This course provides professionals with proven knowledge, practical skills, and examples of speech that increase influence in business interactions.

This course shares the essential elements needed to lay a solid foundation to build influence. From concept to example, we teach critical knowledge to leverage power, must-know methods that create impact, and techniques to deliver them with ease and confidence. To round out the course, we cover common missteps to avoid while providing practical ways of speaking, helping you to maximize each opportunity.

This course provides vital insight into the building blocks of influence and how to use them to create leverage through verbal interactions while promoting your professional value.

Course Key Concepts: Influence, How To, Speaking, Persuasion.

Learning Objectives
  • Identify the building blocks of influence.
  • Recognize how to create influence.
  • Discover speech that increases influence.
  • Explore common pitfalls and learn how to avoid them.
Last updated/reviewed: January 17, 2024
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Foundational
No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
Education Provider Information
Company: Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact: For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .
Instructor for this course
Course Syllabus
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
  Introduction to How to Increase Influence by Speaking with Persuasion, not Abrasion6:30
  Words10:58
  Creating Influence-Communication Flow13:06
  Creating Influence-Influence Drivers4:28
  Creating Influence-Build Influence15:11
  Speaking with Persuasion-Giving Input11:59
  Speaking with Persuasion-Asking Questions12:26
  Speaking with Persuasion-Sharing Response21:36
  Common Pitfalls and Remedies28:18
  Course Wrap Up12:10
CONTINUOUS PLAY
  How to Increase Influence by Speaking with Persuasion, not Abrasion2:16:42
SUPPORTING MATERIAL
  Slides: How to Increase Influence by Speaking with Persuasion, not AbrasionPDF
  How to Increase Influence by Speaking with Persuasion, not Abrasion Glossary/IndexPDF
REVIEW AND TEST
  REVIEW QUESTIONSquiz
 FINAL EXAMexam