Office Politics Courses and Certifications

Office Politics For Managers

Strategies in office politic and advance in your work.

• OpenLearning
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Navigating Office Politics: Get What You Want at Work

1122 ratings at Udemy

Learn how to gain influence and get more done in your organization by understanding and navigating office politics.

• Udemy
• 2 hours 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Navigating Internal Politics

Identify formal and informal power dynamics at work, build stakeholder relationships, apply ethical influence strategies, and assess political risks in organisational decision-making.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Influencing People

6 ratings

Build a power base without formal authority: identify sources of power, apply influence tactics with bosses and peers, strengthen relationships, and resist manipulation.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

How To Be Awesome At Your Job

1 rating at CreativeLive

Practical workplace strategies for earning recognition, handling difficult colleagues, communicating effectively, and advancing toward promotions.

• CreativeLive
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Certificate in Corporate Behavior and Office Politics (Self-paced) (Live Online)

Strengthen your ability to navigate complex workplace dynamics with confidence and clarity.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $149.00

Using Influence to Manage Across

Learn to influence colleagues without formal authority by navigating office politics, building alliances, transforming resistance, and using credibility, emotional connection, and strategic persuasion.

• CodeSignal
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Human Capital: Positive Downsizing and Navigating Politics

17 ratings at Coursera

Manage downsizing ethically: weigh its consequences, design alternatives and plant-closure plans, navigate workplace politics, and craft HR policies for relationship issues.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

A Technical Leader's Qualities and Effectiveness

27 ratings at Coursera

Learn the traits of great technical leaders — vision, courage, resilience, humility, ethics — and build proficiency in negotiation, office politics, stakeholder management, and mentorship.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Influencing the Organisation

45 ratings at Coursera

Learn to lead beyond your team: navigate organisational politics, engage stakeholders across boundaries, align your mission with strategy, build a change plan, and manage career transitions.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Women in Leadership:Intensive Learning for Emerging Leaders

10 ratings at Coursera

Build leadership skills as an emerging woman professional: communicate effectively, negotiate with confidence, build teams, navigate internal politics, and cultivate executive presence.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 6 courses

Organizational Leadership

Explore what makes a leader effective: examine leadership theories, the links between power, influence and trust, organizational politics and ethical dilemmas.

• Coursera
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Personal Success at Work

Define your own version of career success and learn how promotions really work: SPVEM goals, the PEAR promotion model, organisational positioning, networking and office politics.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

GOTO Conferences

Navigating Politics in Agile or Lean Initiatives

Exploring eastern and tribal philosophy to address destructive politics in Agile/Lean initiatives, offering practical strategies for navigating challenges and fostering positive collaboration.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

NDC Conferences

Managing the Burnout Burndown

Practical strategies for tech leaders to manage stress, reduce burnout, and maintain productivity while navigating team dynamics, office politics, and an evolving software landscape.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk