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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 ...
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    Top reviews

    JW

    Feb 6, 2018

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    The course has good theory structure and real-life assignments that will provoke you to apply immediately what you have learned. I enjoyed the lecture's clear pronunciation. It is easy to follow.

    SB

    Jun 5, 2020

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    It's great course which insights on Influencing people and protect team from manipulation. Indeed it helps me a lot in my professional career. Looking forward for more course and adopt in future.

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    Mar 25, 2016

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

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    Jul 1, 2019

    it is very useful to learn how to influencing people not only in the job, but in our life as well.

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    Mar 3, 2018

    Very userfull as a introductory course and it will help you make better assessments on situations.

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    Mar 20, 2016

    Excellent instructors!

    Applicable everyday life techniques backed up by science are well presented.

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    Jun 16, 2020

    Absolutely loved it! Extremely relatable in modern workplace scenario, and also amazingly useful!

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    Jan 2, 2020

    Excellent course. A very practical tool. It helps develop skills necessary for work and for life.

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    May 23, 2020

    I learned very practical ways to help me influence co-workers at different organizational level.

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    By Elvira M

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    Jan 12, 2016

    Great course! Full of insightful and very useful information. :) I highly recommend this course.

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    By Amruta C

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    Dec 21, 2015

    Very good class. Gives real life examples and helpful tips to make yourself better at workplace.

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    By Sayeed M M S

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    Dec 18, 2015

    I'm loving this course. The instructors are great. Make things really easy for us to understand.

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    By Mikhail K

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    Dec 27, 2015

    Love these specialization. each course is great so far.

    Many thanks to all who made it possible.

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    By Pedro C J

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    Sep 8, 2018

    Muito bom! Apresenta com fundamentos as estratégias para influencia e para se "proteger" dela.

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    By Eddah K

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    Apr 3, 2016

    I learnt a lot and gained practical skills. I believe the course has made me a better leader.

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    By Andrzej K

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    Jan 16, 2020

    The course is full of practical advice for everyday life and your career! Highly recommended

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    By Camilo A O M

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    May 29, 2018

    Great course, excellent information that you can apply daily and improve your teams results.

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    Jan 15, 2016

    This is the one best course. i have learned a lot to enhance my abilities.

    Qasid Ali

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    Dec 17, 2015

    Excellent course especially for those who are in the way of ascending in their organizations

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    May 28, 2016

    The course really unfolded the secrets of influence, bases of power and tools to influence.

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    Dec 17, 2015

    Very useful and applicable to real life course. Very well structured and clear information.

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    By Vincenzo P

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    Jul 29, 2020

    Well done to the teachers and to the University of Michigan for another awesome course!!!!

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    By Olaoluwa I

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    Mar 27, 2020

    A very practical course. Well presented and involving. Already applying materials learned.

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    By Qiyu Z

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    Jun 21, 2018

    Great. The course influences me to be a good leader in order to let others enjoy the work.

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    By Ivan A U S

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    Oct 18, 2020

    ¡Muy bueno!

    Buen material, bien explicado por parte de expertos, buena retroalimentación.

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    By Anshul G

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    May 8, 2018

    It was an amazing course from which I learned a lot of skill set of influencing people.

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    By Patrycja E S

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    Feb 7, 2016

    Very professional course. It taught me how to deal and manage certain groups of people.

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