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Make Continuous Improvements with Retrospective Maps in Miro
By the end of this project, you will be able to lead and document a project retrospective to explore lessons learned and identify areas for continuous improvements. To do this, you will gain hands-on experience working in the Miro online visual collaboration platform for teamwork while you identify key players and questions that are likely to produce insights leading to work process and outcome improvements. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
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3 hours
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English

Enhance User Interface Design with Mood Boards in Miro
By the end of this project, you will be able to create a mood board that can be leveraged to enhance user interface design. To do this, you will gain hands-on experience applying design thinking, user interface knowledge, and context from each step of the customer journey to create a mood board in the Miro online visual collaboration platform for teamwork. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
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4 hours
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English

Organizational Leadership
Equip yourself to successfully lead organizations through clarity of purpose and effective collaboration — by building and motivating teams; designing and delivering powerful stories; developing strategies to appropriately influence; understanding underlying customer analytics and applying innovative approaches to deliver impact. How do aspiring managers succeed in an ever-changing business environment? How do they lead different groups to action?
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Leading: Human Resource Management and Leadership
Become an adaptable leader, ready to face the challenges of the disrupted workplace. This Specialization will equip you with the skills to lead and navigate the ever-changing global environment we now work in.
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Generate a User Experience (UX) Onboarding Map in Miro
By the end of this project, you will be able to generate a user experience onboarding map to visualize the complete entry process that a user has at the start of their relationship with a brand so that an organization can grow longevity by ensuring that they get off on the right foot with users.
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2 hours
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English

Nützliches Feedback geben (Giving Helpful Feedback)
Dieser Kurs vermittelt Ihnen die einfachen Prinzipien, mit denen Führungskräfte die Leistung ihrer Mitarbeiter verbessern und sie gleichzeitig motivieren. Von jetzt an müssen Sie Situationen, in denen Sie Ihren Mitarbeitern „unangenehme Nachrichten“ überbringen, nicht mehr meiden. Wir zeigen Ihnen sieben Methoden, mit deren Hilfe Ihre Mitarbeiter weder eine Abwehrhaltung einnehmen noch Angst bekommen. Als Führungskraft oder jemand, der gerne eine sein möchte, lernen Sie auch speziell, was Feedback ist und warum negatives Feedback schwerer wiegt als positives Feedback.
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Richard Schechner's Introduction to Performance Studies
Performance Studies: An Introduction explores the wide world of performance--from theatre, dance, and music to ritual, play, political campaigns, social media, and the performances of everyday life. Performance studies also ranges across cultures--Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Americas. And it spans historical periods from the art of the paleolithic caves to YouTube and the avantgarde. This course is devised by Richard Schechner, one of the pioneers of performance studies, in dialogue with more than a dozen expert scholars and artists.
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25 hours
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English

Giving Helpful Feedback
This course teaches you the simple principles expert managers use to improve and motivate employee performance. You’ll never have to avoid telling an employee “the truth” again, because the seven techniques we teach will not make employees defensive or afraid. As a manager, or someone who would like to be a manager, you’ll also learn specifically what feedback is, how negative feedback is weighed more heavily than positive, and how positive feedback can super-charge behaviors such as creativity and teamwork. Giving feedback is a skill which develops over time.
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5 hours
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English

Teamwork Skills: Communicating Effectively in Groups
Recently revised and updated! Effective teamwork and group communication are essential for your professional and personal success. In this course you will learn to: make better decisions, be more creative and innovative, manage conflict and work with difficult group members, negotiate for preferred outcomes, improve group communication in virtual environments, develop a better overall understanding of human interaction, and work more effectively as a team.
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11 hours
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English

High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation
Are leaders born or made? Learn the essential skills to develop and expand your leadership repertoire, design teams for collaboration, and craft win-win negotiation strategies. High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation focuses on leadership, teamwork, and negotiation. Students will engage in self-assessments to analyze their leadership style, develop team charters to optimize their groups, and develop a game plan for effective negotiation. Recurring course sessions repeat every 2 weeks on Monday with an enrollment period of 5 days.
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14 hours
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Introduction to Game Design
This course introduces the fundamentals of video games and delves into the intricate art of game design, exploring concepts from generating original game ideas to crafting comprehensive design documents. Throughout the modules, learners will discover the iterative process of game development, emphasizing teamwork and reflection as essential components of creating compelling interactive experiences. This course is for learners of any experience level who want an introductory understanding of the video game industry.
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6 hours
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English

Leading Teams: Building Effective Team Cultures
In this foundational course, you will immerse yourself in the idea of building effective team cultures. You will explore different facets of team culture that are at the root of effective teams. You'll learn more about cultures of safety, engagement, and growth, so that you can lead your teams toward cultures that facilitate the most effective teamwork. This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM.
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13 hours
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English

Leading Teams
In this course, you will learn how to build your team, improve teamwork and collaboration, and sustain team performance through continuous learning and improvement. Specifically, you will learn best practices for composing a team and aligning individual and team goals. You will also learn how to establish roles, build structures, and manage decision making so that your team excels. This course will also help you manage critical team processes such as conflict resolution and building trust that have a profound impact on your team’s performance.
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11 hours
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English