Influencing People Without Authority

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Influence is a critical skill in today’s workplace, especially when you don’t have formal authority. In Influencing People without Authority, you’ll build practical skills to communicate effectively, give and receive feedback, and persuade others with confidence. Through this Specialization, you’ll learn how to build relationships that strengthen your influence, apply persuasive communication techniques, and use feedback as a tool for growth. You’ll explore how to present ideas with clarity and impact, combine data with storytelling, and develop strategies to influence peers, managers, and stakeholders. By the end of this Specialization, you’ll be able to: Apply influence tactics to persuade others across teams and roles Build strong professional relationships to increase trust and credibility Give and receive feedback that supports growth and performance Communicate ideas clearly through presentations and storytelling Distinguish ethical influence from manipulation and respond effectively This Specialization is designed for real-world application. You can use these skills right away—whether you're collaborating with peers, presenting ideas, or working to influence decisions without formal authority.

Syllabus

Course 1: Influencing People
Course 2: Feedback Loops: Feedback Fundamentals
Course 3: Speaking and Presenting: Pitches and Persuasion

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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.
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The hope good presenters project when pitching their ideas is not naïve hope. They’re not Pollyanna at the podium. Instead, the solutions they offer are supported by research, data, and expertise. This course will teach you how to merge hard facts with an imaginative vision in a way that at once resonates with and inspires your audience.
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What if you could become really good at both giving and receiving feedback? Imagine the effect that would have on your overall development, as well as on the various relationships you have in both your professional and personal life. Your ability to grow and improve would expand dramatically. So would the positive impact you could have on the people with whom you interact and collaborate the most. This first course in the four-part specialization “Feedback Loops: How to Give & Receive High-Quality Feedback" will help you reap those benefits.