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
Available in English on request

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


Dates and locations
Select your location or opt for the remote class then choose your date.
Remote class

Last places available
Guaranteed date, in person or remotely
Guaranteed session

REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 22 June, 10 Sep., 7 Dec.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 15 June, 3 Sep., 30 Nov.