The Language of Leadership: Is Your Communication Style As Effective As It Could Be? Here’s How to Find Out!

In an interconnected, fast-changing workplace, leaders can no longer rely on position alone. Effective leadership communication depends on influence: the ability to shape the actions and opinions of direct reports, peers, bosses, executives and key decision makers.

This 60-minute leadership training looks at the dynamics of personal power, politics and persuasion during change. You'll learn why leading through influence matters, the six sources of leadership power, four influence skills and attitudes from the Center for Creative Leadership, how to check your personal credibility, and Marshall Goldsmith's five ways to influence decision makers.

The aim is stronger leaders who guide teams through uncertainty, raise engagement and accountability, and reduce conflict.

• Explain five reasons leading through influence matters in a changing workplace
• Use personal power to motivate positive change and results
• Identify the six sources of leadership power and their impact on others
• Apply four influence skills and attitudes from the Center for Creative Leadership
• Treat organizational politics and power as tools for success
• Assess your personal credibility and its effect on influence
• Use Marshall Goldsmith's five ways to influence decision makers

• Five reasons leading through influence matters in a changing workplace
• Personal power as a driver of positive change and results
• The six sources of leadership power, their challenges and impact
• Four skills and attitudes for influencing others from the Center for Creative Leadership
• Why organizational politics and power are vital to success
• Checking your personal credibility
• Marshall Goldsmith's “Rules of the Road”: five ways to influence decision makers
• Gaining buy-in across generations, teams and work styles
• Executive presence in meetings, presentations and decisions

Perhaps your ideas lack support, your cross-functional team pulls in different directions, or you are new to leading. Even credible, competent managers fall short without influencing skills, whether they need buy-in, budget approval or a place on the agenda.

This session helps leaders influence without authority, communicate across generations and work styles, and strengthen executive presence. It suits executives, HR and talent leaders, directors, managers, supervisors, project managers and team leaders.

CEO’s
COO’s
VP of Human Resources
Chief Learning Officer
Directors
Project Managers
Staff & Operation Managers and Supervisors
Team Leaders, Human Resources Professionals. Managers and Supervisors, Talent Management Professionals, Team Leaders, All professionals who want to enhance their influence skills

Marcia Zidle, the Smart Moves Coach, is a board-certified executive and career coach, business management consultant, and keynote speaker, with over 25 years of management, business consulting, and international experience in a variety of industries including health care, financial services, oil and gas, manufacturing, insurance, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, government and nonprofits.

 She has expertise in strategy and alignment; executive and team leadership development; social and emotional intelligence; employee engagement and innovation; career and organization change management; employee relations and talent management.
 
Marcia has been selected as one of LinkedIn Profinder’s top coaches for the past 7 years. Check out the 200 + LinkedIn articles she’s authored on Leadership, Management, and Human Resources topics that have facilitated organizations to leverage their leadership and human capital assets generating greater effectiveness and profitability.

Marcia’s claim to fame is as a world traveler having a multi-cultural spirit and perspective. She has lived as an expatriate with her family in Scandinavia and Australia. In fact, one of her children is an "Aussie". She’s traveled to over 30 countries throughout Europe, Middle East, Far East, and the South Pacific.