How to influence people

This course will enhance your ability to influence people in situations where formal authority is not available. You will learn effective ways to build, develop, and maintain a power base in your organization. You will also learn influence tactics that will enable you to be more persuasive and influential when working with your superiors, peers, and even subordinates. In addition, you will learn how to build and maintain high-quality relationships to further increase your informal power and ability to influence people. Most importantly, you will learn how to differentiate between influence and manipulation and how to protect yourself from unwanted influence. The influence strategies studied in this course will make you a more confident and influential leader, presenter, and decision-maker. You will be more effective at selling business ideas to your superiors, influencing clients, and building alliances with stakeholders. In this course, you will not only gain strategic guidance on how to build and maintain your network of influence and power, but you will also equip yourself with specific tactics and strategies that have been proven to be effective in gaining power and influencing people.