!
  • Steve Jobs Video, Part 1
  • Introduction to Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations
  • Steve Jobs Video, Part 2
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream..." Speech
  • Steve Ballmer Video
  • Michigan Model of Leadership
  • Notice for Auditing Learners: Assignment Submission
  • Strategies for visionary leadership
  • Setting Effective Goals and Expectations
  • 02.01 - Goals and Performance
  • 02.02 - The Risks of Stretch Goals
  • 02.03 - SMART Goals
  • 02.04 - Limitations of SMART Goals
  • 02.05 - Making Goals Meaningful
  • 02.06 - Setting SMART and Meaningful Goals
  • 02.07 - Autonomy and Skill Variety
  • 02.08 - Recap: Setting Effective Goals
  • Basketball Video
  • How Customers Can Rally Your Troops
  • Videos for Mobile Users
  • Setting Effective Goals
  • Understanding Human Needs and Drivers of Performance Across Cultures
  • 03.01 - Assessment: Drivers of Performance
  • 03.02 - Drivers of Performance and Motivation
  • 03.03 - The Business Case for Employee Management
  • 03.04 - Understanding Human Needs to Motivate People
  • 03.05 - Understanding People's Needs to Drive Motivation
  • 03.06 - Drivers of Satisfaction vs. Dissatisfaction
  • 03.07 - How to Diagnose if Someone is Satisfied or Dissatisfied at Work
  • 03.08 - Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivators
  • 03.09 - How to Create Meaning at Work
  • 03.10 - Exercise: Backward Mapping Values and Needs from Behavior
  • 03.11 - 4 Major Motivation Traps
  • 03.12 - Recap: Drivers of Performance
  • Motivation and Drivers of Performance
  • Aligning Rewards and Behavior
  • 04.01 - Equity
  • 04.02 - The Folly of Rewarding A while Hoping for B
  • 04.03 - Types of Reinforcement
  • 04.04 - Managing by Fear
  • 04.05 - Schedules of Reinforcement
  • 04.06 - Functions of a Performance Appraisal
  • 04.07 - Challenges of a Performance Appraisal
  • 04.08 - Providing Critical Performance Feedback
  • 04.09 - Giving Critical Performance Feedback
  • 04.10 - Seeking Performance Feedback
  • 04.11 - Seeking Feedback and Performance Appraisals
  • 04.12 - Recap: Aligning Rewards with Behaviors
  • Video for Mobile Users
  • Video for Mobile Users
  • Video for Mobile Users
  • Ditch Performance Reviews? How About Learn How to Do Them Well?”
  • Video for Mobile Users
  • Post-course Survey
  • Keep Learning with Michigan Online
  • Aligning Rewards and Behaviors

Summary of User Reviews

Motivate People and Teams is a highly rated course that teaches valuable skills for motivating individuals and teams to achieve their goals. Many users praise the course for its practical applications and real-world examples. However, some users note that the course can be repetitive and may not provide enough depth on certain topics.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

Many users thought the real-world examples provided in the course were highly valuable.

Pros from User Reviews

  • Practical applications for motivating individuals and teams
  • Real-world examples that are highly valuable
  • Engaging and informative instructors

Cons from User Reviews

  • Some users feel the course can be repetitive
  • Not enough depth on certain topics
  • Limited interactivity with instructors
  • Lack of diversity in case studies
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Approx. 12 hours to complete
Scott DeRue, Ph.D., Maxim Sytch, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
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Scott DeRue, Ph.D.

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