Establishing Momentum: Managing Structure, Resources, and Performance

Empower teams and establish momentum for carrying out change. Maintain the capacity to allocate resources efficiently and to evaluate performance and progress.

Description

Effective leaders not only develop good ideas and create action, but also implement the ideas and sustain action. You can be charismatic. You can be charming. But your skill as a manager will be evaluated in terms of your ability to get things done.

Once you have gotten an initiative off the ground, you need to ensure that your coalition has the ability to produce results and drive momentum. A proactive leader must have the managerial competence to build the coalition’s capacity to keep the initiative moving forward and growing, and the performance-management skills to keep it operating effectively.

This course is designed to help learners:

• Develop a “roadmap” for establishing momentum for their coalition’s agenda
• Apply facilitative and directive leadership styles appropriately in teams and organizations
• Maintain organizational capacity in order to allocate resources and prioritize effectivelyMonitor performance in order to evaluate progress and make corrections
• Apply these skills to a change agenda in their organization

Who Should Take 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.

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:

• Managing for Momentum
• The need for both political and managerial competence
• The four dimensions of momentum
• Facilitative vs. directive leadership
• Structural Momentum
• Creating hierarchies, while sustaining groups
• Providing resources without going too far
• Giving autonomy and defining parameters
• Performance Momentum
• Being clear about results, while remaining objective
• Making adjustments without over-reacting

Benefits to the Learner

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the dimensions of effective leadership and their implication on the long-term success of their agenda
• Identify the four dimensions of momentum and explain why you need to manage all four to ensure the success of your agenda
• Choose facilitative and directive leadership approaches, as appropriate
• Recognize and respond appropriately to changing conditions within the organization
• Balance multiple considerations in building and maintaining the capacity of their organization
• Evaluate performance and make corrections

Authoring Faculty

Samuel B. Bacharach, Ph.D., McKelvey-Grant Professor

Sponsoring School

Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Total Learning Time

Approximately six hours over a period of two weeks.

Certificate Information

This course can be applied toward the following certificates:

• Business Leadership Skills
• Change Leadership

HRCI Recertification

This course been approved for six (6) Strategic Management recertification credit hours toward SPHR and GPHR recertification and six (6) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute. Please contact the Human Resource Certificate Institute (HRCI) for further information about certification or recertification.

This course qualifies for 6.25 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.

Project Management Institute Professional Development Units