
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 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.
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.
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.
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.