Leading through Positive Influence

Overview/Description

An effective leader recognizes that organizational politics can provide positive ways to influence others in order to accomplish goals. In this course, you'll be guided through numerous methods and strategies for being persuasive and effectively influencing a team to accept your ideas. You'll be introduced to the importance of political awareness and the essential skills involved in using positive politics and avoiding negative politics to persuade others. You'll also have an opportunity to practice methods for influencing effectively and ethically.

Lesson Objectives

recognize key concepts related to the use of influence
identify techniques for influencing people
recognize examples of positive politics
identify examples of negative politics
recognize actions that use positive politics to create strong relationships
identify examples of how to use positive politics to promote unifying goals
use methods to positively influence employees

Expected Duration (hours)
0.5