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Organization, Talent & Leadership

Organize people, get things done12 classes

Building effective organizations and leadership — org design, incentives, performance, communication, negotiation and change.

12 classes in this theme

Organization Design: Choosing Among Five Common Structures

How work is divided, how authority flows, and how collaboration happens

org designorganizational structurefunctional structure

Authority and Delegation

Push decisions to where the information lives, and keep accountability clear

delegationauthorityaccountability

The Talent Cycle: Select, Develop, Deploy, Retain

Treat people as capability to grow, not cost to cut

talent managementrecruitingdevelopment

The Logic of Incentives

Understand why people move, then decide what to give

motivationincentivescompensation

Performance and Goal Management

Set the right goals, track the process, use the results

performance managementgoal settingKPI

Leadership and Self-Awareness

See yourself clearly before you lead others

leadershipself-awarenessemotional intelligence

Communicating and Negotiating Well

Align the information, then trade the interests

communicationnegotiationBATNA

Teamwork and Conflict

Team output is a multiplier of collaboration quality, not a sum of headcount

teamworkconflictpsychological safety

Making Culture Real

Culture is the default answer to how decisions get made when no rulebook applies

corporate culturevaluesculture landing

Change Management

The hard part of change is never the plan; it is getting people onto the boat

change managementresistancetransformation

The Human-AI Organization

By 2026, AI agents are digital coworkers. Redraw the division of labor

human-AI collaborationAI agentsdigital coworkers

A Map of Organizational Behavior

Individual, group and organization: three levels that explain how people act at work

organizational behaviorindividualgroup

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