Influencing Without Authority

Price
$795.00 USD

Duration
1 Day

 

Delivery Methods
Virtual Instructor Led
Private Group

Influencing Without Authority Overview

In this course, you will strengthen your ability to influence decisions, build alignment, and drive meaningful outcomes in today’s complex work environment. You will learn how to clarify your goal, understand your stakeholders, and adapt how you connect with others to gain buy-in. You will also explore how trust, reciprocity, and communication styles shape influence—and how to apply practical approaches to advance goals with confidence.

This course is for professionals who want to strengthen their ability to influence, build alignment, and move work forward. You will explore practical strategies to navigate stakeholders, build trust, and apply effective influencing approaches in a variety of situations.

This course has been approved for 7 PDUs | 7 CDUs

Course Objectives

  • Strengthen your ability to influence decisions and drive outcomes
  • Clarify what you want and define success up front
  • Navigate stakeholders and organizational dynamics with confidence
  • Adapt how you connect and build trust to increase impact
  • Use a range of influencing approaches with intention and flexibility

Who Should Attend?

Professionals at all levels who need to influence without formal authority, including project managers, business analysts, team leads, individual contributors, and anyone working in cross-functional or matrixed environments
  • Top-rated instructors: Our crew of subject matter experts have an average instructor rating of 4.8 out of 5 across thousands of reviews.
  • Authorized content: We maintain more than 35 Authorized Training Partnerships with the top players in tech, ensuring your course materials contain the most relevant and up-to date information.
  • Interactive classroom participation: Our virtual training includes live lectures, demonstrations and virtual labs that allow you to participate in discussions with your instructor and fellow classmates to get real-time feedback.
  • Post Class Resources: Review your class content, catch up on any material you may have missed or perfect your new skills with access to resources after your course is complete.
  • Private Group Training: Let our world-class instructors deliver exclusive training courses just for your employees. Our private group training is designed to promote your team’s shared growth and skill development.
  • Tailored Training Solutions: Our subject matter experts can customize the class to specifically address the unique goals of your team.

Learning Credits: Learning Credits can be purchased well in advance of your training date to avoid having to commit to specific courses or dates. Learning Credits allow you to secure your training budget for an entire year while eliminating the administrative headache of paying for individual classes. They can also be redeemed for a full year from the date of purchase. If you have previously purchased a Learning Credit agreement with New Horizons, you may use a portion of your agreement to pay for this class.

If you have questions about Learning Credits, please contact your Account Manager.

Course Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisite courses.

Influencing Without Authority Agenda

1. What It Means to Influence

  • What we do - influence, persuade, and manipulate
  • Ethical use of influencing approaches
  • Using influence effectively in everyday work

2. Clarifying Your Influencing Goal

  • Defining clear, outcome-focused goals
  • Identifying changes in behavior, thinking, and feeling
  • Recognizing influence success

3. Understanding the Influencing Environment

  • Understanding those we are influencing
  • Mapping influence networks and environments
  • Navigating organizational and political dynamics

4. Building Connection Through Trust

  • The impact of trust when influencing
  • Expanding your circle of trust
  • Strengthening credibility and relationships

5. Adapting to Others

  • Communication and decision-making styles
  • Social styles and behavioral preferences
  • Understanding what motivates others

6. Creating Win-Win Outcomes

  • Reciprocity and exchange in influencing
  • Identifying and offering value
  • Aligning outcomes for mutual benefit

7. Applying Influencing Approaches

  • Common influencing strategies
  • Approach benefits and risks
  • Blending approaches for effectiveness

8. Influence Requires Courage

  • Working through resistance and uncertainty
  • Influencing effectively up, down, and across
  • Taking action in high-stakes moments
  • Adapting in real time and acting with confidence
 

Upcoming Class Dates and Times

Aug 7
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
ENROLL $795.00 USD
Sep 9
4:00 AM - 1:00 PM
ENROLL $795.00 USD
Oct 9
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
ENROLL $795.00 USD
Dec 4
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
ENROLL $795.00 USD
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