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Fundamentals of Management

Support your workforce with the Fundamentals of Management Training Skills Pathway. Explore skills like Team Building and Collaboration by delving into techniques for fostering trust, analyzing team dynamics and implementing effective communication strategies to enhance collaboration. From selecting team members to navigating various team development stages, your employees could acquire tools for cultivating positive team cultures.

Help your leadership team discover time management strategies and prioritization frameworks to optimize team performance and achieve organizational goals. Equip employees with insights into leadership impact, motivators identification and feedback delivery effectiveness. And offer data-driven approaches for performance evaluation, developing growth and implementing continuous process improvements. Enhance your team's capabilities and drive success with our comprehensive skill modules.


Skill modules

Team Building and Collaboration

    • Effective Team Building
    • Team Collaboration
    • Team Collaboration for Product Innovation

Effective Task Management

    • Enhancing Communication for Task Management
    • Time Management and Prioritization for Tasks
    • Effective Task Communication in Team Settings

Managing Employee Motivation

    • Harnessing the Power of Motivation as a Leader
    • Empowering Teams through Feedback and Development
    • Motivating Teams for a Bookstore Revival

Performance Evaluation and Continuous Improvement

    • Performance Evaluation
    • Fostering Continuous Improvement
    • Evaluating Artisan Growth with Performance Metrics

Showcase your achievement

You will earn a Certificate of Completion and Skill Badge for each individual skill in this Skills Pathway when you've successfully completed each skill with a score of 85% or higher. Share your accomplishments by uploading them to your social media profiles, such as LinkedIn®¹.

¹ LinkedIn is a registered trademark of LinkedIn Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries.

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Frequently asked questions

A skill module teaches a single skill in four to eight hours

  • A one-hour skill module teaches a single skill in about one hour. Every type of skill module features one or more assessments and awards a shareable digital skill badge when completed with a score of 85% or better.

A Skills Pathway is a series of skills that can be learned over a period of time.

Prebuilt Pathway: A series of two or more existing skill modules that’s ready to launch today.

  • Training Pathway: A series of two or more one-hour skill modules that does not prepare employees for a certification exam or help them earn recertification credits.
  • Certification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees prepare for a third-party certification exam.
  • Recertification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees earn recertification credits for a specific agency such as SHRM® and HRCI®.

Tailored Skills Pathway: Select multiple existing skill modules to create this Pathway. Skill modules and assessments can be modified slightly to accommodate the needs of your business.

Custom Skills Pathway: Our team will build completely new skill modules and assessments for your business and workforce.

There are no prerequisites. All levels and skillsets are welcome to take the Fundamentals of Management non-college-credit Training Pathway.

Fundamentals of Management has four one-hour skill modules comprised of subjects like Managing Employee Motivation. Each module has a knowledge check and skill assessment where employees can demonstrate what they’ve learned. You can expect the Skills Pathway to take about four hours, and all modules are non-credit, 100% online and self-paced.