Free Online Course offered by edX on Leadership and Influence

edX Platform is offering a free online course on the theme of Leadership and Influence, that aims to help learners develop the skills to be an effective and successful leaders. High impact leaders have the ability to lead and influence others toward a common goal. To do this learners must develop their own toolbox of strategies - to maintain engagement, to build collaborative support and to master conflict while remaining true to your authentic self.

Upon completing this course, learners will be able to design an effective influence strategy to accomplish goals, even without formal authority. You’ll be able to recognize team dynamics and identify ways to help each member contribute more effectively. Through exercises and lessons, you’ll pinpoint problems and challenges in the way you (and your teams) make decisions. Finally, you’ll walk away with a concrete plan for continuing to expand your situational adaptability as a leader, allowing you to adjust with fluency and achieve your fullest potential.

This course is a part of UMD and USMx's MBA Core Curriculum MicroMasters® Program. As USMx is free-online-course platform at University System of Maryland. And UMD is free-online-course platform at The University of Maryland, College Park.

Course effort:

8 to 10 hours per week, for seven weeks.

Course objectives:

Participants in this course will acquire the following skills and knowledge:

1. Determine an effective influence strategy to accomplish a goal, regardless of formal authority.
2. Recognize team dynamics and identify strategies for leveraging each member’s contribution.
3. Identify problems in the way you, and your team, make important decisions.
4. Build a concrete plan for continuing to expand your situational adaptability as a leader.

Course costs:

It’s free of charge to take this course, but there is an option of pursing a Verified Certificate for $214, that is:

1. An instructor-signed certificate with the institution's logo to verify achievement and increase learner’s job prospects.
2. Easily shareable that learners can add to their CV or resume, or post it directly on LinkedIn.
3. Proven motivator to give enrollees an additional incentive to complete the course.
4. Dedicated to support edX, as a non-profit, it relies on verified certificates to help fund free education for everyone globally.

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