Leading People and Teams Course - University of Michigan

Learn how to be a successful leader and increase your team performance in the workplace with proven management techniques.

Understand how to develop good leadership skills alongside experts at Michigan

Do you want to motivate your team to work towards the same shared goals? Are you looking to be an inspirational leader?

On this ExpertTrack, you’ll learn essential leadership skills to create a collaborative team that you can guide to successfully achieve your shared vision.

You’ll learn alongside leadership specialists at Michigan University, as well as from exceptional leaders including Jeff Brodsky, Global Head of HR for Morgan Stanley, and John Beilein, Head Coach of the University of Michigan Men’s Basketball Team.

These experts will work with you to help you apply their insights to your teams and leadership, with the opportunity to take part in a series of practical leadership assignments.

Understand how to motivate people

You’ll learn how to create shared visions for your team and how to effectively communicate it with your teammates to inspire and motivate them to achieve objectives.

Learn influencing tactics

As you work towards becoming an influential leader, you’ll discover tried and tested strategies to build, grow, and maintain your power in the workplace.

By building these influencing skills, you’ll become a more successful team leader and decision-maker.

Deliver effective teamwork

This course series will also show you the importance of teamwork and how you can build a collaborative team to enhance performance.

You’ll learn how to monitor your team’s achievements, resolve conflict in the workplace, and build managerial skills to increase cooperation in the team.

Understand talent management

As well as exploring the best practices for successfully selecting, recruiting, and onboarding talent in your team and organisation, you’ll discover tools to effectively manage and develop talent in your teams to help contribute to the future success of the business.

Apply your knowledge to a capstone project

Once you have successfully completed all four courses, you will learn how to put your skills into practice with a capstone project.

This project is an important milestone in your development as a team leader and will help you adapt your new skills to the workplace.

By the end of this ExpertTrack, you’ll have the tools and confidence to lead people and teams effectively, as well as the knowledge of how to put your new leadership skills into practice in the workplace.

ExpertTrack course overview

• Inspiring and Motivating Individuals
  Learn essential leadership skills and motivate your teammates to collaborate and achieve shared goals in the workplace.
• Managing Talent
  Enhance your leadership skills and learn how to effectively select, onboard, manage, and develop talent in your teams.
• Influencing People
  Understand the strategies you can use to become a more confident and influential leader, presenter, and decision-maker.
• Leading Teams
  Learn how to enhance your team performance and increase your skills as a team leader with this course from Michigan University.
• Leading People and Teams Capstone
  This capstone project will help cement your knowledge after you’ve successfully completed the four courses of leadership training.

How ExpertTracks work

Join an ExpertTrack to master new skills in your chosen specialist area. Work through a series of topic-focused courses at your own pace, and pass the final assessment to earn a digital certificate award that proves your expertise.

World-class learning with

University of Michigan

As the #1 public research university in the United States, U-M has been a leader in research, learning, and teaching for more than 200 years, with 102 Grad programs in the top 10 — U.S. News & World Report (2019).

Start learning today - free 7-day trial

After your free trial you can:

• Pay $39 per month to keep learning online
• Have complete control over your subscription; you can cancel any time
• Work at your own pace and set your own deadlines at every stage
• Only pay while you’re learning; the subscription will cancel automatically when you finish
• Complete online assessments to test your knowledge and prove your skills
• Earn digital course certificates and a final award that you can share online, with potential employers, and your professional network
• Keep access to the content of courses you complete even after your subscription ends

Key skills you will learn

• Leadership
• Leadership skills
• Motivational skills
• Teamwork
• Managing talent
• Onboarding