Leadership and influencing people are intertwined. Winning people over to your side requires the power of persuasion. What is essential in this skill is the ability to build relationships and to connect with the way that other people communicate. In this course you will increase your influence and make a bigger difference as a professional and as a leader by who you are.
Influencing without power is an actual theme. Increasingly, we are working in matrix organizations, networks and virtual teams. Hierarchy is receding to the background. There is continually more required of your personal skills. You know exactly where you want to get on a technical level, but what do you need to do to convince the stakeholders both within and outside of the organization?
You would like to gain a better insight into the interests of your stakeholders. You would also like to learn how to build stronger relationships and how to maintain them. Linking with and connecting to the needs and styles of other people will support you in this.
At the end of this training you will:
This course is part of Leadership of engineers.
Technical professionals as well as supervisors/managers (HBO or WO, regardless of their study major).
Read the interview with one of the previous participants.
Trainer: | Dhr. A. Riedstra (LMS Group) |
Course data: | 7 en 8 maart 2024 |
Price: | € 1,495.00 ex. vat |
Language |
The program can be taught in English on request. |
“This training makes soft skills understandable for technicians. Everyone within the department now understands the statement 'how someone is wired' and is actively working with it.”Hans Onvlee (Senior Manager Software & Data Science, ASML)
“What makes the training special and unique from other training courses is that the trainers are extremely skilled in listening to and finding everyone's personal strenghts in influencing others. Strongly recommended!”Ann Jenkins (ASML)
“Fun and intense two days. Lots of information combined with (self-)reflection and examining patterns in relationships and communication.”Participant working at a steel producer
“Instructive, confrontational, innovative and recognized the importance of just communicating.”Participant working at machine manufacturer