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6 hours to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

6 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build a culture that fosters collaboration and positivity

  • Create a shared vision and purpose for team alignment

  • Develop communication skills to strengthen team connections

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February 2026

Assessments

9 assignments

Taught in English

There are 9 modules in this course

Based on the best-selling book by Jon Gordon. This course teaches essential principles and strategies for leading high-performing teams, focusing on positivity, clear vision, and effective communication. It provides leaders with tools to foster collaboration, overcome challenges, and ensure sustainable success. Learn how to eliminate negativity and create a growth-oriented environment that motivates your team to perform at their best. Practical applications and actionable strategies allow immediate impact in your team’s culture.

What sets this course apart is its combination of proven theories with real-world applications, showing leaders how to implement principles in their unique teams. You’ll be encouraged to apply these strategies to see tangible outcomes. Designed for leaders, managers, and professionals looking to improve team culture and performance, this course requires a basic understanding of leadership principles and a commitment to positive growth. Copyright Β© 2018 by Jon Gordon. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

In this section, we examine research correlating optimism with performance, apply Gottman's 5:1 positive-to-negative interaction ratio, and design iterative feedback loops that maintain constructive team energy.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 assignment

2 videosβ€’Total 3 minutes
  • Introduction - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
  • The Power of Positive - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
1 readingβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • The Power of Positive - The Readingβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • The Foundations of Positive Team Cultureβ€’10 minutes

In this section, we analyze how shared values steer expectations, craft strategies for building an energizing team culture, and institute habits that dynamically sustain collaboration, learning, and high performance.

What's included

1 video2 readings1 assignment

1 videoβ€’Total 1 minute
  • Positive Teams Create Positive Cultures - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
2 readingsβ€’Total 20 minutes
  • Introductionβ€’10 minutes
  • Make Your Culture a Priorityβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Building and Sustaining Positive Team Culturesβ€’10 minutes

In this section, we learn to craft a measurable shared vision, link it to purpose-driven goals, and deploy Telescope-and-Microscope planning, exemplified by Ford's turnaround, to sustain unified, resilient teams.

What's included

1 video4 readings1 assignment

1 videoβ€’Total 1 minute
  • Positive Teams Work Together toward a Shared Vision with a Greater Purpose - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
4 readingsβ€’Total 40 minutes
  • Introductionβ€’10 minutes
  • Vision Missionβ€’10 minutes
  • The World's Largest Familyβ€’10 minutes
  • One Wordβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Building Purpose-Driven Teamsβ€’10 minutes

In this section, we implement practical positivity techniques, reinforce belief, and adopt language shifts like "Get To," transforming adversity into motivational fuel that sustains team morale, resilience, and performance.

What's included

1 video5 readings1 assignment

1 videoβ€’Total 1 minute
  • Positive Teams Work Together with Optimism, Positivity, and Belief - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
5 readingsβ€’Total 50 minutes
  • Introductionβ€’10 minutes
  • Feed the Positive Dogβ€’10 minutes
  • Make the Next Opportunity Greatβ€’10 minutes
  • Defeat Murphyβ€’10 minutes
  • The Positivity Experimentβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • The Power of Positive Teamworkβ€’10 minutes

In this section, we learn to detect and neutralize energy vampires, architect a positivity-centric culture, and implement a No Complaining Rule that transforms conflicts into constructive, performance-boosting dialogue.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 assignment

1 videoβ€’Total 1 minute
  • Positive Teams Transform and Remove Negativity - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
3 readingsβ€’Total 30 minutes
  • Introductionβ€’10 minutes
  • Remove the Negativityβ€’10 minutes
  • Weed and Feedβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Building and Sustaining Positive Team Culturesβ€’10 minutes

In this section, we analyze how consistent communication and authentic connection among leaders eliminate negative voids, use daily talk-listen tactics, and apply 1-10 unity assessments to predict team performance.

What's included

1 video5 readings1 assignment

1 videoβ€’Total 1 minute
  • Positive Teams Communicate and Connect - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
5 readingsβ€’Total 50 minutes
  • Introductionβ€’10 minutes
  • Where There Is a Void, Negativity Will Fill Itβ€’10 minutes
  • On a Scale of 1 to 10β€’10 minutes
  • Team + Talentβ€’10 minutes
  • It's Worth Itβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Building Effective Team Dynamicsβ€’10 minutes

In this section, we examine how steadfast individual commitment and selfless, team-first practices turn separate talents into cohesive high-performing units, measuring their impact on collective success.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 assignment

1 videoβ€’Total 1 minute
  • Positive Teams Commit and Care - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
3 readingsβ€’Total 30 minutes
  • Introductionβ€’10 minutes
  • We Before Meβ€’10 minutes
  • Serve to Be Greatβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Building Strong and Committed Teamsβ€’10 minutes

In this section, we apply the 1% improvement rule, adopt a Spartan shield mindset, and host Tell the Truth Mondays to cement accountability, candid learning and high-trust performance.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 assignment

1 videoβ€’Total 1 minute
  • Positive Teams Are Always Striving to Get Better - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
3 readingsβ€’Total 30 minutes
  • Introductionβ€’10 minutes
  • Love and Accountabilityβ€’10 minutes
  • Tell the Truth Mondaysβ€’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • Cultivating High-Performing Teamsβ€’10 minutes

In this section, we explore how shared purpose, empathy, and mutual support transform groups into high-performing teams, analyze synergy-focused case studies, and extract practical teamwork principles for educators and leaders.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment

1 videoβ€’Total 1 minute
  • We Are Better Together - Overview Videoβ€’1 minute
1 readingβ€’Total 20 minutes
  • We Are Better Together -The Readingβ€’20 minutes
1 assignmentβ€’Total 10 minutes
  • The Strength of Unityβ€’10 minutes

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John Wiley & Sons
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