Listening to Engage, Empower, and Influence
Enhance collaboration with effective listening. Learn skills to draw out and synthesize viewpoints, empower others, and create the best solutions for organizational challenges.
Skill level
BeginnerTime to complete
Approx. <1 hourCertificate of completion
YesPrerequisites
None
About this course
The working world has never been more complex than it is today, with cost pressures, customer demands, and competitive markets. None of these challenges can be addressed by "going it alone." Collaboration is key, bringing the organization's best minds together to address these challenges. And key to collaboration is effective listening, ensuring that each member of an organization fully expresses their viewpoints and that these viewpoints are considered by their colleagues. In this course, you'll learn practical skills for drawing out and synthesizing others' viewpoints in service of improving your individual performance. You'll also explore bringing out the best in others and creating the best possible solutions to the challenges faced by today's organizations.
Learning objectives
- Discover the key concepts covered in this course
- Identify key active listening skills
- Identify ways to demonstrate genuine interest as a listener
How it works
Expert-led videos
In this course, you'll watch videos created by industry-leading experts for some of the biggest tech companies in the world. They'll cover key concepts, go through sample applications, prepare you for industry certifications, and more. Watch on any device — whenever and wherever you want — to learn at your own pace.
Why learn professional skills?
Stand out in your job search
Tech jobs require more than just tech skills. Professional skills like collaboration, leadership, and emotional intelligence help you stand out to hiring managers.Build towards the future
According to the World Economic Forum, employees that build analytical and critical thinking skills will become increasingly valuable to employers.Develop yourself (and your career)
These types of non-technical skills are transferable and can be helpful in any role throughout your career.
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The soft skills that you need as a developer — like being able to present ideas impactfully or strategize with stakeholders — are equally important, but a lot harder to practice. Even as an entry-level developer, you might be asked to reverse engineer a codebase, identify and solve a bug, or learn a new framework to meet a project’s requirements. All of this requires technical chops, of course, but career success is more than just technical skill development. You need to be able to solve problems, communicate effectively, and pay attention to details to get a job done.
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