Persuading & Influencing

Tailored to your needs. This course can also be delivered virtually by one of our experienced and engaging trainers.

Course Duration:

Face to face 1 day. Flexible to meet your requirements.

Suitable for: 

All those who would like to influence the opinions and behaviours of those around them, inside and outside of their organisation.

What does this COURSE cover?

It’s not always easy to persuade or influence others. You might want to persuade your customers to buy your product, your team to buy into your project, or your colleagues to buy into your credibility. 

This practical course is a must for anyone wanting to build their superpower skillset: It investigates what factors affect success and what you can do to maximise your persuasive powers and looks at the pathway of persuasion. 

Our experienced trainers will draw upon a range of tried-and-tested formulas and communication strategies designed to influence others. At the end of the programme delegates will be equipped with techniques to influence the opinions and behaviours of those around them.

During this course participants will learn how to:

  • Understand the dynamics of influence and persuasion

  • Understand how to be their most influential

  • Reflect upon the strengths and weakness of their current influencing style

  • Develop a flexible leadership style

  • Learn a range of advanced rapport building techniques

  • Understand a step-by-step process for successful negotiations

  • Develop skills for dealing with entrenched or difficult people

  • Identify their main stakeholders and their key motivations

  • Carry out stakeholder mapping

  • Identify the 7 sources of power and how these are used in their work

  • Develop an influencing strategy

  • Prepare effectively for conversations and situations where they’d like to influence more