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About the Course

An ambitious vision for the future of your organisation isn’t enough – how do you communicate this vision to get your colleagues on board? The ability to effectively communicate and persuade others is a key leadership skill. Traditional and common-sense models of communication and persuasion often fail to capture the complex nature of ‘influencing’. Via structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) this course will develop your capacity to communicate appropriately in different situational and cultural contexts, making you a highly influential leader....

Top reviews

SP

Jan 22, 2021

I have really enjoyed learning this course, and professors made it so easy for me to understand the concept. As I was proceeding with the course, I applied some of the ideas and guess what? It worked

AA

Jul 12, 2020

It's a course that sum up the most important skills you need to learn for your professional life. Amazing material and subject conducted in a very fun and appealing way. Thanks for both instructors.

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By SPEAR J T B Y

Jul 31, 2020

this course is so informative and engaging!! I can see the thought put in behind the well-structured activities and I love how points made are supported by examples, including personal ones. I've learned so much within a few weeks. Thank you both for your knowledge and PASSION. I've really enjoyed learning from you both :")

By Michelle R

Aug 9, 2024

A well structured course with material that was easy to follow - verbally, written, research material, visually. It covered all the components on delivery method. The content seemed very comprehensive, mainly covering "influence". I have already integrated many of the points covered in delivery presentations and influence.

By Saibkhan N

Jan 31, 2020

Very engaging and 100% recommended. I tried to take courses on storytelling from another resources but this one turned out to be the exact fit for me. Totally business oriented. Perfect course if you want to improve your corporate world presentation / pitching / negotiation skills. Loved personal stories from Arabela! = )

By Gilbert C

Dec 31, 2019

Easy to understand and well put together. I particularly liked Lawrence's videos and going through some of the research literature, but I can understand at this introductory level Arabella is an excellent communicator. Overall, there are some excellent practical tips here even if some of it seems commonsensical at times.

By Rajesh P

Dec 21, 2020

Very well-organized course with lot of tips and techniques, full of meaningful strategies with potential applicable scenarios. My special thanks to the faculties for keeping the course lively and friendly manner. The exercises helped to recollect the concepts, relevant elaboration for right/ wrong choices. Great course!

By Yu X N

Jul 25, 2020

After completing this course, I feel much more prepared for the presentations that I will be having next week and in the future. Thank you truly, Mr Lawrence and Ms Arabella, for all the help you've provided me. It is greatly appreciated and I hope to join another course conducted by both of you in the future :)

By Irene Y

Sep 23, 2019

Excellent course!! Filled with practical, useful advice, theory and examples which helped demonstrate the usage of skills and theories. This course is very relevant to modern business environments. Communications, influencing and story telling skills are core to any role at any level. Loved it! Thank you.

By Ramanujan V

Aug 9, 2022

Very informative and the quizes at the end of each module to check understanding is an added bonus. The fine art of Storytelling is a plus and the ways to do them are explained to the T. Good course to start and develop new skills for growth in any Organisation. Thanks for the wonderful course put together.

By Nisarg S S

Jul 16, 2023

This is one of the best courses i have ever participated on Coursera. This course is very clear, nicely constructed with all supportive documents and techniques which make learning really impactful. Many thanks to Prof. Lawrence Ang and Ms. Arabella MacPherson for your efforts and sharing knowledge.

By Kazuhiko K

Jan 6, 2021

Finished this 6-weeks course for just 1, 5 days since it was so fun and enjoyable.

I can warmly recommend this course for all who want to communicate with impact!

Next step would be to present myself and share feedbacks with peers.

I would appreciate any suggestions for such a course or opportunity.

By Jerby L

Oct 23, 2020

What an awesome course! I learned a lot and the teachers apply the tips in their own way of communication which made them more engaging, convincing and mesmerizing. Planning to go through the course again after some time to get a refresher. It was such an enjoyable experience as well!

By Adie A A

Jan 28, 2021

At the beginning, this course was one of my least favorite cause of the long minutes but when I concentrated fully on the course, I loved it. All thanks to Prof. Lawrence Ang and Prof. Arabella Macpherson for their detailed lecture. This course was worth my time. Thank you so much.

By RICARDO P S

Feb 5, 2023

I enjoyed very much. You can find a lot of different tips, giving you a very clear methodology to structure the pitching for influencing others. Useful for selling ideas, products, overcoming objections and therefore moving forward on getting things / deal done. Very recommended.

By Олександр Н

Jul 19, 2022

Many thanks to the lecturers for the excellent presentation of information. The course is very useful and extremely relevant today and promising for the future. Learned a lot of new things and discovered techniques to guarantee successful communication with the audience. Bravo!

By Rafael D C

Sep 30, 2020

Great course, I'm a college student, and im applying the knowledge from this course mainly to network with important teachers to get job vacancies, and research grants. Got 2 research grants since i've finished the course, and now probably a opportunity of international degree.

By Paul K

Jan 23, 2023

This is great for anyone who is presenting, in sales, and in leadership. This will give you a great frame work on how to approach these different areas of work. The course work was just right and I was able to finish the classes in a week at my own pace. Highly recommend.

By Lorien L

Apr 22, 2024

This course is great, easy to follow, provides great concepts with easy recall, and additional resources for references. I love that it incorporates human psychology and how humans respond to messages, presentations, etc. I would highly recommend this course to others.

By Bernard D V

Mar 24, 2020

A course full of nice examples, sometimes really simple. The course is well researched and full of food for thought. Definitevely some useful and concrete guidelines. I feel like the two last weeks were losing in intensity but this complete course is really worthwhile

By Tofail A

Sep 21, 2019

Just love the course and approach of teaching. Storytelling and influencing: Communicate with impact is a very interesting! It increase inspiration and influence to reach the goals easily. I feel thankful to have this access from the expert instructor and professor.

By John A B G

Jan 15, 2023

This is an excellent course, if you want to improve your communication and leadership skills.Throughout the course, you will learn persuasion techniques on almost all important business topics, I highly recommend this course and I think everyone should take it.

By Thức T

Oct 30, 2023

This is an excellent course. The content of the course is really meaningful, the way the two instructors present the content has attracted me, and has motivated me a lot. I sincerely thank you very much, thank you for everything that has created this course.

By Terry T

Mar 11, 2021

I enjoyed this Course so much. It has been my greatest favorite Course in my Coursera journey. A very well done to Arabella and Lawrence for the well thought out outlines and presentation. It was indeed a very FUN, yet so relevant in today's connected globe.

By Rahman H

Aug 24, 2020

It's not short but everything that been shared with us is relatable to our journey to influence people. The next step for us is to reflect and implement. I recommend this training for those of you who want to improve your communication skills and knowledge.

By Marta A

Jul 9, 2020

The course is very much aimed to sales people, while I was more interested in a general perspective of making presentations within my organisation and when going for job interviews. But the tips are applicable anyway and I have learned interesting things.

By Dheeraj A

May 18, 2022

The course is excellent . Once i started it i was going with the flow. Often i feel there are barrage of questions fired at you and you are supposed to know the correct answer to each of them .I believe i may utilise the learning to handle these better.