Your success is largely dependent on your ability to gain the cooperation of people that you do not have direct authority over. The ability to influence, persuade and motivate is critical when you need to get things done, but lack formal authority.

It can be hard to voice your opinions or concerns when you do not possess authority. You may have a great idea or know what is going wrong, but don’t feel comfortable speaking up as a junior member of your team.

Responsibility without authority can be frustrating unless you develop your behavioural skills in such a way to garner respect, increases credibility and persuades others to take action.

Influence Without Authority will equip you with the skills needed to effectively influence others, even if you lack formal authority. At this live virtual seminar you will learn the vital skills you need to have, and the actions you need to take, to get maximum results from people up, down, or across, the organization. Specifically at this interactive program you will learn:

• How to influence people by building your power base using the Behavioural styles Model
• Adopt a communication style that builds credibility
• Break influence down into a series of learnable behavioural skills Identify the most common challenges to getting cooperation when you lack authority.
• Define and identify the critical role of trust, credibility, and respect in influence.
• overcome the most common obstacles to getting results without authority.
• Develop communication techniques that build alliances
• Develop strategies for building strong relationships with others.
• How to influence and persuade different and sometimes difficult people