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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 Rajan P S

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Mar 13, 2021

Excellent course to learn about ways to build, develop, and sustain a power base in your organization. Explained different influence tactics as well as how to protect you from influence.

By Donell T

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May 31, 2022

Great course and valuable teachings on how to build your value and influence within an organization, regardless to what level you are currently at within the organization.

By Nereu F

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Sep 30, 2021

Excelente curso, traz valioso conhecimento sobre lidar com pessoas em diversas situações. Ajuda também a entender o comportamento humano e suas consequências.

By Anthony J D

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Feb 5, 2021

Excellent course. It was very useful to understand the Impact of Influnce on daily routine. It will help us to mould ourselves Professionally and Personally.

By Grace W

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Sep 10, 2022

thank you very much for this comprehensive course. it has taught me a lot of things that help me improve my work performance and coaching others about it.

By Strahinja M

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Mar 25, 2022

This course was really helpfull and the best of all is that after a while you start noticing things that you probably haven't thought before.

By Menrit S F

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Dec 5, 2021

This course gives practical tools you can use to influence others and protect yourself from bad influence as well. It is really great.

By CLAUDETE M J

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Feb 10, 2021

This course is very interesting. Helps a lot to understand the main mechanisms of persuasion and how to avoid unwanted influences.

By Daniela A

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Sep 11, 2023

Excellent course with real life examples. Presented influencing tactics can be easily applied and tested in own environment.

By Josué M

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Jul 29, 2021

I have learned several tactics to influence people and how to avoid influence, the content is clear and very structured.

By Brian N

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Mar 2, 2021

Absolutely love this course! Professor Scott and Maxim illustrate and deliver the concepts and messages very well.

By Ali A

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Jul 4, 2021

I learned really interesting concepts and found this section the most useful of all the courses in this program

By Adrián H R

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Apr 6, 2021

I learned too much in this course. It was a new world for me. What I learned worked for me in my student life.

By Katie H

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Jan 16, 2022

I found this course incredibly helpful. The content was clear and well organized. Could not recommend more!

By Liza A

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Nov 9, 2022

An amazing Course that shifts completely your mindset, behavior by knowing the ART of influencing people.

By Mo F

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May 25, 2022

This specialization and each and every course of it are amazing. Highly recommended for all.

By Yasmin A

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Sep 15, 2021

so informative and rich content.. easy to understand and supported with studies and examples

By Angela M

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Jan 11, 2021

I earned a lot of information that can help me in mu career.Thank you ver much.Sending love

By Bibiana M

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Feb 20, 2021

Excelente, una manera sencilla de entender la forma en que influenciamos y nos influencian

By Jelena L

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Jan 3, 2021

my first online study, i enjoyed it a lot, right tempo, interesting and very informative!

By Desiree M

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Apr 13, 2023

Very insightful, course material was very timely and suitable for the teachers lectures.

By DUONG K H

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Jun 20, 2023

This course provides some practical knowledge that we can apply for the working place

By Dilki T

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Jan 3, 2021

I am a new learner for this subject .I learned a lot and the lectures are fascinating

By Vinayak P

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Jan 3, 2021

Nicely designed course. It covers influencing as well as how not to get influenced.