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Effective leaders don’t just manage tasks; they shape how their organization operates, guide its culture, and help it grow. In this specialization, you’ll learn strategies to increase your influence and make smart leadership choices. You’ll find out how to encourage collaboration and empower others to achieve results. You’ll gain the skills to manage people and responsibilities well, address disputes constructively, and communicate effectively. By honing your ability to persuade, support, and inspire others and learning how to nurture productive relationships, you’ll take your leadership to the next level.
Syllabus
- Course 1: Lead with Confidence
- Course 2: Navigate Conflict and Deliver Feedback
- Course 3: Communicate with Polish
- Course 4: Build Your Influence
Courses
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Building your influence in the workplace requires mastering two critical skills: leveraging your networks and persuading others. In this course, you'll identify how to create an effective network by improving your interpersonal skills, accessing new information, and connecting with important organizational stakeholders. You'll also determine how to boost your ability to persuade effectively and gain others' buy-in, helping you build credibility, earn trust, and increase your influence.
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Great communication pays big dividends. By inspiring, informing, or persuading your audience, you’ll be able to turn your ideas into action. In this course, you'll discover how to create engaging and visually appealing presentations and deliver them confidently. You'll learn how to sharpen your writing skills.
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By inspiring and empowering your team, you’ll have a positive impact on your organization. In this course, you’ll find out how to develop your personal leadership style to ensure you have the confidence and know-how to bring out the best in those you manage. You’ll gain the skills you need to delegate and communicate effectively, solve problems, and keep work running smoothly.
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Managing conflict and giving feedback are among the most challenging tasks leaders face. In this course, you'll discover how to effectively handle a dispute while preserving and strengthening relationships. You'll also learn how to give and receive effective feedback that can help you—and your team—succeed. Find out how to build trust and lead thriving teams that learn from successes, failures, disagreements, and challenges.
Taught by
Harvard Business Review