Influence is a critical skill in today’s workplace, especially when you don’t have formal authority. In Influencing People without Authority, you’ll build practical skills to communicate effectively, give and receive feedback, and persuade others with confidence.

Through this Specialization, you’ll learn how to build relationships that strengthen your influence, apply persuasive communication techniques, and use feedback as a tool for growth. You’ll explore how to present ideas with clarity and impact, combine data with storytelling, and develop strategies to influence peers, managers, and stakeholders.

By the end of this Specialization, you’ll be able to:

• Apply influence tactics to persuade others across teams and roles

• Build strong professional relationships to increase trust and credibility

• Give and receive feedback that supports growth and performance

• Communicate ideas clearly through presentations and storytelling

• Distinguish ethical influence from manipulation and respond effectively

This Specialization is designed for real-world application. You can use these skills right away—whether you're collaborating with peers, presenting ideas, or working to influence decisions without formal authority.

Applied Learning Project

You’ll engage with lectures, assessments, and guided activities that help you apply concepts to real workplace scenarios. In Influencing People, you’ll complete hands-on assignments to design strategies for influencing key stakeholders and plan how to respond to unwanted influence. In Feedback Loops: Feedback Fundamentals, you’ll work through exercises that help you identify ineffective feedback patterns, respond to unclear or biased feedback, and build self-feedback strategies. In Speaking and Presenting: Pitches and Persuasion, you’ll get the opportunity to reflect on your ideas through weekly discussions and, through assessments, you’ll learn to apply concepts like body language, storytelling, and optimism to strengthen your persuasive communication. By the end, you’ll have a set of repeatable communication and influence techniques you can use right away to build relationships, present ideas, and guide decisions.