High-performing teams are powered by excellent collaboration and communication. Leaders provide value by fostering team cohesion and motivation. In this course, you’ll learn how to help your team achieve peak performance by aligning around shared goals, creating psychological safety, achieving results without burnout, and supporting healthy conflict resolution. You’ll learn strategies to measure team performance and to handle team changes successfully. You’ll also develop the skills to help globally diverse teams work well together and navigate cultural and linguistic challenges. By honing your ability to cultivate positive team dynamics, you’ll be able to help your team excel.
Cultivate Teamwork and Collaboration
Cultivate Teamwork and Collaboration
This course is part of Build High-Performing Teams Specialization
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Intermediate level
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2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
Build a strong team, encourage collaboration, and increase productivity without causing burnout
Encourage healthy communication and feedback, build trust, and help your team debate and disagree productively
Support your team through transitions, set motivating goals, and foster accountability
Develop cultural intelligence, communicate across cultures, minimize language barriers, and manage the challenges faced by globally dispersed teams
Skills you'll gain
- Team Motivation
- Team Leadership
- Cultural Diversity
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Productivity
- Meeting Facilitation
- Communication Strategies
- Intercultural Competence
- Team Performance Management
- Team Management
- Teamwork
- Safety Culture
- Conflict Management
- Collaboration
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Drive Engagement
- Team Building
- Virtual Teams
- Cultural Responsiveness
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October 2025
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Organizations are powered by teams: groups of people with a shared identity, complementary skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively. As a leader, you can create immense value by knowing how to build and lead teams in ways that maximize their creativity and performance.
What's included
11 videos45 readings1 assignment
In today’s connected world, learning how to collaborate across cultures and languages is more essential than ever. Cultivate your cultural intelligence and build trust between global team members by establishing shared purpose and developing strategies to get back on track if misalignments occur.
What's included
13 videos31 readings1 assignment
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2 assignments
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