Course Outline
Diagnostic Alignment & The Influencing Behaviour Model
- Debriefing personalized 360-degree survey results and identifying behavioral blind spots
- Mapping personal influence patterns to the core influencing behaviour model
- Recognizing adaptive gaps between current habits and situational demands
- Workshop: Translating diagnostic data into a targeted personal influence growth roadmap
Presentation Mastery for Strategic Impact
- Structuring persuasive narratives that drive executive decision-making
- Vocal presence, pacing, and non-verbal alignment for credibility and authority
- Designing high-impact pitches that convert interest into commitment
- Lab: Delivering a 5-minute persuasive pitch with real-time peer coaching and facilitator calibration
Interpersonal Dynamics & Resilient Response Patterns
- Psychological triggers, emotional intelligence, and behavioral adaptation under pressure
- Navigating skepticism, resistance, and conflict with psychological safety intact
- Building influence networks across hierarchical and cross-functional boundaries
- Activity: Structured role-play scenarios requiring adaptive communication and emotional regulation
Team Collaboration & High-Performing Dynamics
- Aligning diverse personalities, working styles, and priorities toward shared objectives
- Facilitating consensus without compromising individual accountability or autonomy
- Establishing influence-based team norms, feedback loops, and collaborative rituals
- Workshop: Co-creating a team influence charter and collaboration playbook for sustained execution
Negotiation & Contracting Strategy
- Principle-based negotiation vs. positional bargaining in complex deal environments
- Value creation, anchoring, concession mapping, and risk allocation
- Pricing strategies, scope management, and securing favorable terms under uncertainty
- Lab: Guided negotiation simulation with debrief, strategy mapping, and behavioral calibration
Organizational Value, Scaling & Sustainable Change
- Connecting influence behaviors to measurable outcomes: revenue growth, cost optimization, and shareholder value
- Scaling personal influence into cross-functional leadership and executive sponsorship
- Measuring behavioral adoption, tracking progress, and reinforcing continuous development
- Capstone: Personalized action plan with accountability structures, resource mapping, and post-program support pathways
- Open Q&A, course close, and certification/attendance documentation
Requirements
• Delegates complete a 48 question, on-line, 360 degree survey providing their own feedback plus allowing feedback from up to 7 other people, in order to understand their current influence behaviours. The responses are not anonymous. • The report from these questionnaires is linked to the Influencing Behaviour Model used in the programme and is revisited on the course.
Testimonials (3)
I liked the all the information provided, knowledge and experience sharing.
Mike Silva - Hewlett-Packard Centro de Servicios Globales, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Course - Influence in Action
I would like to have one more practice/exercise of negotiation and not only one.
Susana Michel - Hewlett-Packard Centro de Servicios Globales, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Course - Influence in Action
the pace, the information provided. the way it as taught with theory and practice cases, handouts, exercises, etc.