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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Influencing People by University of Michigan

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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

TA

Mar 24, 2019

A very useful course, presented in a very simple and structured way, using an easy English language with a lot of subtitles.

You shall like and get a huge benefit from the materials and the course.

MF

Jan 21, 2016

Really useful course! I learnt many new ways to influence others and protect myself from other people's influence.

P.S The cover is a deal-breaker. I joined this course after watching the intro.

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By Vimal K T

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Jan 24, 2016

This is a excellent source for learning about influencing others and How to protect yourself from others influence.

By Lynne J

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Sep 30, 2020

Very thorough course and very interesting. The content was very valuable to me as a Business Development Manager.

By GC

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Feb 8, 2016

Helpful summary and reminder of aspects of influence in the professional and organizational context. Very helpful.

By Midhun P

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May 17, 2020

Great course, Really loved the experiments and its importance. I was impressed with the way they take the lessons

By Nadiya L

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Dec 20, 2015

Very practical and concret. I was afraid about the manipulation tactics, but it's realy clear and deep. Thank you

By H. M K H

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May 2, 2020

Feeling excited to finish this course. Really a good course to develop the cinfidence level in this present era.

By Iryna A

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Oct 30, 2019

This course helped me identify different ways to persuade others and protect myself from the unwanted influence.

By Deleted A

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Jun 2, 2018

Great course. Wish I'd done it years ago, before influencing people in ways which were not always beneficial :)

By Ashleigh P

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Jan 9, 2016

This course provided me with real tactics that I could begin utilizing immediately both in and outside of work.

By Mikael A

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Dec 27, 2015

Well paced and explained, also relatively useful tuition in life, highlights rather extensively on the subject.

By tiffany a

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May 9, 2017

The instructor was very thorough, and communicated the information in a way that was very easy to understand.

By Vinayak A B

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May 16, 2020

Very good course. Liked specific strategies to avoid influences. Really practical and possible to implement

By SHWETHA B

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Mar 12, 2020

My best course so far. Excellent content. I will definitely get back to the content for reference in future!

By Helvecio C D S

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Jan 27, 2016

Informações importantes para quem etá a frente de equipes, seja formalmente ou informalmente. Excelente!!!!

By IOANNIS S

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Sep 8, 2019

I have gained new skills, new way of seeing my work, my superiors and my team mates. It was really hepful

By Mohsin M

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Jan 30, 2016

Wonderful course I haven't realized the power of influence before taken this course! Thank You Coursera!

By Vijaya K G

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Aug 30, 2020

Thank You Prof Scott and Prof. Maxim!!

The content and presentations were really relatable and helpful.

By RJ A

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Jul 27, 2017

great course and easy to understand and follow. Teaches you a lot about being a good influence at work

By Veronika P

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May 15, 2016

It's a great course, thank you! Many useful examples and I like the use of extern videos and materials!

By Dr S K

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Aug 5, 2020

Really an exciting course. Very helpful and excellent strategies described very lucidly. Thanks a lot.

By Flt L G R

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Jun 5, 2020

THANKS...MUCH LEARNT ON INFLUENCING AND GETTING INFLUENCED..

GREAT PROFESSIONAL ETHICS TO BE FOLLOWED.

By M. B

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Oct 10, 2017

Excellent and important introduction to the fields of manipulation and the art of protecting from it.

By Kerollos

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Feb 15, 2016

This course is very useful ,it forces me to invite my friends to enroll in it.Thanks for your effort.

By ROGÉRIA D C S

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Aug 19, 2019

Amazing course! Certainlly i will apply this knowlegde in my professional and personal life as well.

By Eva K

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Mar 25, 2016

Clearly structured material, excellent lecturer, interesting an engaging - overall very good course.