Extending Your Sphere of Influence
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The ability to influence those around you is crucial to your career. It empowers you to collaborate with others to achieve mutual outcomes and build consensus. Whether coaching others, developing and growing a client base, fostering support for change, negotiating, or simply working more effectively with peers and supervisors, influencing others is an essential workplace competency.
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$1,195.00
Nov 16 - Nov 17, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM America/Chicago- VILT
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This course has been approved for 14 PDUs | 14 CDUs
Describe the principles of workplace relationships based on mutual trust and respect Understand how to collaborate effectively through influence and persuasion Evaluate and apply appropriate sources of positional and personal power Learn how to work with resistance to gain commitment and buy-in Apply appropriate influence strategiesWho should attend Extending Your Sphere of Influence Course
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This course is designed for professionals who need to work effectively with others without direct authority, as well as mid- and upper-level executives and managers seeking to understand others’ motivations to achieve successful business results.
The course covers an influence baseline, elements of influence, power and persuasion, building a network of influence, influence strategies, and working with resistance to gain commitment and buy-in.
You’ll learn the effective use of positional and personal power, the art of persuasion, the four dimensions of trust, and core principles of influence to strengthen your professional relationships.
The course teaches strategies for handling objections, developing three types of awareness, and engaging in constructive dialogue to work through resistance and gain commitment and buy-in from others.
You will develop skills in building trust-based relationships, effective communication, networking for influence, recognizing your own blind spots, and applying diverse influence strategies to collaborate successfully without relying on formal authority.