Influencing is the skill set for leadership and leaders need to continue to refine their influencing skills as their career progresses. This workshop uses a 4 level model for benchmarking your personal effectiveness in influencing. It is also designed to help you understand your strategic network better. You will explore vital skills for working effectively with organisational (and inter-organisational) politics and with ‘difficult’ stakeholders. This workshop is designed both to help you be influential and at the same time preserve your personal integrity.

Workshop objectives

By the end of this workshop delegates will have:

• Understood the 4 levels of influence and how to fine tune your influencing skills at each level.
• Reviewed your personal influencing style and identified opportunities for increasing flexibility (especially with ‘difficult’ individuals)
• Explored ways of working effectively with organisational politics in your role and identified opportunities to fine tune your approach
• Developed tactics to increase awareness of influential opportunities
• Understood and practised influential consulting skills which help to reframe and influence decisions

Key Topics:

• 4 levels of influence
• Stakeholder mapping
• Working with politics
• Persuasive styles
• Influencing with integrity
• Your political style
• The persuasive process
• Developing empathy
• Visibility & impact
• Political savvy
• Building trust
• Increasing communication flexibility
• Networking & network analysis
  

Strategic Influencing Flyer

Hermit Inn
Golborne Road
Winwick
Warrington
WA2 8SN
01925 224042

From the M62 going east:
Leave at junction 9, go left towards Winwick and Newton le Willows.

*At the first roundabout, take the first road off on to the A49 Newton Road. Almost immediately take the first right A573 Golborne Road. Continue down this road until you reach a sign for Hermitage Green. The Hermit Inn is on the right hand side, behind a red telephone box shortly after the sign. The entrance is quite a sharp turn and parking is available behind the Hermit.

From the M62 going west:
Leave at junction 9, go right towards Winwick and Newton le Willows.
Follow * (as above).

From the M6 going south:
Leave at junction 22, turning right onto the A49, the Winwick Link Road. At the first roundabout, take the second road off onto the A49 Newton Road.
Follow * (as above).

Strategic Influencing Application Form

Cost: £100

For further information please contact petra.gwilliam@5bp.nhs.uk