Influence Without Authority

10 simulations. Moving the people who do not report to you, and do not have to say yes.

In a matrix, almost everything that matters depends on somebody who does not report to you and does not have to say yes. Nobody refuses. It simply does not get done. This program teaches influence as an exchange, not a persuasion technique: what is this person under pressure to deliver, what do you have that they value, and what is the trade? Ten simulations put you inside the conversations where that gets decided. Feedback, a results report, and a certificate are included.

What You Will Practise

Module 1: Reading the Field

  • Sim 1: Reading the Real Decision Map
  • Sim 2: Finding Out What They Actually Need
  • Sim 3: Building Credit Before You Need It

Module 2: Making the Ask

  • Sim 4: Asking a Peer to Reprioritize
  • Sim 5: The Exchange That Works Both Ways
  • Sim 6: Influencing Someone Who Outranks You

Module 3: When Influence Meets Resistance

  • Sim 7: Building the Coalition Before the Meeting
  • Sim 8: When They Agree and Nothing Happens
  • Sim 9: When a Peer Goes Around You
  • Sim 10: Two Functions, One Resource

Who is this for?

  • Managers and directors in a matrix, whose results depend on people who do not report to them
  • Cross-functional leaders who have to move each other with no reporting line between them
  • Project and program leaders who carry full accountability and no authority at all
  • Anyone whose good proposals keep dying quietly inside somebody else's function
  • HR business partners and L&D professionals building influence capability across a matrixed organization

See How This Program Fits Your Leaders

Every organization is different, and so is every team. Let's have a short conversation. I'll show you a simulation from this program, walk you through how it runs, and talk about shaping it to your leaders, your scenarios, and the pressures they work under.

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