Course Outline
Diagnostic Alignment & The Influencing Behaviour Model
- Reviewing personalized 360-degree survey outcomes to pinpoint behavioral blind spots
- Aligning individual influence patterns with the core influencing behaviour model
- Identifying adaptive gaps between established habits and situational requirements
- Workshop: Converting diagnostic insights into a focused personal influence growth roadmap
Presentation Mastery for Strategic Impact
- Constructing persuasive narratives that facilitate executive decision-making
- Enhancing vocal presence, pacing, and non-verbal coherence to project credibility and authority
- Crafting high-impact pitches that transform interest into firm commitment
- Lab: Executing a 5-minute persuasive pitch with live peer feedback and facilitator guidance
Interpersonal Dynamics & Resilient Response Patterns
- Understanding psychological triggers, emotional intelligence, and behavioral adaptation under pressure
- Managing skepticism, resistance, and conflict while maintaining psychological safety
- Developing influence networks across hierarchical and cross-functional boundaries
- Activity: Engaging in structured role-play scenarios that demand adaptive communication and emotional regulation
Team Collaboration & High-Performing Dynamics
- Harmonizing diverse personalities, working styles, and priorities toward common goals
- Facilitating consensus while preserving individual accountability and autonomy
- Establishing influence-based team norms, feedback loops, and collaborative rituals
- Workshop: Co-creating a team influence charter and collaboration playbook to ensure sustained execution
Negotiation & Contracting Strategy
- Applying principle-based negotiation versus positional bargaining in complex deal environments
- Mastering value creation, anchoring, concession mapping, and risk allocation
- Implementing pricing strategies, scope management, and securing favorable terms amidst uncertainty
- Lab: Participating in a guided negotiation simulation including debriefing, strategy mapping, and behavioral calibration
Organizational Value, Scaling & Sustainable Change
- Linking influence behaviors to measurable outcomes such as revenue growth, cost optimization, and shareholder value
- Expanding personal influence into cross-functional leadership and executive sponsorship
- Measuring behavioral adoption, tracking progress, and reinforcing continuous development
- Capstone: Formulating a personalized action plan with accountability structures, resource mapping, and post-program support pathways
- Open Q&A, course conclusion, and issuance of certification or attendance documentation
Requirements
• Participants are required to complete a 48-question, online 360-degree survey. This process provides self-assessment data along with feedback from up to seven colleagues, offering insight into current influence behaviours. Note that the responses are not anonymous.
• The resulting report is aligned with the Influencing Behaviour Model applied throughout the programme and will be reviewed during the course sessions.
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.