Professional diploma800 h · Online · 8 modules

Professional Diploma in Team Motivation and Cohesion Strategies

This professional diploma is designed to strengthen your leadership and team management skills and drive performance and commitment. You will learn to diagnose the working climate, lead in a way that motivates and builds psychological safety, design recognition and incentive plans, build cohesive high-performance teams, manage conflict and burnout and sustain a strong organizational culture, closing with an applied project for a real team, department or crew.

Duration800 h
ModeOnline
Start1 December
Modules8
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What is the Professional Diploma in Team Motivation and Cohesion Strategies?

This professional diploma turns motivation and cohesion into management tools you can plan, apply and measure. You will study the main theories of work motivation and how expectations, recognition, autonomy and relationships shape performance; how to diagnose the working climate through surveys, interviews, focus groups and internal indicators; how leadership style, communication, feedback and psychological safety affect trust and commitment; how to design balanced incentive and recognition programs, including the responsible use of gamification; how teams form and mature and how to integrate new members and manage diversity; how to resolve conflict, prevent burnout and restore motivation after a crisis; and how culture, wellbeing and continuous listening keep cohesion alive over time.

What sets this professional diploma apart: a structured path from diagnosis to intervention and impact measurement; a practical treatment of leadership that warns against authoritarianism, favouritism and micromanagement; recognition and incentive design that avoids unfair or inauthentic rewards; specific coverage of fragmented teams, subgroups and resistance to change; methods that apply equally to companies, departments and ship crews working in demanding environments; an in-depth structure of eight modules; and a final project in which you design and defend a complete motivation and cohesion strategy.

Program typeProfessional diploma
ModeOnline
Duration800 hours
Modules8
Start1 December

Program highlights

  • Motivation fundamentals: classic and current theories, performance factors and warning signs of disengagement.
  • Climate diagnosis: surveys, interviews, focus groups, commitment indicators and team maps.
  • Motivating leadership: situational and transformational leadership, feedback and psychological safety.
  • Recognition and incentives: goals, development, responsible gamification and balanced reward plans.
  • Cohesion and conflict: team building, onboarding, diversity, mediation and burnout prevention.
  • Final project: a motivation and cohesion strategy for a team, department, organization or crew.
Syllabus

Syllabus of the Professional Diploma in Team Motivation and Cohesion Strategies

8 modules. Select a module to see its content.

Module 1

Fundamentals of motivation, cohesion and organizational behavior

  • 1.1. Key concepts of motivation, cohesion, commitment, job satisfaction and sense of belonging in work teams
  • 1.2. Differences between intrinsic, extrinsic, individual, collective and purpose-driven motivation
  • 1.3. Main theories of motivation and their application in high-demand professional environments
  • 1.4. Factors that influence performance: expectations, recognition, autonomy, working conditions and interpersonal relationships
  • 1.5. The relationship between team cohesion, trust, communication, psychological safety and organizational results
  • 1.6. Identifying signs of disengagement, isolation, apathy, conflict and loss of commitment
  • 1.7. Building a comprehensive view of motivation and cohesion as strategic elements for sustainable performance
  • 1.8. Classic and current theories of work motivation
At this stage
100 hestimated workload
8 wkweeks at your pace
Module 2

Diagnosing the working climate and motivational needs

  • 2.1. Assessing the working climate through surveys, interviews, observation, focus groups and internal indicators
  • 2.2. Identifying the needs, expectations, interests and satisfaction factors of team members
  • 2.3. Analyzing causes of disengagement related to leadership, communication, workload, recognition and organizational conditions
  • 2.4. Measuring commitment, trust, cooperation, turnover, absenteeism and perceived internal fairness
  • 2.5. Segmenting motivational profiles by experience, role, age, culture, responsibilities and career goals
  • 2.6. Drawing up maps of the team's climate, relationships, conflicts, strengths and areas for improvement
  • 2.7. Building organizational diagnoses that make it possible to design realistic and measurable motivational interventions
  • 2.8. Climate surveys and diagnostic interviews
At this stage
100 hestimated workload
8 wkweeks at your pace
Module 3

Motivating leadership, communication and psychological safety

  • 3.1. Leadership styles and their influence on team motivation, trust, autonomy and performance
  • 3.2. Clear communication, active listening, constructive feedback and recognition of individual and collective contributions
  • 3.3. Situational leadership applied to teams with different levels of experience, competence and commitment
  • 3.4. Developing psychological safety so that people can share ideas, admit mistakes, ask for help and propose improvements
  • 3.5. Managing expectations, objectives, responsibilities and performance standards transparently
  • 3.6. Preventing authoritarian behavior, favouritism, micromanagement, indifference and styles that erode cohesion
  • 3.7. Developing leaders able to inspire, support and sustain motivation in changing or demanding contexts
  • 3.8. Transformational leadership and leading by example
At this stage
100 hestimated workload
8 wkweeks at your pace
Module 4

