Build your strategic thinking skills to lead with foresight, influence, and purpose in the public sector. Develop professional skills and foundational techniques.
This course examines how influence can be utilized by leaders to increase the likelihood of success. This includes the importance of identifying and building relationships with others. Also, understanding and strengthening your own influence, effectively using persuasion and negotiation, and building partnerships and coalitions will be explored.
Target Audience
This course is appropriate for employees who are new or recently promoted into a position of leadership. This includes people who are in the process of taking on a new role or have been in a position of leadership for three years or less. These positions of leadership can be formal or informal, but they involve leading others, whether as a supervisor, manager, project manager, or team lead.
This course includes:
- 1 day of live, project-based training from experts
- Proprietary workbook included
- Verified digital certificate of completion
- Learn at an accredited institution
- Credits: 0.6 CEUs
- Small class sizes
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Build relationships with external stakeholders, direct reports, and other internal employees.
- Analyze the power of influence in the workplace.
- Utilize persuasion and negotiation to achieve a desired outcome.
- Develop approaches for forming partnerships with individuals and coalitions with groups.
Course Syllabus
Module 1: The Power of Building Relationships
- Explore strategies for fostering meaningful professional relationships.
- Recognize the role of trust and communication in effective relationship building.
- Identify techniques to strengthen collaboration across teams and organizations.
Module 2: The Power of Influence in the Workplace
- Examine how influence shapes workplace dynamics and decision-making.
- Learn approaches for establishing credibility and authority.
- Develop practical skills for positively impacting others in professional settings.
Module 3: Persuasion and Negotiation
- Understand the principles of persuasion and their application in the workplace.
- Learn negotiation strategies that lead to win-win outcomes.
- Practice techniques for resolving conflicts and achieving agreements.
Module 4: Partnerships and Coalitions
- Explore the importance of partnerships in achieving organizational goals.
- Examine strategies for forming and sustaining coalitions.
- Analyze real-world examples of successful partnerships and collective efforts.
