Creating a Culture of Performance

This specialization equips you with practical, research-informed strategies to improve team performance through stronger leadership, clearer communication, and more effective feedback systems. By completing these courses, you’ll gain the skills to build high-performing teams, navigate change with confidence, and address performance challenges with clarity and empathy. You’ll learn how to create alignment around goals and priorities, lead teams through growth and disruption, and design systems that support accountability without micromanagement. The specialization also dives deeply into feedback—how to give it, receive it, and embed it into daily work in ways that actually drive improvement. You’ll practice delivering timely, specific, and personalized feedback; managing emotionally charged conversations; motivating different performance types; and addressing persistent performance issues fairly and effectively. Whether you’re a people manager, team lead, or individual contributor seeking greater influence, this specialization provides a cohesive, end-to-end framework for improving how teams work—and how performance is sustained over time.and second-year undergraduates interested in engineering or science, along with high school students and professionals with an interest in programming

• How to cast a clear vision and set measurable goals that drive consistent performance and long-term success
• How to recruit, develop, and coach high-performing team members using proven leadership, accountability, and motivation strategies
• How to build momentum, foster accountability without micromanaging, and sustain a culture where teams consistently perform at their best

• No deep prior experience is required, but basic computer and internet skills are helpful
• Ability to read course instructions in English and complete short practice activities