Designing motivation and recognition strategies

  • 4.1. Designing financial and non-financial incentives aligned with the organization's objectives, values and resources
  • 4.2. Recognition programs: individual, collective, informal, formal, periodic and linked to verifiable results
  • 4.3. Motivation through autonomy, participation, professional development, learning and allocation of responsibilities
  • 4.4. Setting clear, challenging and achievable goals connected to a shared purpose
  • 4.5. Responsible use of rewards, gamification, challenges, celebrations and progress systems
  • 4.6. Preventing the negative effects of unfair incentives, excessive competition or inauthentic recognition
  • 4.7. Building balanced motivation plans that combine wellbeing, growth, recognition and performance
  • 4.8. Recognition, incentive and professional development plans
At this stage
100 hestimated workload
8 wkweeks at your pace
Module 5

Cohesion, trust and building high-performance teams

  • 5.1. Stages of team formation, adjustment, conflict, consolidation and maturity
  • 5.2. Building trust through consistency, keeping commitments, transparency and mutual support
  • 5.3. Clarifying roles, norms, objectives, responsibilities and internal coordination mechanisms
  • 5.4. Team-building activities focused on cooperation, communication, problem-solving and getting to know one another
  • 5.5. Integrating new members, initial support, mentoring and adaptation to the team's culture
  • 5.6. Managing cultural, generational and professional diversity and different working styles within teams
  • 5.7. Building cohesive teams able to collaborate, learn and respond effectively to complex situations
  • 5.8. Cohesion dynamics and team-building activities
At this stage
100 hestimated workload
8 wkweeks at your pace
Module 6

Managing conflict, exhaustion and the recovery of motivation

  • 6.1. Identifying conflicts arising from communication, roles, resources, leadership, expectations, values or distribution of workloads
  • 6.2. Negotiation, mediation, listening and reformulation techniques and the search for collaborative solutions
  • 6.3. Managing difficult emotions, frustration, resentment, mistrust and loss of a sense of belonging
  • 6.4. Intervening in fragmented teams, subgroups, rumours, resistance to change and deterioration of the working climate
  • 6.5. Preventing exhaustion, emotional fatigue, overload and psychological withdrawal from the job
  • 6.6. Strategies to restore motivation after crises, changes, failures, restructuring or periods of high pressure
  • 6.7. Building intervention protocols to resolve tensions and restore cooperation, trust and commitment
  • 6.8. Preventing burnout
At this stage
100 hestimated workload
8 wkweeks at your pace
Module 7

Organizational culture, wellbeing and continuous improvement of cohesion

  • 7.1. The relationship between organizational culture, shared values, collective identity and team motivation
  • 7.2. Integrating physical, emotional, social and professional wellbeing into the people management strategy
  • 7.3. Designing communication routines, meetings, spaces for participation and continuous listening mechanisms
  • 7.4. Developing training, mentoring, career, internal mobility and collaborative learning programs
  • 7.5. Monitoring indicators: commitment, satisfaction, turnover, absenteeism, productivity, conflict and cooperation
  • 7.6. Evaluating the effectiveness of motivational strategies through results, perception and improvement of the climate
  • 7.7. Building continuous improvement systems that sustain cohesion and motivation in the long term
  • 7.8. Rituals, shared values and sense of belonging
At this stage
100 hestimated workload
8 wkweeks at your pace
Module 8

Final Project

  • 8.1. Defining the case study: a team, department, organization, crew or operational unit
  • 8.2. Diagnosis of the working climate, leadership, relationships, motivational needs, conflicts and performance indicators
  • 8.3. Designing the motivation strategy with objectives, incentives, recognition, communication and professional development
  • 8.4. Drawing up the cohesion plan with activities, roles, norms, leadership, integration and diversity management
  • 8.5. Developing the protocol for preventing conflict, exhaustion, disengagement and loss of commitment
  • 8.6. Writing the comprehensive technical report with timeline, resources, responsibilities, indicators and monitoring mechanisms
  • 8.7. Measuring the impact of the strategies implemented
  • 8.8. Presentation and defense of the final project with organizational, human and strategic validation of the proposal
At this stage
100 hestimated workload
8 wkweeks at your pace
Plan your pace

Duration and format of the Professional Diploma in Team Motivation and Cohesion Strategies

It is 800 hours. Tell us how many you can study each week and we will tell you when you will really finish.

