Leading Teams
University of Michigan
  • Start Date: 01 Mar, 2021
  • 4 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Learn how to enhance your team performance and increase your skills as a team leader with this course from Michigan University.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Examine the importance of teamwork


Good teamwork is critical for any business. Most job roles involve cooperating with others towards a shared goal, which makes the ability to work as a team essential in meeting an organisation’s objectives.


This four-week course will equip you with the practical tools to build an effective and collaborative team, whilst also increasing your skills as a team leader.


Learn how to monitor team performance


In order to become a successful team leader and standout contributor in team settings, you’ll understand the valuable insights you can extract from your team.


You’ll learn skills to set up, run, evaluate, and continuously improve your team based on their performance.


Understand critical processes including team conflict resolution


A poorly designed team leads to communication breakdowns and motivation challenges. You’ll learn how to harness the productive potential of teams while mitigating the risks associated with teamwork.


You’ll discover the best practices for managing your team including effective conflict resolution tactics and building trust across the team to positively impact your team’s performance.


Learn with leadership experts at the Michigan University


Learning alongside the team-leading specialists at Michigan University, you’ll build your leadership skills and know how to deliver a collaborative and high-performing team in the workplace.


By the end of this course, you’ll know how to establish roles, build effective structures, and manage decisions so that your team excels in working towards common goals.


This course is designed for anyone who wants to learn more about teamwork and collaboration, and how to sustain it in the workplace. You’ll learn best practices on how to manage critical teams.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

University of Michigan

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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