Influencing Up

Additional Resources

Training Programs

1. Babson College offers a residential five-day executive development program, Leadership and Influence, exploring vision, teamwork and other leadership competencies needed to influence at all levels of an organization. This highly experiential program is for managers who have direct reports managing others, and combines videos, case discussions, role plays, simulations, and a day of leadership problem-solving activities linked to Influence without Authority and post-heroic concepts. Participants request confidential questionnaire feedback on leadership style from peers and direct reports, and utilize the results at the program. With a faculty team led by Allan Cohen, the program has also been customized for numerous companies. More information is available from Babson Executive Education, Babson Park, MA 02157-0310, Phone: [phone] or Toll-Free Phone: 800-882-EXEC, or http://www.babson.edu/bee. E-mail: [e-mail].

2. Stanford Graduate School of Business offers a residential five-day Executive Program in Leadership: The Effective Use of Power, designed to help experienced managers put effective, collaborative methods of leadership to work for their organizations. Participants will discover how to develop and maintain vision and power by tapping into their team’s valuable leadership potential and will gain hands-on experience through videos, case discussions, role plays, and simulations, linked to Influence without Authority and post-heroic ...