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    Course: Leading Effective Nonprofit Teams

    DePaul University offers a five-week course for nonprofit professionals to develop transformational leadership skills, learning and practicing strategies to build collective efficacy within their teams; lead successful programs; and align their organization’s mission, strategy, and impact. 

    In this program, you will develop your leadership philosophy drawing on current research, practice a variety of tools and protocols to set their team up for success, learn strategies for giving and receiving high quality feedback and facilitating courageous conversations, and assess the effectiveness of their team.  Participants will choose a team they are currently a part of and draw on real-life experiences to implement new learnings. During this course, participants will also engage in case studies, role plays, simulations, and discussions. Upon successful completion of the program, participants will have added new tools in their toolbox to build and lead highly effective teams.

    Programs Associated with this Course
    • Leading Effective Nonprofit Teams Workshop
    Who Should Attend

    While this course is geared for the nonprofit sector, anyone interested in leadership can benefit from taking this course. Those who facilitate, manage, lead, or participate in a professional team regardless of rank or title, can be a leader in their organizations. This course is suitable for supervisors and managers as well as rank and file employees. 

    Benefits

    By the end of this course, participants will have:

    • Defined their leadership philosophy

    • Participated in protocols for building and leading a successful team

    • Drafted goals, objectives, and performance measures

    • Practiced giving and receiving high quality feedback

    • Facilitated courageous conversations

    • Developed tools for communicating performance results

    In addition, participants in this course will have the opportunity to develop themselves as leaders in a safe and supportive environment, acquiring tools, skills, and knowledge they can bring back to their organizations.

    Topics/Syllabus

    Defining my leadership philosophy

    • Introductory survey

    • Goals for the course

    • Transactional vs. transformational leadership

    • Finding my why and just cause 

    • Articulating my leadership philosophy

    • Setting up my team for success

    • Defining my team

    • Connecting my just cause to finding our why in teams/creating a shared vision

    • Developing team norms and effective agendas

    • Motivation in teams

    • Building a successful team rubric

    Developing a strategic plan

    • Constructing short and long term goals, objectives, and performance measures

    • Designing evaluation instruments

    • Setting a timeline and identifying additional resources needed

    Supporting my team through challenges

    • Working styles surveys

    • The power of vulnerability

    • Facilitating courageous conversations

    • Giving and receiving high quality feedback

    Evaluating performance and impact

    • Communicating performance results to various stakeholders

    • Celebrating successes with your team

    • Assessing strengths and areas for improvement

    • Determining next steps

    FAQ

    What are the required course materials?

    Materials will be provided including PowerPoint slides, selected readings, case studies/scenario analysis, and sample tools, protocols, and templates for active learning and application. 

    How is this course evaluated?

    Rubrics will be used to evaluate contributions to weekly discussion board participation and in-class performance tasks.  Participants will have the opportunity for self and peer evaluation as well as receive feedback from the course instructor.

    For More Information, Contact:

    Hap Bryant

    Email: hbryant2@depaul.edu
    Phone: +1 312-362-6327

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