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Business Communication for the Modern Workplace Specialization

Coursera

Business Communication for the Modern Workplace Specialization

Enhance Workplace Communication Skills.

Master strategies for effective communication and inclusivity.

Hector Sandoval
Julian Jenkins
Starweaver

Instructors: Hector Sandoval

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Intermediate level

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Craft compelling business communications and proposals.

  • Utilize AI-driven personalization in customer engagements.

  • Foster an inclusive workplace environment and communication.

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Specialization - 6 course series

What you'll learn

  • Articulate business presentations to varying work audiences.

  • Create compelling business proposals that deliver important messages to key stakeholders.

  • Identify crisis communications best practices based on the latest case study research.

  • Apply effective messaging and persuasive communication techniques to work related discussions and documentation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Proposal Development
Category: Business Communication
Category: Crisis Management
Category: Presentations
Category: Communication
Category: Persuasive Communication
Category: Proposal Writing
Category: Public Speaking
Category: Writing
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Corporate Communications
The Beginner’s Guide to Business Negotiation

The Beginner’s Guide to Business Negotiation

Course 2, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explore negotiation nature, structure, impact of personality, success drivers, and negotiation structure.

  • Assess negotiation success drivers, set clear objectives, allocate prep time, emphasize influencing skills, and trust for favorable outcomes.

  • Close negotiations effectively, overcome challenges, prevent buyer’s remorse, and learn from failures.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Negotiation
Category: Influencing
Category: Rapport Building
Category: Follow Through
Category: Communication
Category: Personal Attributes
Category: Overcoming Obstacles
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Persuasive Communication
Category: Planning
Category: Interpersonal Communications
Fundamentals of Internal Business Communications

Fundamentals of Internal Business Communications

Course 3, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Learn the principles of effective internal communication

  • Evaluate the role of internal communication in business

  • Develop skills for implementing effective internal communication

  • Apply these learned skills in real-world scenarios

Skills you'll gain

Category: Employee Engagement
Category: Internal Communications
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Business Communication
Category: Strategic Communication
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Corporate Communications
Category: Target Audience
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Interpersonal Communications
Category: Active Listening
Category: Driving engagement
Category: Communication Planning
Category: Leadership
Category: Communication
Category: Stakeholder Management
GenAI for Customer Communication

GenAI for Customer Communication

Course 4, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyse key concepts and benefits of AI in customer communication.

  • Identify cutting edge techniques for AI-driven personalization.

  • Apply AI tools to enhance customer feedback analysis and journey mapping.

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Personalization
Category: Predictive Analytics
Category: Customer Engagement
Category: User Feedback
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Generative AI
Category: AI Enablement
Category: Automation
Category: Customer experience improvement
Category: Customer Retention
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Customer Insights
Category: Customer Communications Management
Category: Customer Service
Category: Analytics
Category: Personalized Service
Category: Journey Mapping
Category: Customer experience strategy (CX)
Category: Personalized Campaigns

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Empathy
Category: Workplace inclusivity
Category: Active Listening
Category: Communication
Category: Diversity Awareness
Category: Diversity and Inclusion
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Professional Development
Category: Self-Awareness
Active Listening: Enhancing Communication Skills

Active Listening: Enhancing Communication Skills

Course 6, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand the fundamental principles of active listening and apply practical techniques to engage in meaningful conversations. 

  • Recognize and interpret nonverbal cues to gather comprehensive insights during conversations. 

  • Enhance relationships by refining active listening in challenging situations for effective conflict resolution.

  • Navigate cross-cultural communication considerations and demonstrate respectful listening to individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cultural Sensitivity
Category: Active Listening
Category: Empathy
Category: Rapport Building
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Non-Verbal Communication
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Interpersonal Communications
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Professional Development
Category: Communication
Category: Intercultural Competence
Category: Conflict Management
Category: Empathy & Emotional Intelligence
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Verbal Communication Skills

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Instructors

Hector Sandoval
Coursera
11 Courses140,991 learners
Julian Jenkins
10 Courses73,008 learners
Starweaver
Coursera
559 Courses1,095,546 learners

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