Enhance your influence in project management without formal authority in our Managing Without Authority course. This popular elective is a key component of our Advanced Project Management Certificate program, designed to build your personal effectiveness in complex environments.
Enhance your influence in project management without formal authority in our Managing Without Authority course. This popular elective is a key component of our Advanced Project Management Certificate program, designed to build your personal effectiveness in complex environments.
This program provides you with the leadership skills you need to better understand workplace dynamics, build relationships with peers, and manage difficult conversations. Gain valuable insight into the inner workings of successful leadership, ultimately laying the groundwork for your future success in the workplace. Learn how to cultivate a healthy working environment, and grow into an effective leader, positively influencing people at all levels in the organization.
This hands-on workshop will increase your competence in the areas of communication, influence, and people problem-solving. The focus is on the real-life challenges you experience in the workplace.
Managing Without Authority can be taken as a stand-alone short course for targeted learning. When used as an elective in the FlexCert certificate for Advanced Project Management or Leadership Essentials, you can tailor the program to resonate with your career aspirations and goals.
Influence through trust, credibility, and respect... versus fear
Listen with empathy without giving up your position
Facilitate problem-solving in challenging situations
Exercise personal power to positively impact your team
Stay centered in conflicts to reduce tensions and set the stage for growth
Adopt and maintain new behaviors for personal change
Managing Without Authority can be taken as a stand-alone short course for targeted learning. When used as an elective in the FlexCert certificate for Advanced Project Management or Leadership Essentials, you can tailor the program to resonate with your career aspirations and goals.
Building relationships
Addressing people's work styles
Communicating effectively
Problem solving
Real-life challenges in the workplace
Articulating value in others and yourself
Whether you’re looking to improve your core leadership skills or desire to develop the tools needed to implement change in your organization, this program is designed to address those needs wherever you are in your career. As a technical professional growing in your career, or those who aspire to roles of "chief engineer" or "chief scientist," the need for leadership skills are vital to be effective.
Online (Course # 4140823)
Course
Duration
Self-Paced Online
Managing Without Authority 13
16 Hours
June 23, 2025 release; completes July 20, 2025
Instructors
Tim Boyd
Leadership, Systems Engineering, Project Management
