The Four Critical Elements of a Great Team Leader

This course is ideal for anyone currently serving in management and leadership roles, or anyone who is interested in learning the research-backed principles that guide effective management and leadership.

About The Course:

This course is based on a book that was derived from our research from Leading Teams. That book surveyed the prevailing team leadership research. Toward the end of that research, we quite fortunately discovered the work of Harvard’s Richard Hackman and Ruth Wageman, which was finally released to a more public audience in 2017. We quickly pivoted to focus on the 6 Team Conditions research. At the same time, not only did our findings connect to Hackman and Wageman, but also those findings led us to think about the team leaders themselves more carefully. In Leading Teams, we presented 4 areas of successful teams as having a leader, people, culture, and strategy. Indeed, that finding remains the case for us today. However, as we began to look more closely at our data and frankly even the elements of the Team Diagnostic Survey (TDS) developed by Hackman and Wegman, it became apparent that the 4 Elements of Teams, also reflected what has evolved into what we now refer to as the Four Critical Elements of a Great Team Leader. We introduce this new, and derived book with a simple, profound statement: A great team leader establishes trust, treats people well, creates a safe and supportive culture, and executes a clear strategy.

What You’ll Get Out of This Course

Not only will you learn and master the skills needed to build and run successful, high-performing teams – but this course will equip you with the tools to become a better leader. Having taught leadership for several decades, having written so much on the topic and having coached hundreds of executives—we believe, based on the research, that this book offers the critical elements for a great team leader.

About the Course Instructor and Author: Steve Gladis

Dynamic leadership speaker, author, and executive coach to many of the Metro, DC and Northern Virginia region’s top executives, Dr. Steve Gladis is widely recognized as a leadership expert. CEO of Steve Gladis Leadership Partners (SGLP)—a leadership development company—he is the author of over 20 books on leadership and is a professor at George Mason University. SGLP works with businesses, associations, and U.S. government agencies, and Dr. Gladis speaks regularly at conferences and corporate gatherings. A former faculty member at the University of Virginia, Dr. Gladis also served as an FBI special agent and was a decorated officer in the US Marine Corps. As a philanthropic leader, Dr. Gladis commits a significant portion of SGLP profits back to the community.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long do I have access to the course materials?

You can view and review the lecture materials indefinitely, like an on-demand channel.

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