4 h30 h
With 12 h per week
15
months to finish
67 weeks
weeks in total

This is the pace at which most students finish. It fits well with the installment plan.

Faculty

Academic leadership and faculty

The Navalis teaching team: working professionals who teach and supervise the programs.

Dra. Marina AlcoverDr. Marina AlcoverAcademic Director and Head of Quality Assurance
Ing. Diego CifuentesEng. Diego CifuentesSenior Lecturer in Naval Welding and Non-Destructive Testing; Head of QA/QC for Welded Joints
Cap. Javier Abaroa (MCA)Capt. Javier Abaroa (MCA)Senior Lecturer in Ship Handling, Electronic Navigation (ECDIS/Radar/ARPA) and GMDSS; STCW Compliance and Bridge Resource Management Coordinator
Dr. Pau FerrerDr. Pau FerrerSenior Lecturer in Naval Architecture and Simulation; Director of the Hydrodynamics and CFD Laboratory
Dra. Nuria LlobregatDr. Nuria LlobregatSenior Lecturer in Marine Meteorology, SAR and Operational Safety; Navigation Risk Management Coordinator
Ing. Javier BañulsEng. Javier BañulsSenior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, Automation and ETO Engineering; Electronic Integration and Engine Alarms Coordinator
Ing. Sofía MarquinaEng. Sofía MarquinaSenior Lecturer in Materials, Composites and Corrosion Protection; Coordinator of the Advanced Paints and Coatings Line
Ing. Tomás RieraEng. Tomás RieraSenior Lecturer in Propulsion, Alternative Energy and Hybrid Systems; Energy Performance and Vibration Coordinator
Objectives

Objectives of the Professional Diploma in Team Motivation and Cohesion Strategies

01Foster a positive working climate through open communication policies, continuous feedback, recognition of individual and team achievements and team-building activities.
02Develop inspiring leadership skills that promote effective communication, motivation and team development within a culture of trust and high performance.
03Apply gamification techniques to increase commitment, designing badges, levels and challenges based on progress and the achievement of objectives.
04Design recognition programs that reinforce group identity, encouraging participation in team building, milestone celebrations and shared initiatives.
05Use effective communication tools to resolve conflict and build trust, combining listening, empathy and assertiveness and adapting the message to the person and context.
06Establish continuous feedback channels, such as satisfaction surveys, one-to-one meetings and anonymous suggestion boxes, to detect needs and support growth.
Careers

Career opportunities after the Professional Diploma in Team Motivation and Cohesion Strategies

01Team leaderteam leadership, conflict management and improvement of the working climate.
02HR consultantdesign and implementation of motivation programs and organizational climate assessments.
03Soft skills trainerworkshops on leadership, effective communication and teamwork.
04Occupational health and wellbeing specialiststrategies to promote mental health and wellbeing at work.
05Team coachdeveloping team potential, improving performance and achieving objectives.
06Internal communications managereffective communication channels, engagement and corporate culture.
Frequently asked questions

Questions about the Professional Diploma in Team Motivation and Cohesion Strategies

To give you the tools and knowledge to implement effective strategies that drive motivation and cohesion in teams and organizations, from diagnosis to impact measurement.

Team leaders, managers, HR professionals, coaches, consultants, educators and anyone who leads or manages people, including officers responsible for ship crews.

Yes. The methods apply to any demanding working environment, and the final project can be based on a crew or operational unit as well as on a company team or department.

Yes. A full module covers financial and non-financial incentives, recognition programs, goal setting and the responsible use of gamification, and how to avoid unfair or inauthentic rewards.

Yes. You study the sources of conflict, mediation and negotiation techniques, intervention in fragmented teams, burnout prevention and how to restore motivation after a crisis.

You diagnose the climate of a real team, department, organization or crew and design a complete motivation and cohesion strategy with a prevention protocol, indicators and monitoring mechanisms.

Fully online, through a virtual campus available 24/7, with live sessions that are recorded and tutorials with the teaching staff.

The professional diploma comprises 800 hours of study across 8 modules of 100 hours each and ends with a final project. You can progress at your own pace within the schedule set when you enroll.

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  • Profile: aimed at team leaders, HR managers and supervisors, entrepreneurs and business owners, consultants and coaches, education and social sector professionals and students or graduates in business, psychology or human resources; a degree in psychology, education, human resources, sociology, social work or a related field, or professional experience in team management, leadership or training, is recommended.
  • Language: sufficient command of English to follow the classes and the technical documentation.
  • Technical resources: a computer with a stable internet connection, an up-to-date browser and a camera and microphone for live sessions and project presentations.
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