
Empower colleagues and level up your workplace community to bring people together for meaningful outcomes with intentional practices for thriving teams in distributed and global teams.
Explore how workplace cultivators empower change inside large organizations, drawing on Cultivate research and Steve Gargiulo's experiences to elevate your workplace communities.
Explore how a community is defined as a group of people organized around a shared interest moving in a strategic direction, with geographic, cause-based, and business-focused examples in workplace contexts.
Explore how workplace communities align to four types: community of practice, community of interest, support community, and social community, and how prioritizing a hero objective drives change within an organization.
Link your community value to core business objectives by reviewing annual reports and board transcripts, then socialize with senior leaders to secure strategic alliances and justify resources.
Identify the right data to measure your workplace community’s success, and impress executive sponsors by making data-informed decisions, while recognizing data isn’t neutral, passive, or self-explanatory.
Apply a four-step 'question, data, insight, action' framework to align workplace data with sustainability goals, turning department metrics into targeted actions and campaigns to improve recycling.
Explore how workplace communities measure impact across ERG areas, policy, engagement, and activism, using McMillan and Chavis' sense of community index and engagement ladders.
Develop member empathy to fuel experience design for workplace communities, drawing on the Power of Moments and the Art of Gathering, and using interviews and a holistic member journey map.
Apply the 5E experience design model—excitement, entry, engagement, exit, extension—to craft compelling workplace communities, illustrated by an internal TEDx event that demonstrates ongoing content, non-traditional venues, and extension opportunities.
Lead through stages from new to mature by aligning roles and resources with a leadership plan that serves members and sustains impact.
Explore the many leadership roles in community building, from strategist and liaison to welcome wagon, fundraiser, event organizer, designer, data scientist, and beyond, and how to assign them thoughtfully.
Learn practical, low-budget strategies for recognizing community members, volunteers, and leaders in the moment, using words of appreciation, thank-you notes, and formal recognition systems to strengthen leadership and engagement.
Develop a clear 90-day action plan to apply community concepts, define value for members and the organization, implement data strategy, and design rituals and online experiences with strong leadership alignment.
Build Thriving Workplace Communities is a virtual learning experience designed to help leaders like you build thriving communities, create lasting impacts, and drive positive change within their organizations. In today’s evolving workplaces, strong internal communities play a vital role in collaboration, engagement, and knowledge sharing. This course will guide you in building communities that are purposeful, structured, and aligned with organizational goals.
Learn alongside a group of talented, ambitious peers and make real progress on your community goals. Through practical insights and guided learning, you will gain the knowledge and tools needed to design, launch, and sustain workplace communities that foster engagement and meaningful connections.
This course is offered in a self-paced learning format, allowing you to learn in a way that best suits your schedule and time frame. The course includes 6–8 hours of engaging content across 8 modules, featuring videos, hands-on activities, discussions, and articles designed to support practical learning and real-world application.
Choose your level of engagement—you’ll have the opportunity to spend as little or as much time as you want on videos, activities, and discussions. The flexible structure allows you to focus on topics and exercises when they are most relevant to your role and professional responsibilities.
Applied learning allows you to explore concepts on your own time while connecting them directly to your professional environment. Throughout the course, you will work toward the development of a strategic Community Action Plan that you can share with community members, stakeholders, or executive sponsors to support implementation and long-term impact.
This course is ideal for leaders, community managers, HR professionals, and team builders who want to design purposeful communities, strengthen collaboration, and create meaningful engagement within their organizations.
Open enrollment allows you to start learning anytime and progress at your own pace.