Step Up and Influence
Step Up and Influence: Building and Elevating Your Influence At Work
In today’s increasingly VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) organisational landscape, technical expertise alone is no longer sufficient to succeed.
Achieving sustained organisational benefits requires the ability to influence outcomes with integrity, agility, insight, and impact. Step Up and Influence is a leadership development program designed to equip participants with the behavioural skills needed to thrive and succeed in this complex and ever-changing environment.
Do you find:
- You struggle to articulate the value they offer and to position themselves so their voice is heard?
- Dealing with organisational politics and internal power structures draining and difficult?
- It hard to build your brand, positioning and a network that will support and advocate for you?
- Negotiating outcomes and securing agreement with senior stakeholders challenging?
If so, then this program is for them.
Program Objectives
To progress, a leader’s professional toolkit must extend beyond traditional technical and management requirements.
Consequently, leaders of today, and tomorrow, must step up to the challenge of:
- Understanding self – your mindset, decision bias and the behaviour that can be holding you back.
- Understanding others – their mindset, agenda and needs so you can adapt your approach to influence outcomes.
- Understanding the system – know the context, power structures and organisational dynamics so you can best position ideas, communicate successfully, negotiate outcomes and secure results.
Through that tripartite understanding, this leadership development program empowers professionals to navigate internal dynamics, build collaborative networks, and influence outcomes effectively.
Whilst the benefits each attendee receives are unique, this program is designed to:
- Enhance your ability to influence so your voice and ideas are heard.
- Enable you to more successfully navigate a complex, changing organisation.
- Equip them with the behavioural and influencing skills to best challenge, inspire and engage with colleagues, stakeholders and team members.
- Build agility in navigating organisational politics and adapting to different stakeholders.
- Improved confidence and effectiveness in negotiating outcomes with senior stakeholders.
These benefits ultimately help secure sustained progress in your organisation, both in terms of outcomes and career progression.
Program Format
The sessions combine experiential learning, practical exercises, and expert insights to ensure a transformative experience.
Enrol in the Public Program
This program is run publicly as a one-day program.
Enquire about a customised Corporate Program
The program can be customised to meet your organisation's specific needs and combined with Michelle's other leadership development programs.
The program can also be tailored to address specific organisational changes. For example, sessions can focus on:
- Designing stakeholder engagement support.
- Navigating interpersonal conflicts and organisational politics.
- Influencing senior stakeholders.
- Driving innovation and change in your organisation.
Next Steps
If you want to grow your career, you must be skilled at navigating complex environments and able to effectively engage and collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders at all hierarchical levels.
This program provides a practical and engaging pathway to developing these critical capabilities.
This is the opportunity to step up to the next level of insight, impact, and influence to better challenge, connect, and progress.
Please contact us to discuss this program and the available options.
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Testimonials
With so many self-improvement and organisational effectiveness courses and content available today, it can be difficult to know where to start – particularly for time poor executives. But from the moment I met Michelle I knew that she was different. Her extensive industry experience provides real world examples, she is warm and engaging, and she is extremely knowledgeable in her field. I’ve since read all her books, I religiously read her Friday Weekly Edition email, and in October had the pleasure of attending the Step Up and Influence course. The course struck the right balance between best practice literature, practical tips and activities. Michelle adeptly read the room, tailored the content to the audience, and kept us all highly engaged throughout the day. I came away with some tangible things I could do – and am doing – differently, with real outcomes. Thank you Michelle.
Deborah Reid, Program Director, IAG
Michelle’s genuineness and authenticity combined with many years of experience provides an excellent foundation for the ‘Step up and Influence’ Workshop. The day itself was enjoyable with a good mix of theory and practical and I also took away lots of interesting tips and useful information. Highly recommend the ‘Step up and Influence’ Workshop.
Catherine Ferrara, Change Director, Westpac Group
Michelle really knows her stuff! Loved the content, discussions and activities. Useful knowledge to take back to the workplace.
Sussan McNamara, Senior Human Resources Executive
The course provided me with valuable skills to enhance my network and have conversations with stakeholders. I’d recommend this course for those wanting to do some personal development and reflection.
Amanda Redford, Organisational Change Manager | Human Capital Consultant
Wow! What an eye opener. So many tips and tools I can place in my toolkit to use in my next adventure!
Josephine Calabro, Project Management Professional, ANZ
I attended Michelle’s Step Up and Influence Program and found Michelle presented great tools and resources to assist anyone in the workplace to begin to create greater influence.
Grant Pearce, Business Manager, Anaconda Group Pty Ltd
It is a great way to highlight the value of networking as a catalyst to driving influence at work.
Greg Lyne, General Manager Global Delivery, Telstra
Spending the day unpacking how I might close myself off was confronting but at the same time it feels great to know its ok to be human in the corporate world.
Kim McLean, Project Specialist, Telstra
Michelle presents essential skills for anyone wanting to build a successful long-term relationship, whether it be at work or in life. We all influence at different levels – know the when, how, what and where of successful influencing techniques.
Adele Goh, Business Engagement Manager – Corporate & Wholesale, Foxtel
Michelle has designed and presented a fantastic summary of what it takes to improve your influencing skills, which draws on biology, psychology and modern corporate theory. She is an articulate and energetic presenter, with a wealth of knowledge and experience to draw on. If you want to uplift your influencing armory, this is a great one-day crash course.
Zoe Cook, Principal, Zoe Cook Consulting
“What a great day. 10 professionals from a number of industries, one dynamic fast paced, highly experienced professional to guide us, and the opportunity to move quickly through concepts and activities, to personal and organisational insights, all wrapped up in action planning for Monday. We explored our strengths and the stories we had to tell. We evaluated our own readiness and abilities; found better ways to construct conversations and influence emotional drivers in others. We thought and planned where, how and why to invest in our networks; and made a commitment to genuine clarity. We left the day privileged to spend time on ourselves; inspired to be ready, willing and able to grow through change, and with a new sense of courage and integrated competencies to engage and influence others. Do yourself a favour…”
Jo Cunningham, Strategy Consultant, Telstra
“This course helped me to remember things I had forgotten and develop new strategies for engaging with my stakeholders.”
Paul Bonnello, Head of Operational Risk, Framework and Oversight, ANZ
“Really practical session with a great balance of theory, discussion and activity.”
Allison Campbell, Change Practitioner