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Team Leader
New managers or future team leads.
Motivating and growing a team, leadership styles, influence and negotiation, then organisational design and organisational behaviour.
249hours of coursework
25weeks at 10 h
4steps
18courses
4universities
Target skills
LeadershipTeam LeadershipOrganizational LeadershipTeamworkTeam Performance ManagementTeam BuildingTeam MotivationInfluencingTeam ManagementPersuasive CommunicationPerformance AppraisalEmployee Performance Management
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Team leader
- Department head
- Team manager
Progression
- 1University of MichiganBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Inspiring and Motivating Individuals Beginner 17 h 4.8 (6,079) Managing Talent Beginner 14 h 4.6 (2,825) Influencing People Beginner 12 h 4.8 (4,292) Leading Teams Beginner 11 h 4.8 (2,428) Leading People and Teams Capstone Intermediate 2 h 4.8 (601) - 2University of HuddersfieldBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Leadership Foundations & Personal Development Beginner 12 h — Advanced Leadership Skills & Communication Beginner 18 h — Leadership in Practice & Team Management Beginner 12 h — - 3Northwestern UniversityIntermediate
Stated prerequisites: Some related experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation Beginner 14 h 4.8 (3,536) Leadership Communication for Maximum Impact: Storytelling — 5 h 4.5 (1,373) Leadership Through Social Influence — 4 h 4.7 (1,387) Leadership Through Marketing — 9 h 4.6 (474) Leadership Through Design Innovation — 14 h 4.2 (342) Organizational Leadership Capstone Beginner 4 h 4.7 (114) - 4Macquarie UniversityIntermediate
Stated prerequisites: Some related experience
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Organisational design: Know your organisation Beginner 20 h 4.9 (1,789) Organisational behaviour: Know your people Beginner 19 h 4.8 (1,548) Adapt your leadership style Beginner 32 h 4.8 (1,032) Visionary leadership, identity & motivation: Become a meaning maker Beginner 30 h 4.9 (881)
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Projects to build
Negotiation
Prepare and role-play a resource negotiation between two teams, then debrief it.
Team diagnosis
Analyse how a real team works and propose three concrete actions.