Leadership Influence Training – Course Materials For Trainers (Cuts 20–30 Hours Off Prep Time).

We spotted a recurring challenge: many leaders had authority, but lacked the influence — the ability to motivate, guide, and inspire people beyond just giving orders.

Organizations told us they needed leadership training that went deeper than management skills, teaching leaders how to build trust, influence behavior, and lead by example.

So we developed the Leadership Influence course: a ready-to-use, editable program that helps trainers teach the art and skill of influence — how to communicate vision, persuade respectfully, and lead through influence not authority — without trainers spending 20–30 hours building materials from scratch.

Our pack gives you everything you need: editable slides, participant workbooks, trainer guide, practical activities, and follow-through tools.

You walk into your session fully prepared, confident, and ready to enable leaders who can influence outcomes, inspire action, and create alignment.

You got this.

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What This Training Material Makes Possible.

For participants

They’ll learn how to build trust, communicate their vision, persuade and collaborate across functions, and lead without relying solely on formal authority. Expect stronger influence, greater alignment, and more sustainable leadership presence.

For you, the trainer

You’ll deliver a polished, high-impact program with minimal prep. You stay in control, customize the materials for your audience, and focus your energy on facilitation and connection—not building content.

For the organization

You’ll embed leadership influence capability across teams — resulting in more engaged stakeholders, stronger cross-functional collaboration, better project outcomes and a culture where influence drives execution.

What’s Included In The Pack.

Editable Slide Deck

A fully customizable presentation that you can deliver right away or tailor for your audience. Includes facilitation notes, influence frameworks, real-life cases and structured flow for strong delivery.

Trainer Guide

A detailed manual with session timing, discussion prompts, activity setup and adaptation options so you lead confidently and smoothly.

Participant Workbook

Editable workbook pages for participants to use during the session and afterward. Includes self-reflection tools, influence-mapping templates, action-planning prompts and interactive tasks.

Activities & Scenarios

We encourage you to add company-specific and hands-on exercises including influence-style diagnostics, stakeholder-mapping workshops, role-plays on persuasion and negotiation, peer-feedback rounds and group planning that bring influence to life.

Follow-Through Tools

If required add extra action-planning templates, influence checklists, habit-building prompts and reflection worksheets designed so the learning translates into everyday behavior — not just a one-off session.

Designed For Any Delivery Format.

Whether you’re delivering in-person, virtual, hybrid or blended, this program adapts effortlessly. Included guidance helps you manage breakout rooms, digital collaboration tools, in-room facilitation and post-session follow-through.

Why Trainers Choose Our Pack.

You save 20–30 hours of prep time because the full program is ready to deploy.

It’s fully editable and flexible — you can customize branding, adjust modules, tailor examples to your audience’s context.

It’s simple to deliver — you focus on facilitation, engagement, and outcomes rather than content creation.

It supports organizations of all sizes — from internal learning teams to external trainers and consulting partners.

Ideal For.

Trainers and facilitators delivering sessions on influence, leadership presence or stakeholder engagement.

L&D teams introducing programs to develop influence and leadership capabilities at all levels.

Coaches working with leaders who need to lead beyond their authority and build influence across teams.

HR, talent development, or change-management professionals seeking a ready-to-use training solution to amplify leadership impact across the organization.

Topics Covered.

Defining Leadership and the Power of Influence

• Exploring the core concepts, theories, and best practices that Defining leadership in today’s fast-moving world.
• Understanding the mindset of an effective leader — confident, adaptable, and purpose-driven.
• Learning how great leaders influence others through trust, clarity, and example — not authority.
• Discover the main types of influence skills, from persuasion and communication to emotional intelligence and credibility.
• Understanding how leadership and influence are inseparable — one drives directionSetting e other creates followership.

Leadership Theories That Shape Modern Practice

• Dive into the central leadership theories that continue to shape how organizations grow and evolve:
  • Trait and Behavioral Perspectives — exploring who leaders are and what they do.
  • Contingency Perspective — understanding that leadership effectiveness depends on context and adaptability.
  • Transactional Leadership — focusing on structure, rewards, and performance management.
  • Transformational Leadership — inspiring change, vision, and empowerment.
• Learning how to blend structure with inspiration to lead people, not just processes.
• Build a flexible leadership approach that fits your personality, your team, and your organization’s goals.

Exploring the Leader’s Zones of Influence

• Discover how leaders Using influence to align teams, drive decisions, and create momentum.
• Understanding the zones of influence — where your impact is strongest and how to intentionally expand it.
• Exploring the Preference and Indifference Zones, where engagement and motivation are shaped by trust and credibility.
• Learning about the Legitimate Zone, where formal authority meets earned respect.
• Recognize the Non-Influence Zone — and how to avoid wasting time and energy where impact is limited.
• Develop practical awareness of how to adapt your influence style to different people and situations.

Nine Proven Tactics for Influencing Others

• Exploring nine powerful influence tactics every leader can Using to move people to action:
  • Rational persuasion — using logic and evidence to make your case.
  • Inspirational appeal — connecting emotionally to values and vision.
  • Consultation — inviting participation and ownership.
  • Collaboration — working together toward shared goals.
  • Personal appeal — leveraging relationships and goodwill.
  • Exchange — offering resources or support in return for commitment.
  • Coalition tactics — building alliances to strengthen your position.
  • Pressure — applying appropriate urgency when accountability matters.
  • Legitimating tactics — using authority or rules to clarify expectations.
• Learning how to choose the correct tactic for the right moment — and how authentic influence builds trust, not resistance.
• See how influence, when used ethically and purposefully, creates alignment, confidence, and results.

How You’ll Use This Pack.

Purchase and download instantly.

Open the slides, workbook and trainer guide in your preferred software.

Customize branding, tweak examples, adjust module sequence if desired.

Deliver with confidence, guide your participants through the leadership-influence journey and watch your organization’s leadership capability and collaborative impact grow.

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Success Stories.

At Oak Innovation, we empower trainers to take action.

For 30+ years, we’ve helped leaders and teams worldwide grow stronger, think bigger, and learn faster.

Mick Miles of Elite Training European Ltd. used Oak Innovation’s programs for years and keeps coming back. The new versions are even better — improved layouts, extras, and the same high standards.

Oak Innovation gives Tracey O’Shea of Forest Laboratories, Inc. everything she needs for focused, effective delivery. The facilitator tools are clear, practical, and make training a breeze.

Perfect for independent consultants like Dick Whelan of Almir Consulting. Oak Innovation helps him deliver more value and stronger results for every client.