Half-Day Session or Keynote
Onsite, Virtual, Conference
Participants 10 - 100+
Australia Wide + Virtual Delivery
Influence is the modern leader’s most important skill, and the least trained. The Leading with Influence program by WunderTraining helps leaders, managers and professionals across Australia build trust, deliver messages that move people, and hold coaching conversations that create ownership. Whether influencing upward, across teams or in front of a room, this leadership influence training ensures your message lands and your leadership carries.
This program blends the best of three treasured WunderTraining workshops into one high-energy half day: The Speakers Edge for powerful communication and presence, persuasive language from our productivity programs, and GROW coaching conversations. It was designed for leadership teams who have done the self-awareness work and are ready to put it to use on the people around them.
The session opens with the evidence: in the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer, 79 per cent of Australians said they trust their employer to do the right thing, making “my employer” the most trusted institution in the country. Gallup’s research across 2.7 million workers shows the manager explains 70 per cent of the difference in team engagement. Leaders hold more influence than they realise. This program is about spending it well.
Every example is tailored to your industry, and every statistic is cited: an evidence base your sharpest sceptic can check. A designed participant workbook is written in during the session and kept afterwards.
Highly interactive in person or fully virtual, with breakout rooms, live polls and activities built for the screen. A natural follow-on for teams who have completed our strengths programs.
"Small, snappy and digestible concepts, phrases and takeaways. Small groups and group activities."
"Focussed and relevant session on growing people"
"Engaging and approachable"
"Forward-thinking and group discussion."
Modern leadership runs on influence rather than authority. Leaders influence upward without rank, across functions without control, and through change without certainty. Our leadership influence training Australia program builds the three capabilities that carry it: trust and presence, persuasive communication, and coaching conversations that turn direction into ownership.
This influence and persuasion training is ideal for leaders who need to be heard in meetings, win support for change, and lift the performance of their teams through better conversations. It aligns with our broader mission to elevate leadership development programs Australia through practical, evidence-based learning.
This leadership influence course is designed for:
Executive teams, managers and senior leaders in corporate, government or not-for-profit sectors.
Emerging leaders and professionals who need influence without formal authority.
Leadership teams who have completed strengths or self-awareness programs and want the application step.
In Leading with Influence, participants will discover:
How trust is built and lost: the say-do gap, and the evidence on why leaders start every conversation with trust already granted.
Where influence energy goes: the circle of concern and influence, and how to find the influence edge on any worry.
Presence under pressure: the three channels of communication and the speaker’s state, drawn from The Speakers Edge.
The language of an honest yes: the “because” effect and Cialdini’s six levers of persuasion.
The Power Start: how to open any message with a statement, a statistic or a story, and hold attention from the first minute.
Coaching conversations with GROW: the questions that transfer ownership, practised live on real challenges.
At WunderTraining, flexibility meets practicality. Leading with Influence offers multiple delivery formats:
Build trust deliberately and protect it in the moments that matter.
Communicate persuasively to teams, stakeholders and senior leaders.
Open messages with confidence and hold attention from the first minute.
Turn one-on-ones into coaching conversations that create ownership and accountability.
Leave with one chosen tool and one named conversation, with a date on it.
Your people already trust you more than they trust almost anything else in their world. Leading with Influence is about spending that trust well. Set an appointment today or Contact Us for tailored program options for your team or organisation.
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