Sustaining Momentum: Motivating Through Vision, Culture, and Political Agility
Course ID: ILRSM514 Manage organizational culture to sustain momentum. Exercise political agility to ensure support for the agenda and to promote long-term growth. |
Description
Leaders need to provide the vision, exercise political agility, and establish the organizational culture necessary to keep their initiatives vital and moving forward. Proactive leaders must have the skills to keep the “soul” of their coalition alive and relevant to the needs of the organization.
This course is designed to help learners:
- Manage organizational culture to sustain momentum.
- Become politically agile in ensuring continued support for their agenda.
- Manage their coalition—and their agenda—for the long-term.
Who Should Enroll in This Course?
This course is essential for executives, managers, department heads, team leaders, and others working at all levels of organizations in virtually any industry sector who wish to become effective leaders for long-term results.Enrollment
To register, contact an Enrollment Counselor at info@ecornell.com or 1-866-326-7635 (+1-607-330-3200 from outside the United States).Certificate programs are eligible for eCornell Payment Plans. Discounts are available for military personnel, veterans, and Cornell University Alumni. eCornell programs are not eligible for financial aid or federal Pell Grants. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.
March 7, 2012
March 28, 2012
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Certificate Information
This course can be applied toward the following certificates:CEUs
HRCI Recertification
Project Management Institute Professional Development Units
This course qualifies for 7.25 Professional Development Units (PDUs) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) for Professional Project Managers (PMPs) seeking ongoing education and professional development for continuing certification. eCornell is a Global Registered Education Provider of PMI. PDUs are designated as Category 3.
Additional Information
Course Format
eCornell takes a problem-based approach to learning, and our courses are built around realistic case studies and scenarios. All courses are self-paced, and are facilitated by an eCornell instructor, who leads the online discussions and is available to answer any questions about the course content.
This course contains the following modules:
- Cultural Momentum
- Creating a problem-solving culture
- Developing the collective while supporting the individual
- Celebrating results without "worshiping idols"
- Political Momentum
- Keep the coalition mindset alive
- Don’t feed the Trojan horse
- Beware of counter-coalitions
- Proactive Leadership
- Putting your agenda together, from idea to implementation
- Planning your next agenda and leveraging current success.
Benefits to the Learner
After completing this course, participants will be able to:- Create a culture of motivation that helps people learn and problem-solve while providing opportunities for affiliation and re-affirmation
- Become politically agile: anticipate conflict and continuously mobilize support to ensure that their agenda remains vital
- Build on current success and plan their next agenda
- Focus on the big picture - from acting on an idea to implementing for long-term results - in their organization
Authoring Faculty
Samuel B. Bacharach, Ph.D., McKelvey-Grant ProfessorSponsoring School
Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor RelationsTotal Learning Time
Approximately six hours over a period of two weeks.You May Be Interested In...
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- Student Testimonial,
"The course provided very clear examples regarding the importance of community, preventing the collective performance to overshadow individual performance, and the significance of groupthink."
Sustaining Momemtum: Motivating Through Vision, Culture, and Political Agility - Student Testimonial,
"Although I have been in a management position for over 10 years, I am still learning many tools and techniques from this course."
Sustaining Momemtum: Motivating Through Vision, Culture, and Political Agility - Student Testimonial ,
"This is to express my gratitude for the wonderful learning in the eCornell course - Sustaining Momentum: Motivating Through Vision, Vulture and Political Agility. I am fired up to continue challenging myself to be a better leader.
Having come up the ranks over 15 years in the company, I can appreciate the value of the leadership “map” you’ve articulated and the skills needed to mobilize people to get things done. It has been a very valuable reminder of the leadership skills I need to continue to hone."Sustaining Momentum: Motivating Through Vision, Culture, and Political Agility
