Influencing People Certificate

Influencing People Certificate Course

When you learn how to positively influence people, you can become an empowering and effective leader. In today’s increasingly global, competitive, and diverse workplaces, the ability to influence people and foster collaboration is more important than ever.

While manipulation or coercion produce negative outcomes, the art of influencing people can help both employees and the organization in several ways. Ultimately, your ability to influence people helps you achieve outcomes and get things done positively. The art of influencing others is a core leadership skill that plays a crucial part in every role.

What You Will Learn in This Course:

• Cross-Functional Influence:
  • How to influence people across cross-functional teams and organizational layers.
• Positive Influence Outcomes:
  • The different results produced by positively influencing people.
• Benefits of Positive Influence:
  • How employees and businesses alike benefit from positive influencing techniques.
• Catalysts of Influence:
  • The role of different factors that catalyze the art of influence and how they work.
• Persuasive Communication:
  • How to use persuasive communication and engage in give-and-take relationships to achieve objectives.
• Senior Executive Influence:
  • For senior executives, the course can help you use your influence to steer long-term goals.

The Benefits of The Influencing People Certificate:

• Enhanced Leadership:
  • Understand how to become a better leader and motivate your team to work more effectively.
• Avoid Negative Tactics:
  • Gain insights into how manipulation and coercion can interfere with achieving objectives and backfire.
• Effective Communication:
  • Brush up on tips and techniques that help you engage, listen better, and share your enthusiasm with others.
• Extended Influence:
  • Learn to extend your influence with peers, superiors, and subordinates as an aspiring leader.
• Subtle Influencing Methods:
  • Use subtle influencing methods where direct authoritative techniques may not work as well.

Flexible Learning

Study at your own pace with access to our online resources anytime, guided by experienced professionals.

For more insights on leadership and influence, visit the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL).

Explore additional leadership resources at Mind Tools.

Learn more about effective communication strategies at Harvard Business Review.