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  • This course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and taught by top-ranked faculty, focuses on the common human resource ("people") challenges faced by existing private businesses when they attempt to grow substantially. PART 1 OF THE GROW TO GREATNESS COURSE IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR TAKING THIS COURSE.

Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part II
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Curriculum

Course Overview

About the Course

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Syllabus

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The Entrepreneur Must Grow Too!

You Need to Grow in Order for Your Business to Grow

The 5th P is People

People are Your Number 1 Asset

The Transition from Me to Them

Delegation: From Doer to Manager

Best Practices of Delegation

Becoming a Leader

Becoming a Mentor and Coach

You Must Grow

Module 2 Readings

The Entrepreneur Must Grow Too!

The Secret of High Performance is High Employee Engagement

Creating High Employee Engagement

Leadership Behaviors, Culture, and Best Practices for Hiring

The Secrets of High Performance Organizations: 9 Strategies

What is High Employee Engagement (HEE) and How Do You Get There?

What is the Best Job You've Ever Had?

Research: What do Employees Want?

Research: Behaviors that Lead to Growth in an Organization?

High Employee Engagement is Built Through Trust

Creating Your Company's Secret Sauce

Conversation with Randall Bufford, Trilogy Health Services

Module 3 Readings

The Secret of High Performance is High Employee Engagement

Growth is Much More Than a Strategy?It Requires a System

Research Based Concepts for Your Business and Life

Measure and Reward Behaviors

An Internal Growth System

The CEO's Office

Room and Board: Quality and Relationships

Room and Board: Key Expectations

UPS Case Study

Module 4 Readings

Growth is Much More Than a Strategy?It Requires a System

Building a Senior Management Team

Review Concepts from GTG 2

Why is this so hard?

Complexity of Managing Senior Management Team

Risks and Strategies for Hiring

Onboarding New Hires Successfully

Research: Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly

SecureWorks Lessons Learned and Giving Thanks

Module 5 Reading

Building a Senior Management Team

Final Exam

Final Exam

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