Culture-Driven Team Building

Since March 2017, Andy Parker and I have been studying the Culture Driven Team Building specialisation from the University of Pennsylvania (delivered through Coursera). The specialisation is composed of 5 different month-long courses. I have published blogs containing detailed study notes for all these courses. This post collects links to all those blog posts in one place.

• Course 1: The Power of Team Culture
  • Why Culture Matters in Organizations
  • Corporations in Culture
  • Team Rituals and Symbols
  • Effecting Cultural Continuity and Change
• Course 2: Building High-Performing Teams
  • Setting Team Foundations
  • Diagnosing Team Problems
  • Coaching Emotionally Intelligent Teams
  • Managing Common Team Types
• Course 3: Optimising Diversity in Teams
  • Promoting Diversity in the Workplace
  • Team Diversity Basics
  • Managing Conflict
  • Diversity Case Study
• Course 4: Creating a Culture of Continuous Learning
  • Introduction to Framing and Systems Thinking
  • Diagnosing Strengths & Barriers to Learning on Teams
  • Developing Groups and Teams for Positive Organisational Impact
  • Fostering Innovation in Groups and Teams
• Course 5: Culture-Driven Team Building Capstone
  • Capstone: Introduction of Case
  • Capstone: Diagnosis of Organisation
  • Capstone: Candidate selection
  • Capstone: Final Recommendations