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Graduate School USA

Creating a Results-Driven Culture Course

via Graduate School USA

Overview

Learn how to align mission, vision, and goals by optimizing decision-making, relationships, and operational effectiveness.

Syllabus

Module 1: Creating Results Through the Mission, Vision, and Goals

  • Differentiate mission, vision, and goals and how each guides organizational direction.
  • Examine the impact of clear purpose statements on employee motivation and engagement.
  • Analyze real agency examples to connect goals with daily decisions and strategic plans.
  • Practice strategies to communicate mission, vision, and goals to internal and external stakeholders.

Module 2: Creating Results Through Customer Relationship Management

  • Define internal vs. external customers and map key stakeholders you serve.
  • Identify customer behavior types (new, impulse, angry, insistent, loyal) and match responses to needs.
  • Build customer profiles to personalize service and improve consistency across channels.
  • Apply tactics that strengthen trust, responsiveness, and service quality across the organization.

Module 3: Creating Results Through Problem Solving and Decision Making

  • Distinguish problem solving from decision making and when to use each.
  • Use root-cause tools (5 Whys, Fishbone, Problem Tree) to analyze complex issues.
  • Generate solutions with SCAMPER, mind mapping, and reverse thinking.
  • Select options with decision tools (Decision Matrix, Pugh Matrix, Decision Tree) and plan implementation.

Module 4: Creating Results Through Efficiency and Effectiveness

  • Contrast efficiency (doing things right) and effectiveness (doing the right things).
  • Prioritize work with Covey’s Priority Matrix, Ivy Lee, ABCDE, and the 80/20 rule.
  • Improve personal productivity (Pomodoro, time tracking, automation, focused workflows).
  • Adopt team practices that reduce waste: clearer agendas, fewer meetings, and better tool use.

Taught by

Alan Zucker, Amy Sareeram, Cindy Morgan-Jaffe, Dr. Le'Angela Ingram, Michele Proctor, Natalya H. Bah, Heather Murphy Capps, Doris McMillon, Bascom Destrehan “Dit” Talley, and Marshall Scantlin

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