Influencing People

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Course Overview

What You'll Learn

  • You will learn about effective ways to build, develop, and sustain a power base in your organization.
  • You will also learn influence tactics that enable you to be more persuasive and influential in working with your superiors, peers, and even subordinates.
  • In addition, you will learn how to build and maintain high-quality relationships to further maximize your informal power and ability to influence others.

This course will improve your ability to influence people in situations where you cannot use formal authority. You will learn about effective ways to build, develop, and sustain a power base in your organization. You will also learn influence tactics that enable you to be more persuasive and influential in working with your superiors, peers, and even subordinates. In addition, you will learn how to build and maintain high-quality relationships to further maximize your informal power and ability to influence others. Importantly, you will distinguish between influence and manipulation and learn how to protect yourself from the unwanted influence of others. The influence strategies you learn in this course will make you a more confident and influential leader, presenter, and decision-maker. You will more effective in pitching business ideas to your superiors, influencing customers, and building coalitions across stakeholders. This course will not only give you strategic guidance on how to develop and maintain your network for influence and power, but we will also equip you with specific tactics and strategies that are proven to work for gaining power and influencing people.

Course FAQs

Is this an accredited online course?

Accreditation for 'Influencing People' is determined by the provider, University of Michigan. For online college courses or degree programs, we strongly recommend you verify the accreditation status directly on the provider's website to ensure it meets your requirements.

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How do I enroll in this online school program?

To enroll, click the 'ENROLL NOW' button on this page. You will be taken to the official page for 'Influencing People' on the University of Michigan online class platform, where you can complete your registration.