What makes a team truly successful? It’s not just about assigning tasks—it’s about building a team that collaborates deeply, adapts quickly, and trusts each other to do the work.
This learning pathway equips managers to design teams that are productive, engaged, and aligned with company goals. They will learn actionable strategies for connecting with teams, whether in-office, remote, or hybrid.
Collaboration doesn’t happen by accident; it’s cultivated through small, intentional actions. Managers will learn skills to develop an environment where employees feel empowered to contribute and innovate. By building psychological safety and embracing diverse perspectives, managers can lead teams that solve problems creatively and push boundaries. These skills not only enhance team performance but also actively increase employee retention and engagement.
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Pathway Quick Facts:
- Target Audience: Manager
- Number of Courses: 32
- Downloadable Handouts: 29
- Total Seat Time: 200 minutes
- Training Timeframe: This is an 6-week leadership program focused on 30 minutes of training per week, and 3 hours of total facilitated practice.
Performance Outcomes:
- Demonstrates awareness of team members’ personal and professional challenges.
- Identifies team members’ strengths and assigns roles/tasks accordingly.
- Can clearly articulate team objectives and align tasks with organizational goals.
- Builds strategies to address gaps in team dynamics or performance.
- Provides specific, actionable, and constructive feedback during regular one-on-ones.
- Demonstrates empathy and self-awareness, using emotional insight to build stronger relationships and resolve conflicts.
- Effectively leads remote or hybrid teams by maintaining engagement, communication, and accountability.
- Encourages creativity and problem-solving within the team by supporting experimentation and valuing diverse perspectives.
- Adjusts leadership style to meet the needs of the team and changing business environments.
| # | Skills | Course Title | Minutes |
| Section 1: Getting Ready to Lead Your Team | 32 | ||
| 1 | Team Building | Leadership Skills of the Future | 4 |
| 2 | Talent Development | Prioritize Career Development of Team Members | 7 |
| 3 | Collaboration | Build Cross-Functional Collaborations | 7 |
| 4 | Team Building | Clearing Obstacles to Growth | 7 |
| 5 | Talent Development | Give Assignments That Improve Perspective | 7 |
| Section 2: Discovering Strengths for Task Alignment | 29 | ||
| 6 | Strategic Thinking | What ARE Executive Skills Anyway? | 5 |
| 7 | Management | Executive Skills on the Job | 5 |
| 8 | Team Building | Working with Executive Skills of Others | 5 |
| 9 | Management | Use Executive Skills to Combat System Overload | 5 |
| 10 | Team Building | Change the Task, Not the Person | 5 |
| 11 | Goal Setting | Choose Learning Goals, Not Performance Goals | 4 |
| Section 3: The Foundations of Team Collaboration | 46 | ||
| 12 | Team Building | Small Acts of Team Engagement: Grant Autonomy and Trust | 4 |
| 13 | Team Building | Is your leadership sparking creativity or stifling it? | 5 |
| 14 | Team Building | Are you empowering your team or just micromanaging them? | 5 |
| 15 | Team Building | Do your team members have each other’s backs? | 5 |
| 16 | Team Building | Can embracing failure be your team’s secret to success? | 5 |
| 17 | Team Building | The Art of Constructive Feedback | 5 |
| 18 | Conflict Resolution | The No A-hole Rule of Team Building | 5 |
| 19 | Emotional Intelligence | Exceptional Teams Create Psychological Safety | 5 |
| 20 | Emotional Intelligence | You Can Be a Positive Force in a Toxic Workplace | 7 |
| Section 4: Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams Effectively | 61 | ||
| 21 | Hybrid Team | How to Design and Launch Your Hybrid Team | 7 |
| 22 | Hybrid Team | Hiring and Onboarding for Virtual Teams | 7 |
| 23 | Hybrid Team | Making Hybrid Work Fair for Everyone | 7 |
| 24 | Hybrid Team | Track Your Hybrid Team on What’s Working and What’s Not | 7 |
| 25 | Hybrid Team | Building and Maintaining Trust on Hybrid Teams | 7 |
| 26 | Hybrid Team | Tips for Helping Hybrid Teams Thrive | 7 |
| 27 | Remote Work, Communication | Mastering the Art of Remote Upward Management | 3 |
| 28 | Remote Work, Communication | Building Meaningful Relationships in Remote Work | 3 |
| 29 | Hybrid Team | Manage Outcomes, Not Time | 7 |
| 30 | Remote Work, Communication | Mastering Communication in Virtual Teams | 3 |
| 31 | Remote Work, Resilience | Mental Resilience for Remote Workers | 3 |
| Section 5: Create Long-Term Team Goals | 30 | ||
| 32 | Goal Setting, Talent Development | How do I create SMARTer goals and projects for my team? | 30 |
