The Professional Influence and Impact Training Course offered by Imperial Corporate Training Institute is a comprehensive leadership training course designed to help professionals strengthen their personal authority, credibility, and persuasive capability in complex organisational environments. In today’s dynamic workplaces, success is no longer determined solely by positional power or technical competence. Instead, the ability to influence stakeholders, shape decisions, build trust, and create meaningful impact across teams has become a defining leadership capability. This course provides participants with a structured framework to understand influence as a professional competency that can be developed through behavioural awareness, communication mastery, and strategic relationship management.
This programme combines behavioural psychology, communication strategy, and leadership practice to enable participants to operate with greater confidence and impact. Participants will explore how influence operates at individual, team, and organisational levels while learning practical tools to build credibility, manage perceptions, and align stakeholders toward shared outcomes. Through interactive discussions, real-world case studies, and practical exercises, professionals will develop the ability to influence without authority, present ideas persuasively, navigate resistance, and cultivate executive presence. By the end of this course, participants will possess actionable strategies to enhance professional impact, strengthen leadership visibility, and contribute more effectively to organisational success.
Objectives
By the end of the Professional Influence and Impact Training Course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the psychology and principles underpinning professional influence and workplace impact
- Identify personal influence styles and recognise their strengths and development areas
- Build credibility and trust as foundations of sustainable influence
- Communicate ideas with clarity, confidence, and persuasive power
- Apply structured influence frameworks in meetings, negotiations, and stakeholder interactions
- Strengthen executive presence and professional visibility
- Manage resistance and difficult conversations with confidence and tact
- Develop strategic relationships to support professional goals and organisational outcomes
- Influence decision-making processes without relying on formal authority
- Use storytelling, framing, and emotional intelligence to enhance impact
- Navigate organisational politics ethically and constructively
- Create a personal influence development plan for long-term professional growth
Target Audience
This leadership training course is designed for professionals seeking to strengthen their ability to influence outcomes and create meaningful workplace impact, including:
- Emerging leaders preparing for supervisory or managerial roles
- Mid-level managers responsible for cross-functional collaboration
- Team leaders seeking to motivate and align team members effectively
- Project managers coordinating stakeholders without direct authority
- Senior professionals aiming to enhance executive presence
- HR and organisational development professionals supporting leadership capability building
- Consultants and advisors influencing clients and internal stakeholders
- Technical specialists transitioning into leadership roles
- Business development and client relationship professionals
- Anyone looking to improve persuasive communication, credibility, and professional impact