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Leadership and Facilitation for Business Analysts

20 Courses
29 Hours
Skill IQ

Without strong leadership and facilitation skills, business analysts can gather solid requirements yet still watch projects stall when meetings drift and stakeholders pull in different directions. Leadership and facilitation give you the ability to guide those conversations, keep teams aligned, and turn discussion into clear decisions. You'll build from the ground up, first setting team goals and earning trust, then moving into stakeholder elicitation and the emotional intelligence that keeps conversations productive. You'll leave able to facilitate meetings, manage stakeholder relationships, and lead the people around a project with confidence.

Content in this path
Beginner

In this beginner section we will introduce emotional intelligence, cover leadership team management basics.

Intermediate

In this intermediate section we talk about how to create goals and objectives for your team that align to strategic goals, how to work with stakeholders and vendors, as well as how to manage scope creep.

Advanced

In this advanced section we cover critical observation and decision making techniques. We also cover strategy and how to build a high-performance team..

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What You'll Learn
  • How to build healthy relationships at work
  • How to work and communicate with different personalities
  • How to stay organized
  • How to set goals, roles and guidelines for a team
  • How to manage stakeholder and vendor relations
  • How to manage scope creep
  • How to use critical observation and deductive reasoning
  • How to align IT and business strategies
  • How to build high-performance team
  • = And much more
Prerequisites
  • No prerequisite knowledge needed.
Related topics
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Teamwork
  • Critical thinking
  • Project Management
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