Influential Leadership

To be truly effective, leaders must master the ability to influence others. An influential leader is someone who, through powerful influence (as opposed to coercion), achieves effective results through people who choose to follow him or her because they believe in and trust that the leader can guide them to the desired result. Both high levels of competence and high levels of trust accompany high levels of influence.

“Without the capacity to influence others, your ability to make what you envision a reality remains elusive because, after all, no one can do it alone,” says George Hallenbeck.

Becoming an influential leader doesn’t just happen. It takes a commitment to be the best and doing your best consistently.

Leadership is not simple and not something that only a few at the top have the privilege to engage in; any person at any level of an organization can assume such a role.

When you have decided to not wait to be told what to do, but do what needs to done; when you think outside the norm and influence others with your vision of how something should be done; when you engage in forward thinking and think possibilities and not barriers; you are engaging in leadership, specifically influential leadership.

At the end of this course, learners should be able to:

• Know what it means to be Influential
• Understand the concept of how does an Influence Tactic Work
• Know the types of Influence Tactics
• Understand the concept of Leadership and influence
• Know the Characteristics of Influential Leaders
• Understand the Ways New Managers Can Be Influential Leaders
• Have an understanding of the Art of Influential Leadership
• Know the Skills to Be a More Influential Leader.

Course Curriculum