Influence Without Authority at Scale

Implement the Positive Power & Influence® Program across your organization to improve alignment, collaboration and execution

Designed for individuals and leadership teams operating in complex, cross-functional environments.

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Why Influence Skills Matter for Organizations

Technical expertise and formal authority are no longer sufficient to drive results in complex organizations.


Execution increasingly depends on the ability to influence across teams, align stakeholders and navigate competing priorities.

The Influence Challenges Organizations Face Today

As organizations become more matrixed and global, performance increasingly depends on the ability to influence across teams, functions, and stakeholders. Most leadership and L&D teams easily recognize these workplace challenges—but they often struggle to address the root cause.
Without a shared, structured framework for lateral leadership, organizations consistently hit the same operational roadblocks:

Silos & Low Collaboration:

Teams remain isolated, focusing on departmental goals rather than driving cross-functional success.

Misaligned Stakeholders:

Key projects slow down or stall due to a lack of early consensus and shared priorities across boundaries.

Resistance to Change:

New corporate initiatives face internal friction because leaders lack the behavioral tools to build genuine buy-in.

Ineffective Communication:

Crucial alignment is lost in translation during difficult leadership conversations and complex matrix interactions.

Applied in Real Organizations

The program has been used across industries to address real business challenges.
From aligning global teams to improving leadership effectiveness in matrix environments, the application is always rooted in real organizational needs.
  • “After the program, we not only saw individuals with improved skills, but also increased team effectiveness. The Influence skills program opened the minds of individuals to behaviors of others around them, and consequently how to be effective in a group.”
  • “I have accomplished in two months what the previous engineer could not in five years.”
  • “People come out of the workshops with the ability to more profoundly impact the organizations and people they work with in order to get the results that are necessary to move the organization forward.”
  • “What did I learn from this Critical Influence Situation? First, having an action plan in place prior to the discussion was extremely helpful in giving me a sense of preparedness and readiness for unexpected twists and turns. Second, I learned that the influence can continue even after the formal discussions have ended.”
  • “The program has been helpful when working with sales reps, specifically teaching them how to bridge better with doctors.”
  • “Given the nature of my team’s responsibility, which is to act as an internal consultant tasked to improving our selling capabilities around the world, it is critical to customize our influencing style to each and every one of our customers. Customizing our approach to each person or region in the world significantly improved our ability to influence positive change.”
  • “I used bridging and persuading to get a group of vice presidents and peers to delay a product’s introduction in order to do it right the first time.”
  • “My current job is to Influence and persuade employees on the health and safety aspects of their job. I’m using the different techniques learned in the course. I have accomplished in two months what the previous engineer could not in five years.”
  • “I think all people who have management responsibilities should take the Positive Power and Influence® course. As a person who has managed up to 250 people at once, I not only think the training is outstanding, but the opportunity to be evaluated by others and to see how you are perceived is extremely beneficial. Often time’s managers do not know how their comments and actions affect their teams.”
  • “The most valuable part [of the program] was practicing how to apply the tools to “real-life” situations, and digging deep into the behaviors. Sherri was amazing. I feel a deep understanding from her that’s really effective when trying to analyze behaviors and situations. This would be a great class for people that consistently use logic/reasoning for managing and working with others.”
  • “The role plays and facilitation sessions really helped me retain and utilize what I learned.”
  • “Used bridging technique to gather a large amount of information from a person who normally does not share information or knowledge.”

Business Impact

Organizations that build influence capability consistently see:

Faster alignment across stakeholders

More effective cross-functional collaboration

Stronger and faster decision-making

Increased accountability and ownership

Because influence is not a soft skill. It is a core driver of organizational performance.

Flexible Delivery Formats

The program is designed to scale across organizations while maintaining consistency and impact.

ON SITE

In-person delivery for strong engagement and alignment

VIRTUAL

Interactive sessions suitable for distributed & global teams

BLENDED

Combined formats to reinforce learning and sustain impact

Supporting Teams and Leaders at Every Level

The program supports key organizational initiatives where influence capability is critical.

  • Leadership development
  • Cross-functional effectiveness
  • Project and matrix leadership
  • HR & talent initiatives
  • Change and transformation

Why this Approach Works

Unlike generic leadership training, the program focuses on one critical capability: influencing effectively without authority.
It provides a structured and consistent framework that can be applied across different roles, teams and organizational contexts.
This ensures that influence becomes a shared language — not an individual skill.

Explore how this approach can improve your organization

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