Strategic Influence Coaching for Senior Professionals
When being right isn’t enough.
You are listened to.
You are respected.
But decisions don’t always move.
You present strong thinking.
You make logical cases.
You contribute in meetings.
Yet priorities shift elsewhere.
Your proposals stall.
Other voices — sometimes weaker ones — carry further.
This is the point where technical excellence stops being enough.
Strategic Influence is a high-level 1:1 executive coaching intervention for professionals whose ideas must shape outcomes — not merely discussions.
This is not presentation training.
This is about how power, timing, positioning, and alignment actually determine what gets approved.
WHO THIS IS FOR
This programme is designed for senior professionals who:
• consistently produce strong ideas that do not convert into decisions
• influence downward but struggle upward or sideways
• rely on logic where political positioning is required
• feel blocked by informal power structures
• are excluded from key conversations or decisions
• see others shape direction more effectively
• want to operate at a more strategic level
Typical participants include directors, senior managers, technical leaders, programme heads, and subject-matter experts who operate close to executive level — but want greater traction where it matters most.
This is post-authority work.
You already have credibility.
Now we focus on leverage.
WHAT WE WORK ON
Across six intensive 1:1 sessions, we dissect how decisions are really made in your organisation — and how you can intervene more effectively.
You will work on:
▶ Framing Ideas for Decision-Makers
- How senior leaders evaluate proposals.
- How to connect ideas to strategic priorities, risk appetite, and personal agendas.
- How to strip away unnecessary detail while increasing impact.
- How to design openings that command attention.
▶ Power and Influence Mapping
- How formal authority differs from real influence.
- How coalitions form behind the scenes.
- How to identify sponsors, blockers, and swing players.
- How to read organisational signals before meetings happen.
▶ Timing and Positioning
- When to introduce ideas — and when not to.
- Where conversations really start (often outside the room).
- How to seed thinking before decisions are tabled.
- How to enter discussions already aligned.
▶ Influencing Without Overselling
- How to avoid appearing political or manipulative.
- How to project calm strategic intent.
- How to reduce resistance rather than provoke it.
- How to let others carry your ideas forward.
▶ Speaking Less, Landing More
- How to intervene selectively in senior forums.
- How to frame contributions so they are remembered.
- How to avoid over-explaining.
- How to close with direction, not debate.
HOW THE COACHING WORKS
Every session is anchored in your real organisational context.
No generic case studies.
No hypotheticals.
No classroom exercises.
Before sessions, you bring:
• a stalled proposal
• an upcoming board or ExCo meeting
• a politically sensitive initiative
• a senior stakeholder you struggle to influence
• a restructuring or prioritisation discussion
• a strategic decision you want to shape
In our work together, we:
• analyse stakeholder landscapes
• map influence networks
• test different framings
• craft strategic narratives
• design entry points
• rehearse interventions
• pressure-test reactions
• plan multi-step influence strategies
You leave each session with:
✔ a positioning plan
✔ stakeholder strategies
✔ precise language options
✔ sequencing tactics
✔ sponsorship routes
✔ fallback strategies
This is strategic rehearsal, not generic leadership development.
FORMAT
• 6 × 75-minute private sessions
• Delivered over 2–4 weeks
• Fully confidential
• Online or in-person (where available)
• Focused entirely on real organisational situations
• Suitable for director-level and senior professionalsTHE RESULT
By the end of Strategic Influence, clients typically report that they:
• place ideas where they carry weight
• prepare differently for senior forums
• intervene with greater precision
• influence stakeholders calmly
• stop pushing and start positioning
• secure sponsorship earlier
• become harder to ignore
• feel more strategic and credible
You stop fighting uphill.
You start shaping terrain.
TYPICAL SITUATIONS WE COVER
Clients commonly use this programme to work on:
• securing funding for initiatives
• influencing boards or ExCo members
• navigating matrix organisations
• building senior sponsorship
• repositioning stalled programmes
• reshaping priorities
• managing organisational politics
• entering new roles at senior level
• increasing profile and strategic visibility
NEXT STEP
If your ideas consistently deserve more traction than they receive, this is the work.
Apply for a confidential consultation to discuss whether Strategic Influence (1:1) is the right intervention for your situation.
AUTHORITY RESET (1:1)
For senior professionals whose competence doesn’t always sound like authority.
Authority Reset is a short, private 1:1 intervention for leaders who:
- soften decisions
- over-explain
- get interrupted or talked over
- sound less senior than their role requires
This work focuses on language under pressure — how you speak in meetings, negotiations, and moments where authority must land calmly and clearly.
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
For leaders avoiding conversations they know need to happen.
Difficult Conversations is a focused 1:1 intervention for professionals who:
delay or dilute uncomfortable messages
struggle when emotions rise
fear damaging relationships through directness
You learn how to stay calm, precise, and in control — even when the other person isn’t.
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STRATEGIC INFLUENCE (1:1)
For senior professionals whose ideas are heard — but not followed.
Strategic Influence is a private intervention for leaders who:
- contribute strong ideas that don’t shape decisions
- struggle to influence upwards or across
- rely on logic where positioning is needed
This work teaches you how decisions actually move — and how to place your language so your ideas carry weight.
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