Leading by Influencing
An intensive leadership programme for professionals who want to inspire, connect with and motivate others – without pushing or controlling them – and who are willing to tackle conflicts and difficult conversations, turning them into constructive and impactful outcomes.
Strong leadership today is not about power, but about influence.
In a world where hierarchy is becoming less and less the norm, leadership is no longer about position or title, but about influence. The real challenge today lies not in making decisions, but in “winning people over”, persuading colleagues, overcoming resistance and reconciling differing interests.
In a Leading by Influencing training, you will discover how personal leadership, communication and self-awareness together form the foundation for lasting impact. You will not only learn how to influence others, but above all how to better understand and manage yourself first – which is the key to authentic and effective leadership.
You will also discover how to inspire others through connection, trust and clear communication, and how to drive change without being pushy. This programme combines insights from psychology, behavioural science and communication with practical applications, so that you not only understand leadership, but also truly experience and apply it in your day-to-day work.
Our toolkit also helps us to map out the dynamics:
• Insights Discovery provides insight into your personal behavioural preferences, your strengths and weaknesses, and your communication and leadership styles.
• The interaction matrix teaches you the three main domains in which communication takes place: Harmony, Distance and Conflict. In this programme, we explore each domain in depth so that you can influence your employees’ behaviour.
• Mindful breathing techniques to help you find peace of mind and body, enabling you to connect genuinely with others.
• Influence strategies: which ones work in which contexts?
• Practising with real-life cases: no theory, just practical application.
Insights Discovery provides insight into your personal behavioural preferences, your strengths and weaknesses, and your communication and leadership styles.
What does Leading by Influencing entail?
The programme consists of four sessions spread over:
Fundamentals of leadership
• What is true leadership?
• The power and biology of influence
• Techniques for connecting and building rapport
• Having the courage to tackle conflicts
• Embracing differences (within your team) and using them to your advantage
Personal leadership
• Embracing the leader you want to be
• Personal behavioural and communication preferences (based on Insights Discovery)
• Self-reflection – a process of self-awareness
• Self-regulation – managing your own behaviour and emotions
• Self-confidence
Leadership and communication
• Leading (difficult) conversations and conflict situations assertively
• The interaction matrix: Harmony – Distance – Conflict
• Guiding and steering desired behaviour
• Effective listening
• Dealing with conflicts assertively
• Setting clear boundaries
This training is also designed to deal with aggressive behaviour in a constructive manner,
and to conduct effective negotiations in difficult situations or during special interventions.
Are you ready to grow and become the leader you can be?
Are you willing to take your leadership to the next level?
Are you curious about your personal leadership style?
The results
A Leading by Influencing training will help you achieve the following:
• You will understand your strengths and challenges.
• You will be able to manage your own behaviour and emotions.
• You will convey your message clearly without becoming more forceful.
• You will learn to deal with resistance, tension, frustration and alienation.
• You will manage conflict constructively.
• You will recognise your own resistance and be able to turn it around.
• You build trust.
• You exert influence without pressure or hierarchy.
• You respond more calmly in difficult situations.
• You stand out as the leader you want to be, with a clear message.
• Your influence and impact become more visible and focused.
• You strengthen your credibility and authenticity.
After completing this training:
• You’ll get people on board more quickly.
• You’ll remain firm in tense discussions.
• You’ll combine empathy with clarity.
• You’ll let things slide less and speak up when necessary.
• You’ll have a better understanding of what drives others – and respond accordingly.
• You’ll create momentum without pressure or manipulation.
Small groups, big impact
I prefer a practical approach and deliberately opt for small groups of up to 8 people. Why?
• In-depth guidance rather than superficial tips
• More time to focus on your specific situations
• Immediate feedback on your style
• The confidence to practise under pressure
• A steeper learning curve thanks to the intensity
You don’t just learn what works – you experience how it works for you.
What does the planning look like?
The entire programme consists of four days spread over four months.
A typical training day includes:
✅ Putting theory into practice
✅ Working with participants’ real-life cases
✅ Reflection & feedback
✅ Small-group exercises
✅ Immediate application to your own work situation
Arrange a no-obligation introductory meeting
Expert: Ingrid Merckx
Contact Ingrid via the contact form or through ingrid.merckx@limere.be.
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