Professional expertise and influencing skills (5cr)

Objective

The purpose is to increase your understanding and application of influencing skills to promote the development of the practitioner role in professional, and political contexts at an advanced level. Another purpose is to deepen your expertise and influencing skills to promote resilience and dialogue to develop and manage the comprehensive well-being of a work community.

By the end of a course, you will be able to identify and apply effectively different kinds of influencing skills, such as rational persuasion, coalition building, assertiveness, dialogue, and negotiation. You know how to identify resistance and to solve situations by using your influencing skills. You have competence to advocate for and participate in creating an organization that supports open communication, collaborative practice, and co-production. You can contribute to multi-professional teams and networks as a mentor, role model, and trainer of advanced practice in your own field of expertise by using your professional expertise and negotiating skills. Additionally, you are able to reflect and evaluate your own professional expertise to identify areas for improvement and to set goals for continuing professional development.