Delegating and negotiating are crucial leadership activities, but can be extremely challenging. Success requires smart decisions and ensuring alignment with the other people involved. In this course, you’ll discover how to make good decisions to support effective delegation and negotiation, techniques for communicating thoughtfully, and how to avoid pitfalls to ensure you achieve.
Gain Alignment to Achieve Results
Gain Alignment to Achieve Results
This course is part of Lead for Results: From Planning to Execution Specialization
Instructor: Harvard Business Review
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Intermediate level
Some related experience required
1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Determine what tasks you should delegate
Communicate assignments and ensure commitment
Monitor and support delegated work
Prepare for and conduct simple and complex negotiations
Overcome obstacles to a successful negotiation
Skills you'll gain
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There are 3 modules in this course
You can’t accomplish all your assignments on your own. The ability to delegate well is critical to your—and your team’s—success. Discover how to decide what to delegate, effectively communicate assignments, and support delegated work.
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9 videos18 readings1 assignment
Negotiation is an essential management skill that will serve you every day in ways big and small. By learning to effectively prepare for and conduct a negotiation, you can maintain relationships, resolve conflict, and balance competing interests.
What's included
15 videos28 readings1 assignment
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