Introduction

The ability to inspire and influence is a critical leadership capability in modern organisations, where authority alone is no longer sufficient to drive commitment, performance, or change. Leaders are expected to motivate diverse stakeholders, navigate complexity, and influence decisions through credibility, trust, and purposeful communication.

The Inspire and Influence Programme equips professionals with practical frameworks to influence ethically, communicate with impact, and build long-term leadership credibility. It focuses on behavioural drivers, emotional intelligence, and strategic communication that enable leaders to inspire action without relying solely on formal authority.

Key focus areas include:

 

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

 

Training Methodology

This training course uses an applied, experience-driven methodology that combines leadership self-assessment, facilitated discussion, real-world case analysis, and structured simulations. Participants engage in practical exercises that mirror workplace influence challenges, enabling immediate application of concepts and reinforcing confidence, judgement, and leadership effectiveness.

Inspire and Influence Programme

Who Should Attend?

This training course is ideal for professionals seeking to…

  • Senior executives and directors
  • Managers and supervisors at all levels
  • Team leaders and project managers
  • High-potential and emerging leaders
  • Client-facing, advisory, and influencing professionals
  • Leaders involved in change, negotiation, or stakeholder management

 

Course Outline

Day 1

Understanding Inspiration and Influence Dynamics

  • Defining inspiration, influence, persuasion, and authority
  • Why influence is a critical leadership competency
  • The psychology of influence and behavioural drivers
  • Trust, credibility, and perception in leadership
  • Values-based leadership and authentic influence
  • Identifying personal influence strengths and gaps
  • Self-assessment: influence style and leadership impact
Day 2

Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Presence

  • Emotional intelligence as the foundation of influence
  • Self-awareness and emotional self-management
  • Empathy and social awareness in leadership interactions
  • Managing emotions in high-stakes conversations
  • Building executive presence and confidence
  • Verbal, vocal, and non-verbal influence signals
  • Practical exercises: presence and perception management
Day 3

Communication That Inspires Commitment

  • Communication styles and their impact on influence
  • Structuring messages for clarity and persuasion
  • Storytelling as a leadership and influence tool
  • Active listening and powerful questioning techniques
  • Framing ideas for different personalities and stakeholders
  • Communicating vision, purpose, and meaning
  • Practice sessions: inspiring conversations and presentations
Day 4

Influencing Without Authority and Managing Resistance

  • Influence strategies for peers, senior leaders, and stakeholders
  • Stakeholder mapping and influence planning
  • Ethical persuasion and responsible leadership influence
  • Managing resistance, objections, and scepticism
  • Navigating difficult personalities and power dynamics
  • Influencing across cultures and organisational boundaries
  • Case studies and simulations: real influence challenges
Day 5

Sustaining Influence and Creating Leadership Impact

  • Inspiring high-performance teams and cultures
  • Coaching and motivating others for long-term commitment
  • Influence in change management and transformation initiatives
  • Building influence networks and strategic relationships
  • Measuring influence effectiveness and leadership impact
  • Developing a personal inspire-and-influence action plan
  • Reflection, feedback, and continuous leadership growth

International Standards & Professional Alignment

Our training courses are aligned with internationally recognised professional standards and frameworks across leadership, strategy, finance, governance, risk, compliance, and audit. By integrating globally trusted models, we ensure learners develop practical, relevant, and industry-recognised capabilities.

Our trainings draw on leading international standards and professional frameworks, including ISO, ISACA, COSO, OECD, IIA, FATF, Basel, IFRS/ISSB, GRI, NIST, CPD, ILM and the OECD AI Principles. This alignment ensures consistency with global best practices across financial management, risk oversight, digital governance, sustainability, and strategic decision-making..

Designed in alignment with globally recognised professional bodies, our courses support continuous professional development, strengthen organisational capability, and provide clear pathways toward professional certifications valued worldwide.

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FAQs

This course focuses specifically on ethical influence, leadership presence, and persuasion rather than positional authority. It addresses real behavioural and decision-making dynamics leaders face when influencing peers, stakeholders, and senior leaders.  

Yes. The Inspire and Influence Programme is designed for professionals who must influence outcomes without formal power, providing practical tools to build credibility, trust, and commitment.  

Participants develop communication strategies, influence planning techniques, emotional intelligence skills, and approaches for managing resistance and difficult conversations effectively.  

Absolutely. Ethical influence is a core theme, ensuring participants apply persuasion responsibly while maintaining integrity, trust, and governance-aligned leadership behaviour.  

The course emphasises sustainable influence by building authentic leadership presence, strategic relationships, and personal action plans that support continuous leadership effectiveness.  

Yes. All frameworks and tools are practical, role-focused, and directly applicable to real leadership, communication, and stakeholder challenges.  

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