About this course

This ‘Leadership through Social Influence’ course is a part of Organizational Leadership Specialization and will offer learners a general systematic framework for analyzing persuasive influence situations. Moreover, It’ll help learners identify various challenges faced by persuaders and to formulate appropriate strategies for tackling those challenges. Additionally, the big goal is to provide learners with not only an extensive persuasion tool kit but also with a grasp of how different tools are fruitful in different situations.

Course details:

• Course developer: Northwestern University
• Topic: Leadership
• Course provider: Coursera
• Language: English
• Learning mode: Self-paced
• Price: Free (you have to only pay for the certificate)
• Length: Approx. 4 hours to finish
• Start time: Available Now

Learning objectives:

By completing this course, you will be able to:

• Access an extensive persuasion tool kit, and know-how different tools are useful in different situations
• Identify various challenges faced by influencers and craft appropriate strategies to address the obstacles in leadership

‘Leadership through Social Influence’ course content:

This course will discuss four wide-ranging topics:

• Strategies for affecting people’s personal attitudes;
• Ways for impacting social factors influencing behavior;
• Techniques for influencing individuals’ perceived ability to opt for the desired behavior; and
• Strategies for inducing individuals to act on their actual intentions.

Course Syllabus:

• 1st week: Influencing Attitudes
• 2nd week: Influencing Social Factors
• 3rd week: Influencing Perceived Ability
• 4th week: Converting Intentions into Action

Skills you will gain:

• Communication
• Negotiation
• Leadership
• Communications Management

Course benefits:

You will have these opportunities during this course:

• Earning a sharable certificate upon completion (you have to pay for the certificate)
• 100% online, you can start instantly and learn at your own schedule
• The course plus the full specialization
• Course videos and readings
• Practice quizzes
• Graded assignments and quizzes with feedback

How to apply?

Interested learners can apply very easily through the link below.

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For more information about Northwestern University Free Online Course on ‘Leadership through Social Influence’, please visit Coursera’s website.

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