Impact and influence
Having impact and influence at work isn’t about control, pressure, or manipulation. It’s about using professional influence consciously, ethically, and respectfully—to move ideas forward, rally teams, and build long-lasting buy-in.
Whether you’re trying to persuade without formal authority, unite people around a common goal, or speak up in complex situations, impact and influence are now must-have skills in leadership and influential communication.
Why strengthening your impact and influence matters
Boosting your influence at work makes it easier to navigate professional relationships—even when situations are sensitive or complex. Instead of relying on authority or pressure, you learn to influence thoughtfully, considering others, the context, and the goal.
Ethical influence becomes a powerful tool to:
- Move ideas forward
- Inspire without pushing
- Build trust
- Support a more human, sustainable approach to leadership
By focusing on influential communication and ethical strategies, people build influence skills they can apply across all areas of their work.
What participants will learn
After completing this impact and influence soft skills training, participants will be able to:
Intended results
Communicate clearly to create positive influence and adjust their style based on the situation and audience
Use effective influence techniques in the workplace to persuade—without relying on authority, confrontation, or manipulation
Strengthen their leadership and influence day-to-day, and increase their impact in a meaningful, sustainable way
These skills lead to healthier, more effective working relationships built on trust and shared goals.
All you need to know about our Impact and influence training
How do you influence others at work?
Influence at work means getting buy-in on ideas or goals—without forcing or manipulating. It’s based on clear communication, positive intent, and the ability to adapt to your audience. Strong professional influence leads to greater impact and lasting relationships built on trust.
Influence at work means getting buy-in on ideas or goals—without forcing or manipulating. It’s based on clear communication, positive intent, and the ability to adapt to your audience. Strong professional influence leads to greater impact and lasting relationships built on trust.
How do you influence positively—without manipulating?
Positive influence is transparent and respectful. It gives people the freedom to choose. Unlike manipulation, ethical influence is grounded in credibility, consistency, and responsible leadership—leading to sustainable impact.
Positive influence is transparent and respectful. It gives people the freedom to choose. Unlike manipulation, ethical influence is grounded in credibility, consistency, and responsible leadership—leading to sustainable impact.
How can you build your influence at work?
It starts by understanding your natural influencing style, using intentional strategies, and adapting your approach to different situations. These skills can be learned and strengthened through targeted soft skills training on impact and influence.
It starts by understanding your natural influencing style, using intentional strategies, and adapting your approach to different situations. These skills can be learned and strengthened through targeted soft skills training on impact and influence.
What are some workplace influence techniques?
They include clarifying your intent, tailoring your message to the audience, structuring clear arguments, and using influence strategies that fit the context. The goal: convincing with integrity, not pressure or power.
They include clarifying your intent, tailoring your message to the audience, structuring clear arguments, and using influence strategies that fit the context. The goal: convincing with integrity, not pressure or power.
Can you influence without being a manager?
Absolutely. Influence doesn’t depend on job title or hierarchy. Anyone can have a positive influence at work by building credibility, nurturing strong relationships, and communicating effectively—even without a formal leadership role.
Absolutely. Influence doesn’t depend on job title or hierarchy. Anyone can have a positive influence at work by building credibility, nurturing strong relationships, and communicating effectively—even without a formal leadership role.
How can Boostalab help me strengthen my impact and influence at work?
There’s no single right way to learn, so we offer a variety of formats to meet your organization’s needs:
✔ Le Lab: an online learning platform you can access anytime, designed to help integrate best practices gradually, either individually or through a corporate subscription.
✔ Training boost: an interactive group workshop focused on a specific skill, to help your team try things out and build lasting habits.
✔ Interactive team training paths: a longer-term program to help transform collaborative practices in a sustainable way by working on multiple skills over a period of several months.
✔ Ready-to-train kit: practical, engaging, and easy-to-use training content that can be integrated directly into your organization’s LMS.
There’s no single right way to learn, so we offer a variety of formats to meet your organization’s needs:
✔ Le Lab: an online learning platform you can access anytime, designed to help integrate best practices gradually, either individually or through a corporate subscription.
✔ Training boost: an interactive group workshop focused on a specific skill, to help your team try things out and build lasting habits.
✔ Interactive team training paths: a longer-term program to help transform collaborative practices in a sustainable way by working on multiple skills over a period of several months.
✔ Ready-to-train kit: practical, engaging, and easy-to-use training content that can be integrated directly into your organization’s LMS.
How do I start training with Boostalab?
You have two options:
Want to find out which training format is best for you? → Take the quiz!
Prefer to discuss it with an expert? → Book a meeting with us.
You have two options:
Want to find out which training format is best for you? → Take the quiz!
Prefer to discuss it with an expert? → Book a meeting with us.
Influence with ethics and agility
This training is designed to create real momentum. Participants clarify their intention to influence, explore their natural style, and learn practical influence strategies adapted to the workplace. It’s a soft skills training that brings together professional impact, leadership, and wellbeing—no trade-offs required.
Success stories
Sometimes daring to do things differently takes us further than we ever imagined. Do like they did.
The ability to listen and understand our clients' needs, the relevance of the solutions suggested and their adaptability: three qualities that are always present during our collaboration. In short, working with Boostalab is simple and effective! The tools are aligned with the latest trends and correspond to what we were looking for: very concrete and action-oriented!
Senior Advisor - Banking Sector
Oxfam-Quebec wanted to provide its managers with concrete tools to help them acquire the skills they needed to master in this new remote management context. The virtual intelligence path appeared to us as a more complete and flexible alternative to a one-day training course.
The videos, interactive questionnaires, and practical tools offered online allow for immediate implementation of what has been learned within work teams, and managers are able to see the positive changes immediately. The process is a great opportunity to bring managers together around unifying objectives and helps develop interactions between managers from different departments and promotes cohesion.
Cédric Tremblay
Certified Industrial Relations Counselor, Business Partner - Human Resources Oxfam-Québec
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