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Improving Communication Skills

Learn how to communicate more effectively at work and achieve your goals. Taught by award-winning Wharton professor and best-selling author Maurice Schweitze...
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(1,522 reviews)
91,170 students
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8.5

Popularity

8.7

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Improving Communication Skills
Platform: Coursera
Video: 4h 23m
Language: English
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Video Score: 8.2 / 10
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The average video length is 2 hours 38 minutes of 583 Personal Development courses on Coursera.
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Extra Content Score: 9.9 / 10

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About the course

Learn how to communicate more effectively at work and achieve your goals. Taught by award-winning Wharton professor and best-selling author Maurice Schweitzer, Improving Communications Skills is an essential course designed to give you both the tools you need to improve your communication skills, and the most successful strategies for using them to your advantage. You’ll learn how to discover if someone is lying (and how to react if they are), how to develop trust, the best method of communication for negotiation, and how to apologize. You’ll also learn when to cooperate and when to compete, how to create persuasive messages, ask thoughtful questions, engage in active listening, and choose the right medium (face-to-face conversation, video conference, phone call, or email) for your messages. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to understand what others want, respond strategically to their wants and needs, craft convincing and clear messages, and develop the critical communication skills you need to get ahead in business and in life.

What can you learn from this course?

What you need to start the course?

There is no prerequisite, anyone can begin this course.. This course is also great for beginners without any Personal Development knowledge.

Who is this course is made for?

This course is suitable for beginners.

Are there coupons or discounts for Improving Communication Skills ? What is the current price?

Access to most course materials is FREE in audit mode on Coursera. If you wish to earn a certificate and access graded assignments, you must purchase the certificate experience during or after your audit.

If the course does not offer the audit option, you can still take a free 7-day trial.
The average price is $15.3 of 583 Personal Development courses. So this course is 100% cheaper than the average Personal Development course on Coursera.

Will I be refunded if I'm not satisfied with the Improving Communication Skills course?

Coursera offers a 7-day free trial for subscribers.

Are there any financial aid for this course?

YES, you can get a scholarship or Financial Aid for Coursera courses. The first step is to fill out an application about your educational background, career goals, and financial circumstances. Learn more about financial aid on Coursera.

Who will teach this course? Can I trust Maurice Schweitzer?

Maurice Schweitzer has created 1 courses that got 220 reviews which are generally positive. Maurice Schweitzer has taught 90,192 students and received a 4.73 average review out of 220 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Maurice Schweitzer is an instructor that you can trust.
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Maurice Schweitzer is the Cecilia Yen Koo Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on emotions, ethical decision making, and the negotiation process. He has published in Management, Psychology, and Economics journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Management Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, and the American Economic Review. Maurice teaches Negotiations and Advanced Negotiations in Wharton’s executive education, MBA, and undergraduate programs. He has won several teaching awards including Wharton’s Whitney Award for distinguished teaching and Wharton’s Hauck award for excellence in teaching. Maurice Schweitzer has won best paper awards at the Academy of Management and at the International Association for Conflict Management. He has served as the program chair for both the International Association for Conflict Management and the Society for Judgment and Decision Making conferences. He served as an associate editor for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. He is currently an associate editor at Management Science.

8.8

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Freshness

8.5

Popularity

8.7

Material

Platform: Coursera
Video: 4h 23m
Language: English
Next start: Start anytime

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