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Influencing the Organisation
  • Level Expert
  • Duration 23 hours
  • Course by Queen Mary University of London
  • Offered by

About

In this course, you will look at how you can effectively manage stakeholders and industry/organisational politics, whilst successfully mobilising people. You will: – Consider how to build momentum and how to work across organisational, sectoral and country cultures. – Explore how you can align your mission with the organisation’s purpose and manage the politics to influence the organisation. – Look at how to lead in a matrix/complex structure as well as how to make your changes real. This course is aimed at leaders and managers who have five to six years experience and who are beginning to manage teams, customers and clients more regularly or more directly. Learners will likely have a technical or professional early career but as they are progressing in their careers, they are having to start grappling with the issues of team and organisational leadership. By the end of this course, you will be able to: – Work across organisational boundaries and engage with a wider group of stakeholders. – Navigate the realpolitik of their wider organisation and understand the importance of engaging with the political dynamic. – Extend and leverage your networks to be better positioned for the next phase of your career. – Identify levers for change and how best to utilise these in order to increase the possibility that your initiatives and programmes will be adopted.

Modules

Broadening Your Leadership Perspective

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Sharing Your Insights

1 Videos

  • Periscope Up: Exploring Your Organisation

2 Readings

  • Thinking Organisationally
  • Exploring Your Opportunities to Contribute

Navigating the “Politics” as Your Leadership Role Broadens

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Organisational Politics

1 Discussions

  • How Are Other Leaders Succeeding?

1 Videos

  • Navigating the Politics

2 Readings

  • Learning to Read the Situation
  • Your Political Levers

The Power of Networks to Help You to “Lead Across” Your Organisation

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
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1 Videos

  • The Power of Networks to “Work Across”

4 Readings

  • Understanding Networks: Models and Frames
  • Network Mapping
  • Reshaping Your Network
  • Putting Your Network to Work

Learning from Your Initial Journeys Across Your Organisation

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Building Momentum for “Round 3” and Beyond

1 Videos

  • Extending Your Reach

4 Readings

  • Reviewing Our Approach to “the Politics” and Your Network Plan
  • Building Your Safety Net
  • Planning Your “Round 2” of Meetings
  • Week 1 References

Creating New Followers and Colleagues

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Your Personal Brand Statement

1 Videos

  • And You Are?

3 Readings

  • Understanding Personal Branding
  • Expanding Your Brand in New Communities
  • Evolving Your “Leadership” Personal Brand

Bringing Purpose to the Forefront of Your Leadership Message

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Using Purpose in Your Messaging

2 Readings

  • Why Purpose is Important
  • Your Organisation’s Purpose

Storytelling to Engage Audiences Across Your Organisation

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Creating a “Purpose-Led” Story

1 Videos

  • Storytelling as a Leadership Tool

1 Readings

  • Crafting Your Story

Becoming a Leader of the Business

    • 1 Videos
    • 5 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Being a Leader of the Business

5 Readings

  • On Supporters and Resistors
  • Understanding Resistance
  • Influencing Your Resistors
  • Strategic Unblocking
  • Week 2 References

Change: The New Normal

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Understanding Change

1 Videos

  • The Pace and Constant Nature of Change

2 Readings

  • Changing Mindsets
  • What Do You Want to Do?

Leading Change: Creating a Change Plan

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Understanding the Phases of Leading Change

1 Discussions

  • Sharing Ideas

3 Videos

  • Change Leadership: The Core of Your Role
  • Creating Your Change Leadership Plan
  • Reviewing Your Change Plan

3 Readings

  • Areas For Your Attention During Change Initiatives
  • Create Your Change Plan
  • Week 3 References

Planned and Emergent Career Strategies

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Understanding Potential Derailment

1 Videos

  • Your Career

2 Readings

  • The Keys to Successful Career Development
  • Avoiding Leadership “Derailment”

On the Nature of Transitions

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Working with Transitions

2 Videos

  • Career Transitions as a Process
  • Transition Traps

3 Readings

  • Transitions as a Process
  • Exploring Transitions
  • Transitions and the Leader

What Do You Leave Behind

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Planning Your Legacy

1 Readings

  • Preparing to Leave

Your Transition Plan

    • 2 Videos
    • 5 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Leading Within and Beyond the Organisation

1 Peer Review

  • Identifying Leadership Opportunities

2 Videos

  • Managing Your Arrival
  • Farewell

5 Readings

  • Your Transitioning Areas for Attention
  • Transition Traps to Avoid
  • Construct Your 100-Day Plan
  • Week 4 References
  • A Final Check-in With You All: From Your Faculty

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"Influencing the Organisation" is an expert-level course in Business & Management, designed for leaders and managers with 5-6 years of experience. Taught by industry expert Coursera, this engaging course focuses on managing stakeholders, navigating organisational politics, and mobilising people across cultures and complex structures. With a duration of 1380 minutes, it offers practical insights on leading teams, leveraging networks, and driving change. Subscription options include Starter and Professional, catering to ambitious professionals looking to advance their careers.

Dr Nigel Spencer
Instructors

Dr Nigel Spencer

Arun Singh
Instructors

Arun Singh

Mike Mister
Instructors

Mike Mister