Leadership and Influence
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Overview
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Listening and being sure of your values underpins everything that comes with professional influencer and leadership soft skills. We’ll go on to look at self-assessment and leadership planning, negotiation, addressing and resolving conflict, and successfully identifying and promoting circumstances you want.
After this course, you will be able to:
- state your own mission and plan with confidence
- negotiate and persuade
- deal with difficult people
- contribute to crafting a working environment you want to work in
The prerequisites for this course are Courses One and Two of the Specialization "Professional IQ: Preventing and Solving Problems at Work".
Syllabus
- Course Orientation
- You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
- Week 1: Becoming a Leader
- Find out what it can be like to make the transition into a leadership role. Learn how your values and branding are essential in this transition.
- Week 2: Influence, Persuasion, and Negotiation
- Learn how influence and persuasion are key to leadership and some essentials negotiation concepts and skills. Explore more about effective communication.
- Week 3: Difficult Conversations as a Leader
- Develop skills for tackling difficult conversations, including giving and getting feedback and handling complaints.
- Week 4: It’s Your Life - Live it Well
- Pull together skills and knowledge from throughout the courses while examining the importance of your alignment and fit in an organization. Reflect on the importance of learning as a leader and plan for what happens next in your professional career.
Taught by
C. K. Gunsalus
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