Harvard Business Review
Boost Your Leadership Impact Specialization
Harvard Business Review

Boost Your Leadership Impact Specialization

Develop core leadership skills. Learn to manage people, handle conflict, communicate effectively, and grow your influence.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Share your expertise with employers
Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

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

Overview

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Taught in English
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October 2025

16 practice exercises

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  • Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts
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  • Develop a deep understanding of key concepts
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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

Empowerment, Team Management, Self-Awareness, Verbal Communication Skills, Collaboration, Emotional Intelligence, Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership, Virtual Teams, Delegation Skills, and Trustworthiness

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

Performance Management, Trustworthiness, Negotiation, Team Leadership, Coaching, Active Listening, Relationship Building, Constructive Feedback, Emotional Intelligence, Team Building, Communication, Conflict Management, and Empathy

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

Storytelling, Communication, Business Writing, Organizational Skills, Verbal Communication Skills, Grammar, Public Speaking, Data Storytelling, Presentations, and Concision

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

Organizational Effectiveness, General Networking, Influencing, Communication Strategies, Relationship Management, Interpersonal Communications, Relationship Building, Rapport Building, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Overcoming Objections, Persuasive Communication, Trustworthiness, Professional Networking, and Leadership

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Harvard Business Review
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