Effective leaders don’t just manage tasks; they shape how their organization operates, guide its culture, and help it grow. In this specialization, you’ll learn strategies to increase your influence and make smart leadership choices. You’ll find out how to encourage collaboration and empower others to achieve results. You’ll gain the skills to manage people and responsibilities well, address disputes constructively, and communicate effectively. By honing your ability to persuade, support, and inspire others and learning how to nurture productive relationships, you’ll take your leadership to the next level.



Boost Your Leadership Impact Specialization
Develop core leadership skills. Learn to manage people, handle conflict, communicate effectively, and grow your influence.

Instructor: Harvard Business Review
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What you'll learn
Identify your approach as an effective leader, create an inclusive environment, and build the skills to inspire and influence your team
Cultivate delegation skills through effective communication, monitoring, feedback, and resolve workplace conflicts constructively
Plan, structure, and deliver your presentation by using a step-by-step approach and design principles to tell compelling stories through data
Build, leverage, and sustain your networks to achieve goals and apply networking strategies
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October 2025
Advance your subject-matter expertise
- Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts
- Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects
- Develop a deep understanding of key concepts
- Earn a career certificate from Harvard Business Review

Specialization - 4 course series
What you'll learn
Identify your values, vision, and approach as a leader, as an effective leader
Accomplish results by cultivating positive relationships and building mutual trust
Create an inclusive environment for the team to connect and collaborate, even when everyone isn’t in the same place
Determine what to delegate and whom to delegate, while effectively communicating and monitoring the assignment, and providing continuous support
Skills you'll gain
What you'll learn
Resolve conflicts effectively by preparing for difficult conversations, listening well, sharing your perspective, focusing on areas of agreement
Coach and encourage team members to resolve their own conflicts and know when and how to intervene
Encourage, appreciate, and apply feedback to improve your performance and reach your goals
Build trust and provide specific and actionable feedback to your team members
Skills you'll gain
What you'll learn
Plan key elements and information for your presentation by identifying your goal, core message, and presenting it in the most effective format
Use design principles and convert quantitative and qualitative data into compelling stories in your presentation
Prepare for, practice, and deliver strong presentations while managing emotions well, and learn from the process
Clarify your purpose, audience, scope, and initial ideas, and organize and structure your first draft of content logically
Skills you'll gain
What you'll learn
Create, assess, and strengthen your network while initiating and developing reciprocal relationships
Leverage your networks to achieve personal, team, and organizational goals and apply strategies for sustaining networks
Sharpen your persuasion skills to increase your influence and build your credibility by establishing expertise and earning trust
Discover how to persuade others by appealing to their logic and emotion, and develop strategies to overcome resistance to your ideas
Skills you'll gain
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This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
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