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How it works
Building Influence, Collaboration, and Smart Decisions
Boost your leadership skills with practical strategies & real-world applications
Are you ready to take your career to the next level through influence and collaboration?
This course is for front-line, junior to mid-level supervisors and managers who aspire to lead with confidence, impact, and clarity.
Explore the tools needed to enhance your leadership skills, foster collaboration, and make informed decisions that drive success.
Through practical strategies and real-world applications, you’ll gain the expertise to navigate challenges, inspire your team, and achieve professional goals.
Gain credibility and influence
Leadership begins with trust and credibility. You’ll learn effective communication techniques, persuasive strategies, and negotiation tactics to support and drive initiatives forward.
By mastering these skills, you’ll not only enhance your professional relationships but also position yourself as a decisive and respected figure in your organisation.
Foster collaboration and resolve conflicts
Great leaders know how to bring people together. This course will teach you techniques to foster collaboration and build strong, cohesive teams.
You’ll gain the confidence to navigate challenging situations, promote teamwork, and create a positive, productive work environment.
Make strategic decisions with confidence
In today’s fast-paced world, decision-making is a critical leadership skill. This course will equip you with the tools to analyse complex information, overcome biases, and make informed, strategic decisions.
Learn consensus-building approaches that ensure your decisions are both effective and inclusive. By applying these methods to real-world scenarios, you’ll develop the ability to solve problems efficiently and drive organisational success.
Explore sustained study on this topic through our ExpertTrack: Strategic Finance, Data & Decision-Making.
Syllabus
Week 1
Build Credibility and Influence with Impact
Lesson 1: Building Credibility and Influencing Others
In this lesson, you'll learn how to build credibility and influence others through trust, persuasive communication, and active listening.
Lesson 2: Collaboration and Building Strong Relationships
In this lesson, you’ll learn to build trust, collaborate effectively, and strengthen relationships through teamwork, networking, and inclusivity.
Lesson 3: Analyzing Information for Informed Decision-Making
In this lesson, you’ll strengthen your decision-making skills by learning to analyze data, solve problems, evaluate risks, and consider diverse perspectives.
Week 2
Negotiate, Resolve Conflict, and Make Decisions Together
Lesson 4: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
In this lesson, you’ll explore core negotiation skills and learn strategies to manage conflict, resolve disputes constructively, and create win-win outcomes.
Lesson 5: Making Consensus-Based Decisions
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to guide group decision-making, build consensus, overcome biases, and manage dissent to reach balanced, effective outcomes.
Lesson 6: Conclusion
In this lesson, you’ll reflect on key concepts from the course and consolidate your skills in influence, collaboration, and decision-making for lasting impact.
When would you like to start?
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Demonstrate credibility and influence by using persuasive strategies and adapting communication styles.
- Engage stakeholders effectively by building trust and applying relationship-building techniques.
- Practice collaboration and inclusivity by encouraging teamwork and embracing diverse perspectives.
- Collaborate across functions by fostering a culture of respect and shared goals.
Who is the course for?
This online course is perfect for front-line, junior to mid-level supervisors and managers who lead teams, projects, and processes across diverse organisations. If you’re looking to enhance your influence, collaboration, and decision-making skills to advance your career, this course is tailored for you.
Who will you learn with?
Who developed the course?
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Choose the best way to learn for you!
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$244.99 for a whole year
Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$54/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Start learning today
Free
Try this course - with limits
- Limited to 2 weeks
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Sale price available until 2 November 2026 at 23:59 (UTC). T&Cs apply.
Learning on FutureLearn
Your learning, your rules
- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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