Influencing Without Authority

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Duration
1 Day

Reference
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Who is this pro training aimed at?

Professionals who need to influence others – such as colleagues, seniors, or other staff – and would like to understand how best to do this whilst keeping relationships intact.
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Program

The program of training

This session initially focusses on the importance of identifying your objective and then considering where this fits into the wider picture of the company and it’s goals.
We introduce tools to help you identify and analyse key stakeholders, their objectives, and the dynamics between you. This will help you assess the appropriate communication strategies to use, and who you may be able to call on to support your message.

01. Introduction


02. The Bigger Picture
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of the bigger picture and the factors that shape it
  • Identify and analyse the six key factors for success in influencing without authority
03. Your Position of Power
  • Identify and understand the six types of power commonly found in organisations and their impact on influence
04. Your Stakeholders
  • Introduce stakeholder mapping and its importance in strategic planning
  • Identify and categorise the various stakeholder groups relevant to your organisation or project
  • Understand how to prioritise stakeholders based on their influence and impact
05. Required Resources
  • Explore the five types of skills that can effectively substitute for formal authority in influencing and leading others
06. Managing Relationships
  • Understand the significance of the relationship triangle in effectively managing and nurturing relationships
07. Hands-on
  • Exercise: How can I improve my ability to influence
  • Role-play: The office redesign project
  • Role-play: AI-integrated project development
  • Exercise: Improve your stakeholder map
  • Exercise: Placing all stakeholders on a power/interest grid
  • Action plan
Objectives

The objectives of the training

  • Identify your influence goal and what you need to achieve it.
  • Establish the role of power and how people use it to achieve their goals.
  • Map stakeholders involved in achieving your goal and the relationship you have with them.
  • Prepare an influencing action plan to gain commitment from those contributing to or impacted by the achievement of your goal.
Strong points

The strengths of the training

  • This training focuses on applying skills in workplace situations by combining the benefits of group training with individual activities for greater effectiveness.
  • It has a strong practical approach, with hands-on exercises to help participants apply the concepts learned.
  • By the end of the session, participants will design an action plan to implement strategies for strengthening their areas of growth and developing key skills.
  • This live class is eligible for 7 PDUs in the Power Skills area, to maintain PMP® or PgMP® certification.
Influencing Without Authority