Influence Leader Series

The Influence Leaders Series is intended for established leaders and focuses on the key skills and essential behaviors to be as influential as possible. Consisting of seven full-days over five months, this series features learning modules on how to motivate, encourage, and empower your staff.

Sessions 1 & 2: Change Through Influence & Explore the Power of your People

• Experience the biology of change and assess scenarios to improve awareness.
• Design an environmental scanning process and use Force Field Analysis to enhance the change process.
• Build a change statement and design a strategy for change.
• Learn how to give your team permission to succeed and practice strategies of approach that resonate.
• Use your influence to create a dynamic workplace environment and promote empowered employees.
• Create internal and external networking strategies.

Sessions 3 & 4: Decide on the Best People & Develop Direct Managers

• Determine organizational strengths and challenges within the Employee Life Cycle and design strategies for
• internal and external hiring.
• Make character selections based on need and build an interview guide, process, and matrix.
• Grow continuous vitality for all workers and integrate the elements into a work-life strategy.
• Examine what gets broken in emerging leaders and build critical conversation for growth.
• Learn to ask the right questions, omit lazy language, and create activity plans for development.
• Explore goal-setting and discuss the balance of business and personal life.

Sessions 5 & 6: Influence Through Coaching & Build a Compelling Vision

• Redefine coaching for the influence manager and set the standards for coaching through storytelling.
• Examine choices in coaching that will help define coaching aptitude.
• Observe demonstrations of applied coaching and practice passive, active, and reflective listening.
• Explore The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner and be aware of the power of visions.
• Determine why to use vision, what vision is, and what role vision plays in the life of an influence leader.
• Examine ways to utilize a participative approach when creating a vision statement.
• Use public relations and structure to ensure the success of your vision and make it a workplace reality.

Session 7: Approachability, Personality, & Participation

• Use the two most important employee motivators, appreciation and participation, for the best outcomes.
• • Share your learning through a professional presentation.