This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

418 tools for leading cross-functional work in one course: 6 downloadable tool files, 266 ready-to-use question lists, templates, checklists, procedures and matrices, 115 models and methods, and 31 services and apps shown on screen.

Open a lecture, take the tool, use it with your team this week.

Why cross-functional projects stall

The people on your project report to someone else. Each function has its own goals, and each behaves rationally while pulling in its own direction. You cannot give orders, so the project depends on how clearly you set the goal, how you agree on roles, how you delegate and how you handle the first conflict. Most project leaders were never taught this part.

What changes after this course

You connect the project to the company strategy and to OKR. You describe processes and roles so that nobody guesses who decides. You delegate at the right level and stop both micromanagement and absence. You build a team from people who met last week, diagnose what is wrong before you fix it, and keep remote members in. And when two functions clash, you have a method for prevention, negotiation and mediation.

What is inside: 418 tools, counted file by file

You do not have to take this number on trust. Open any lecture and read its description: every tool inside is listed there by name.

• 6 downloadable tool files: a commitment ladder, a guiding principles questionnaire, a guide on hiring for culture fit, an illustrated guide to organizational structures, a seven-field template and a strengths questionnaire handout
• 266 ready-to-use tools inside the presentations:
• 76 question lists and scripts: KPI discovery, project feasibility, team dysfunction diagnosis, one-on-one meeting conversations
• 56 templates and sample documents: company and executive OKR cascade, Work Breakdown Structure, project communication plan, project risk register
• 55 checklists: Rockefeller Habits execution, performance metric quality, project plan contents, interteam collaboration warning signs
• 52 step-by-step procedures and workflows: weekly OKR accountability meeting, swimlane process mapping, project monitoring and reporting, interteam problem-solving workshop
• 23 scorecards, rubrics and matrices: RACI responsibility matrix, risk probability-impact heatmap, CSF and strategic goals alignment, goal achievement competency rubric
• 2 formulas and metric sets: recruiting metrics and benchmarks, onboarding KPI set
• 2 other working tools: emotional exhaustion assessment
• 115 models and methods explained with examples: Objectives and Key Results, Four Disciplines of Execution, Gantt chart, Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of Teams
• 31 services and apps shown on screen, from a quick look to a detailed demo: Microsoft Project, Trello, Notion, Airtable, Confluence, Miro, Slack, Asana, ClickUp and others

Where the tools are

• Leading across functions: role, strategy, culture (44 tools).
• OKR, processes and organizational structure (52 tools).
• Projects, money and infrastructure (92 tools). Project stages and templates, budgeting, IT, legal and procurement, people processes.
• Developing leaders and building teams (2 sections, 105 tools). Manager competencies, six delegation levels, coaching, engagement, communication upward.
• People management and team performance (2 sections, 71 tools).
• Team building: stages, diagnosis, remote teams (2 sections, 38 tools).
• Delegation (42 tools). Barriers, the process, delegating to develop people, your own time.
• Conflict in a cross-functional team (2 sections, 39 tools). Types, causes, prevention, negotiation and mediation.

Who is teaching

I am Mike, the #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 1,800,000+ course enrollments from 170,000 students, and the author of about 200 books on Amazon. I built the people system at Preply as it became a unicorn and worked at Wargaming, iDeals and Alfa-Bank across 20 years in HR. I hold PHRi, SHRM-CP and HCI sHRBP certifications and represent HRCI in Eastern Europe.

When I worked in television, we had about 30 TV projects, each with its own budget and income plan. They were not filmed all year, so people moved from one project to another, and one leader could run two projects with a three-month overlap. It was a lean and lively structure, and it worked only when roles were clear. Later, at Wargaming, my team and I looked for a sponsor in top management for each of our projects. When we promoted a project, we could say that a respected leader already stood behind it. His authority added to ours.

How to use the course

Start with the Start Here lecture and the first three sections. Then open what your project needs now: section and lecture titles show how many tools are inside, and each lecture description lists them by name.

What is included

• 42 lectures across 13 sections, 24 hours
• 46 downloadable resources: 6 tool files and the lecture presentations
• 418 tools across the lessons, ready to copy into your own work
• Lifetime access to all materials
• Active instructor support in the Q&A section
• A Udemy Certificate of Completion

Where to start

Open the Start Here lecture, download the commitment ladder and place one partner from another function on it. Enrol now and start your first lesson today.