You've thought about who you are and how you want your career to be. You have some soft skills to deal with situations that could cause problems. What about the team around you? How do you build functional and constructive professional relationships? How can you add value? What do employers look for when they are promoting?
Skill-building in this course will include asking questions, listening, developing likeability (you鈥檇 better be stellar if you鈥檙e difficult), identifying cognitive bias, apologizing, receiving apologies, and the basics of whistleblowing. After this course, you will be able to:
- assess your own listening and reactions and retune them in advance or on the spot for a more constructive outcome
- add value at work by keeping situations easy instead of difficult
- manage your own approach
- be prepared when things go wrong
The prerequisite for this course is Course One of the Specialization "Professional IQ: Preventing and Solving Problems at Work".
Professionalism, Empathy, Interpersonal Communications, Active Listening, Communication Strategies, Relationship Building, Constructive Feedback, Problem Solving, Business Ethics, Cognitive flexibility, Professional Development, Social Skills, Conflict Management, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Communication, Influencing, Ethical Standards And Conduct
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DD
Oct 3, 2018
great. minor complaint that the cut scene music is annoying and jarring, especially at the end with the Univ. of ILL logo slapping on the metal sounds.
AB
Mar 8, 2017
It's one of the best courses on this topic! Very well structured and interesting with concrete steps and recommendations.
From the lesson
Week 2: Likability Matters
This week you will learn to be a more effective influencer at work through the tools we discuss.
Director of the National Center for Professional and Research Ethics (NCPRE), Professor Emerita of Business, and Research Professor at the Coordinated Science Laboratory