Drives Vision & Purpose

Leaders should strive to communicate vision with a sense of integrity, building trust as individuals and as leaders. This course provides a general introduction to vision communication, including its nature and its purpose. You will be guided through numerous techniques and methods for a leader to successfully communicate vision, such as personalizing and multiplying a clear message, communicating enthusiasm in an authentic way, and making the organization's vision the employees' own vision.

Leaders must execute the strategies they help create. Without execution, a strategy is just an idea. In this course, you'll learn how to build and lead an execution culture" that empowers employees to translate strategy into action."

A powerful vision, clearly articulated, motivates people to take action and drives business results. In this course, you'll learn how to create and communicate a realistic and actionable vision that inspires commitment from people.

Charting the future requires leaders to think strategically. Strategic thinking synthesizes information and ideas for competitive advantage and future success. In this course, you'll learn how to promote and apply strategic thinking.

A key challenge for managers is keeping employees motivated and productive during times of change. To survive and grow in volatile markets, organizations have to embrace change; they have to innovate and adapt. However, because change involves uncertainty, it's stressful, and it can evoke fear and resistance among employees – just at a time when an organization needs everyone to pull together and give their best efforts. In this course, you'll learn how to recognize and manage employee stress, as well as your own stress, during periods of change. You'll also learn about common reactions to change, and ways to motivate and support employees.

Motivation is what drives people to accomplish things. Without motivation, things simply would not get done. As a leader, your capacity for motivating plays a key element in the success of your organization. This course provides you with an understanding of why motivating strategies are important as a leader. It also provides you with practical techniques for encouraging motivation among employees in your organization.