Management: Leading Wisely

TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections — supplemented by rich educational materials — for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Leading Wisely, speakers share powerful insights about leaders across a wide range of fields and domains who inspire great results from their teams. Great management in a turbulent global economy has never been so important. Relevant areas of interest, study and coursework include: Management Theory, Leadership Studies, Human Resource Management, Performance Measurement, Workforce Productivity, Business Communication, Organizational Psychology, and Business Coaching.

Learning outcomes

TED's Leading Wisely will enable learners to:

Understand how and why management theory and practice has changed since its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Understand the impact of leadership style on employee motivation and performance

Identify strategies that increase employees' self-efficacy and productivity

Identify common distractions in the workplace and create more efficient and productive work spaces

Explore strategies for creating and managing more open, collaborative networks of employees and contributors

Explore gender attitudes in the workplace, including messages that managers may be sending which impact the retention and job satisfaction of female employees

Identify when and how outside experts and consultants can benefit managers and organizations

Understand how managers and employees must work together to set boundaries that establish a healthy work-life balance; and

Explore a broad set of metrics that organizations can use to measure their success.