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High Performance Team Leadership For Modern Teams Specialization

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High Performance Team Leadership For Modern Teams Specialization

High Performance Management For Modern Teams.

Lead modern teams with practical systems for execution, coaching, and retention

Evan Kimbrell

Instructor: Evan Kimbrell

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level

Recommended experience

3 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Design team operating systems with clear outcomes, metrics, roles, and ownership

  • Run meetings that drive decisions and follow through using agendas, facilitation, and decision logs

  • Coach and retain talent with clear standards, feedback, delegation, morale rituals, and stay interviews

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March 2026

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Specialization - 5 course series

What you'll learn

  • Define team purpose, outcomes, and success metrics that align work to real impact.

  • Build metrics trees and assign ownership to track what matters and close gaps fast.

  • Clarify roles, handoffs, and decision rights using RACI/DACI, DoR/DoD, and SOPs

Skills you'll gain

Category: Leadership
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Process Improvement
Category: Team Performance Management
Category: Performance Management
Category: Decision Making
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Standard Operating Procedure
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Operational Efficiency
Category: Prioritization
Category: Document Management
Category: Team Management
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Accountability

What you'll learn

  • Decide when to meet vs async, and write purpose + outcomes that make meetings worth the time.

  • Design agendas, pre-reads, roles, and cadence to run shorter meetings with clear decisions and action items

  • Facilitate inclusively in hybrid/remote settings using timeboxing, WIP limits, and RAPID decision roles

Skills you'll gain

Category: Taking Meeting Minutes
Category: Decision Making
Category: Planning
Category: Process Improvement
Category: Conflict Management
Category: Virtual Teams
Category: Business Communication
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Follow Through
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Accountability
Category: Meeting Facilitation
Category: Time Management
Category: Workplace inclusivity
Category: Brainstorming
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Collaboration

What you'll learn

  • Diagnose morale drivers and spot early warning signs (safety, trust, fairness, clarity) before issues escalate.

  • Build belonging with rituals and recognition that lands—fair, specific, and effective in hybrid/remote teams.

  • Redesign work for energy: job crafting, autonomy guardrails, and sustainable stretch assignments without burnout.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Recognizing Others
Category: Employee Retention
Category: Team Motivation
Category: Diversity and Inclusion
Category: Team Management
Category: Professional Development
Category: Drive Engagement
Category: Management Training And Development
Category: Team Building
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Team Performance Management
Category: Employee Engagement
Category: Telecommuting
Category: Virtual Teams

What you'll learn

  • Spot early attrition risk using behavioral signals, context clues, and lightweight team-health metrics.

  • Design sustainable workload and remove friction with practical manager moves (WIP limits, rotation, simplification).

  • Build career momentum with opportunities, sponsorship, and stay interviews—then turn insights into a retention playbook.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Team Leadership
Category: Employee Coaching
Category: Workforce Planning
Category: Team Performance Management
Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Team Building
Category: Employee Retention
Category: Talent Management
Category: People Management
Category: Employee Engagement
Category: Recognizing Others
Category: Dashboard
Category: Workforce Management
Category: Capacity Management
Category: Mentorship
Category: Succession Planning
Category: Professional Development

What you'll learn

  • Turn vague expectations into clear, observable performance standards and simple scorecards

  • Run coaching conversations using SBI/AID + feed-forward to drive behavior change.

  • Use delegation, IDPs, and mini-rubrics to build skills—and manage highs, medians, and lows fairly.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Coaching
Category: Mentorship
Category: Performance Management
Category: Employee Coaching
Category: Performance Review
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Training and Development
Category: People Development
Category: Delegation Skills
Category: Employee Performance Management
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Constructive Feedback

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Instructor

Evan Kimbrell
PracticalGrowth
9 Courses 39 learners

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