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Building & Leading Effective Teams

Empower your leaders with the skills to maximize the innovative potential of diverse teams.

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Course Duration

3 weeks

Time Commitment

15 hours
(5 hours/week)

Certification

Columbia Business School Certificate of Completion

About the Course

Building and Leading Effective Teams, a 3-week leadership development program, will deliver participants with the skills and tools needed to maximize the innovative potential of diverse teams to generate high-quality decisions, and to gain support for those decisions from key stakeholders who possess unique agendas and interests.

Course Overview

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Who Should Attend

  • Mid-level & Team Leaders
  • Managers
  • Directors
  • Vice Presidents

Course Structure

  • 3 week duration, 15 hours to complete requirements
  • 4 hours of on-demand, HD lectures
  • Professor interactions, group learning, and optional coaching sessions
  • Facilitated intra-company team meetings
  • Final project, which integrates weekly activities

Key Takeaways

  • Understand your behavioral style and those of your team members to bring together teams with strengths aligned to your objectives
  • Identify the power dynamics in your organization and understand the interests and agendas of key stakeholders
  • Enlist persuasive techniques targeted to the needs and interests of key decision makers
  • Identify the key stages in team development and leverage behavioral strengths suited to the tactical needs of each stage

Upcoming Course Dates

  • April 20 – May 10
  • July 6 – July 26
  • October 12 – November 1

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Experienced Faculty

  • William (Bill) Klepper

    Academic Director of Executive Education and Adjunct Professor of Management at Columbia Business School

    William Klepper is the faculty director of Columbia Business School’s Executive Education Developing and Leading High Performance Teams program. He has worked on custom programs for a number of corporations, including AT&T, Chase, DuPont, and General Electric.

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Additional Information

  • How many hours per week am I expected to devote to the course?

    Our courses are designed for busy professionals. Participants are expected to spend 4-5 hours each week watching video lectures and completing assignments. There are also live online sessions most weeks, which last 1-1.5 hours each.

  • How long does the course last?

    Our leadership development courses last 3 weeks. Additionally, you will complete a short orientation prior to the official start of the program.

  • Will I receive a grade or university credit?

    Upon successfully completing the course, you will receive a certificate of completion from the sponsoring business school. ExecOnline provides non-degree programs for which no grades or university credits are provided.

  • Who takes ExecOnline courses?

    Our courses are designed for busy leaders—managers, directors, VPs, and C-suite—with the drive and desire to solve their organization’s critical business challenges. Our short, focused courses allow you to develop solutions for both near- and long-term challenges—without disrupting your day-to-day responsibilities.

  • Will I apply my learnings to real-world work objectives?

    Yes. You will develop a project of your choosing that addresses your organization’s critical business challenges. At the completion of the program, you will have produced an implementation-ready project, designed to make a fiscal and business impact.

  • Do you have an alumni program?

    Yes. You can stay connected to ExecOnline through our alumni group, which allows you to interact with peers to generate support and networking opportunities. While this program does not grant alumni benefits from the institution where you earned your certification, ExecOnline offers its own alumni program to foster ongoing engagement and connections.

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