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Influencing People Without Authority
Overview
Influence is a critical skill in today’s workplace, especially when you don’t have formal authority. In Influencing People without Authority, you’ll build practical skills to communicate effectively, give and receive feedback, and persuade others with confidence.
Through this Specialization, you’ll learn how to build relationships that strengthen your influence, apply persuasive communication techniques, and use feedback as a tool for growth. You’ll explore how to present ideas with clarity and impact, combine data with storytelling, and develop strategies to influence peers, managers, and stakeholders.
By the end of this Specialization, you’ll be able to:
Apply influence tactics to persuade others across teams and roles Build strong professional relationships to increase trust and credibility Give and receive feedback that supports growth and performance Communicate ideas clearly through presentations and storytelling Distinguish ethical influence from manipulation and respond effectively
This Specialization is designed for real-world application. You can use these skills right away—whether you're collaborating with peers, presenting ideas, or working to influence decisions without formal authority.
Courses in this learning path or series 3
- Influencing People
- Feedback Loops: Feedback Fundamentals
- Speaking and Presenting: Pitches and Persuasion
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
- Structured courses with graded quizzes, assignments and deadlines you can reset.
- A shareable certificate from the university or company when you pay.
- Financial aid is often approved for students in India (apply 15 days before you need it).
- From University of Michigan, a well-regarded name.
- Self-paced: start any time.
- A clear syllabus (3 parts) you can see before you start.
Disadvantages
- Paid after a 7-day free trial (Coursera Plus or per course).
- Some courses can be audited for free, but graded work and certificates need payment.
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This course is paid. Here is how to take it for free
- Free trials: You can start a 7-day free trial for many individual courses, Specializations, or a Coursera Plus subscription to test full course features. Cancel before the seventh day if you do not want to be charged.
- Financial aid: If you cannot afford the fee for a certificate, you can apply for financial aid through the link on the course home page by filling out an application about your background and goals.
Taught by
- Patrick BarryDirector of Artificial Intelligence Initiatives, University of Michigan Law School
University of Michigan is in Tier 2: excellent universities and the companies that build the technology of our institution ranking (86/100).
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