Course : Strengthen your leadership influence in a cross-functional environment

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. LMT
Price : 1360 € E.T.

Strengthen your leadership influence in a cross-functional environment



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In a context of constant change, the ability to mobilize dispersed teams and move complex projects forward is a decisive factor in performance. This training course aims to develop influential leadership skills capable of uniting players with diverse interests, creating buy-in around strategic priorities and accelerating project completion. Through immediately applicable methods and tools, it enables you to transform cooperation into measurable results and reinforce your managerial impact in a constantly changing environment.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. LMT
  2d - 14h00
1360 € E.T.




In a context of constant change, the ability to mobilize dispersed teams and move complex projects forward is a decisive factor in performance. This training course aims to develop influential leadership skills capable of uniting players with diverse interests, creating buy-in around strategic priorities and accelerating project completion. Through immediately applicable methods and tools, it enables you to transform cooperation into measurable results and reinforce your managerial impact in a constantly changing environment.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understanding the specificities of cross-functional management
Identify your own operating modes
Identify stakeholders' needs and expectations
Adopt a different vision of influence, its sources, effects and limits

Intended audience
Cross-functional managers, project managers and project leaders

Prerequisites
No

Practical details
Hands-on work
Self-assessment, individual and sub-group brainstorming workshops, role-playing exercises, case studies, practice-sharing workshops and feedback.
Teaching methods
Active teaching

Course schedule

1
Understanding the specificities of cross-functional management

  • Identify different situations
  • Define the advantages and disadvantages of the absence of a hierarchical link
  • Identify the different levers and support points: influence of the manager/leader, expectations/needs of stakeholders
Hands-on work
Réflexion individuelle : description d’une situation réelle de management transversal (projet, coordination, …). Panorama des principales situations de management transverse. Atelier : l’absence de lien hiérarchique est-elle un frein ou une opportunité ? Echanges.

2
Knowing the support points for leaders in cross-functional management situations

  • Adopt two possible visions of relationships: linear vision, circular vision
  • Identify preferred operating modes and adapt to context and stakeholders
  • Evaluate your ability to adapt and move from one style to another
Hands-on work
Lecture croisée d'une situation réelle à partir d'une approche linéaire et circulaire: Auto-diagnostique : identifier son style préférentiel de leadership. Réflexion en binômes : adéquation entre les styles de leadership et les situations. Conséquences sur les interactions et son adaptabilité

3
Identify stakeholders' needs and expectations

  • Identify the different sources of motivation: Maslow, Herzberg
  • Detect other needs: fairness, usefulness...
  • Giving meaning to leadership.
Hands-on work
Half-group workshop: deciphering the levers of motivation. Mobilizing motivation in cross-functional management. Mapping the needs of key players in a cross-functional management situation.

4
Identify the effects and limits of influence

  • The leader, the situation and the stakeholders: a look at mutual influences
  • Exerting influence: adapting your standards, recognizing what you can influence
Hands-on work
Collective exploration: identifying spheres of influence and non-influence

5
Handling delicate relational situations

  • Welcoming and regulating the emotions generated by a conflictual relationship
  • Identify personal reactions in a conflictual relationship
  • Offering and soliciting feedback: a key instrument for regulation and learning
Hands-on work
Travail en binômes : identification de ses modes de fonctionnement préférentiels en situation de tensions professionnelles. Mises en situation : expérimenter la régulation émotionnelle, préparer et formuler un feed-back constructif; retours structurés des participants et du formateur