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The estimated total running time of all modules in this course is 5 Hours 10 Minutes


The Power to Influence (1 day)
0:00 AM The Power to Influence Workbook
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9:30 AM Sweet Talking - Influencing Others

This module is expected to last for 15 minutes

Aims:
• To understand the importance of recognising the needs of others when trying to influence their behaviour.




10:00 AM Understanding Credibility

This module is expected to last for 40 minutes

Aims:
• To consider the importance of credibility when seeking to influence others.
• To understand the link between perceived expertise, relationships and credibility.
• To provide an opportunity for participants to consider how much credibility they have with those they are seeking to influence.




10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM Influence 1 - The Games People Play

This module is expected to last for 35 minutes

Aims:
• To enable participants to consider the value and difficulty caused by organisational politics and political games.
• To create an understanding that managers cannot avoid politics and so need to know the games in which they may – deliberately or inadvertently – be playing.




11:40 AM Influence 2 - Sources of Power

This module is expected to last for 50 minutes

Aims:
• To enable participants to understand that the words power and influence are, essentially, interchangeable.
• To help participants understand that power is an asset that can be used to help deliver positive change.
• To help participants understand that there are many sources of power and where their own power to influence comes from.




12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Influence 3 - Profile of Power

This module is expected to last for 80 minutes

Aims:
• To allow participants the opportunity to identify their own sources of power, to know which they need to develop and to have an action plan for doing this.




2:50 PM Break
3:05 PM Channelling Your Influence

This module is expected to last for 40 minutes

Aims:
• To explain the importance of understanding the needs and priorities of those we seek to influence.




3:45 PM Ask the Experts - How to Apply Learning

This module is expected to last for 50 minutes

Aims:
• To encourage participants to review their key learning points from the training.
• To provide participants with tips for ways to apply what they've learnt back in the workplace.



Notes
You can miss out stages 2 and 3.

4:30 PM Course End