Have you ever stepped into a room of emerging or established leaders and thought: “They’re listening… but I’m not sure they’re being inspired”?
If the answer is “yes,” you’re not alone—and you’ve landed in exactly the right place.
Today, I’m sharing a straightforward approach to delivering a course on leadership influence skills that actually makes a difference.
And better still: you don’t need to spend weeks building your training assets from scratch.
Because you’ve already got access to what you need: our trainer-ready toolkit for leadership influence.
Why influence matters (and why your course should focus here)
Leadership isn’t merely a title or a role. Influence is the currency of real impact.
When someone says, “I follow you because I trust you, I believe in you, and I want to,” that’s influence.
And when a leader can influence, they shift outcomes, culture, and momentum.
That’s why your course must centre on influence — how to earn it, how to practise it, how to lead with it.
The one simple way: deliver with confidence using ready-to-go materials
Here’s the secret: if you want to run a leadership influence workshop that lands, all you really need is one strong foundation that’s purpose-built for trainers.
Rather than spending 20-30 hours (or more) building slides, hand-outs, activities, and workbooks from scratch, you can use our fully editable pack and focus your energy where it truly counts: facilitation, connection, and follow-up.
Yes, prep time still matters—customizing, setting up your session details, and aligning with your audience—but by leveraging a trainer-ready pack, you’re freeing yourself to deliver rather than build.
In fact, you’ll reduce your prep load dramatically and walk in grounded, confident, and ready.
How to use our course pack to deliver with impact
Here’s a step-by-step you can follow:
- Download the pack and brand it your way
Visit the product page for our Leadership & Influence Trainer Toolkit, download the editable files, and replace your logo, colors, and voice. This step takes the grunt work out of the way for you. - Customize just enough
Replace a few slides with examples specific to your audience, tweak the workbook introduction, and add a local case if needed. But don’t overhaul the whole kit—stay lean.
Because you want to preserve what works and deliver. - Focus your prep on facilitation, not creation
Use your time to rehearse the key influence tactics, think about how you’ll ask questions, observe how the group responds, and plan for breakout discussions.
The pack includes the slide deck, workbook, icebreakers, and activity scripts—so you can focus your energy where it counts. - Facilitate and activate
During the session, invite participants to explore their personal “influence zone” (the sweet spot where their natural strengths and leadership mix). Use the nine influence tactics (rational persuasion, inspirational appeal, consultation, etc.) included in the pack. The material already helps the leaders move from concept to action.
Because there’s nothing more potent than influence turned into practice. - Embed follow-through
At the end of the day, hand participants a clean action plan (included in the workbook) and invite them to commit to one influence tactic they’ll apply in the next week.
Then follow up. Influence skills become habits when they’re carried into action.
Why this works
Because you’re built on proven, trainer-tested content:
- A 79-slide deck, a 52-page workbook, icebreakers, and facilitator guides—all ready to go.
- You save hours of development time (traditionally 20-30 hours or more), so you’re not reinventing the wheel.
- You focus on the one thing that matters: leading people, not just delivering slides.
- The content covers four key modules: from defining leadership + influence, through modern leadership theory, to discovering your influence zone and using nine tangible tactics.
For whom is this ideal
Whether you’re a corporate trainer, HR professional, consultant, coach, or team-leader designing a session for your organisation—this toolset is built for you.
It’s beneficial if you want to deliver high-impact leadership influence training without the stress of building everything from scratch.
Final word
If you want to deliver a course on leadership influence skills that truly resonates, the most straightforward approach is to use ready-to-deliver, high-quality materials and focus your energy on facilitation rather than creating slides.
You get to walk into your room fully prepared, fully present, and ready to transform influence into action.
And if you’re ready now, here’s the link where you can download our Leadership & Influence Trainer Toolkit and begin your next session with power.
There’s no need to overcomplicate this. Influence skills matter.
Excellent training makes a difference.
And with the right pack, you’re unlocked, equipped, and ready.
Enjoy delivering — and watch leadership and influence come alive.
Catherine Fitzgerald is the founder of Oak Innovation. With over 30 years of experience in the training and development industry, Catherine and her team are ideally positioned to help corporate trainers, people managers, and consultants access editable training course material.
