Leading Without Authority
Influence without formal power. The PM skill that changes everything.
Victoria Klymenko
live sessions
hours
PDUs
Who this course is for
Project managers
who lead teams without formal authority over team members
Professionals
moving from individual contributor to leadership roles
Team leads and scrum masters
working in cross-functional or matrixed environments
Anyone who needs to get results
through people they cannot direct
Why we created this course
Multiple sessions. One coherent program.
Sources of Influence Beyond Authority
Where influence actually comes from when you don't have a hierarchy to lean on. Expertise, relationships, reciprocity, framing, and trust. Mapping the influence you already have.
- Where influence actually comes from when you don't have a hierarchy to lean on. Expertise, relationships, reciprocity, framing, and trust. Mapping the influence you already have.
Why learn with INSTAR and this trainer
Identify and activate the sources of influence available to you in your specific context
Frame requests and proposals so key stakeholders are motivated to engage
Build coalitions before you need them, not after
Handle resistance without escalation or loss of credibility
Who leads the course
Victoria Klymenko
Senior Management Consultant
Victoria is a PMI-authorized PMP and ACP instructor. She has guided multiple thankful candidates through PMP certification and has co-authored corporate project management methodologies used across nonprofit, industrial, and financial sectors. Author of a competency development model for PMO and strategy unit employees. Developer of technical interview methodology for project manager candidates. Developer of a project management training program for project leaders, team members and project customers. Volunteer in nonprofit projects since 2005. Member of the PMI community and PMI Kyiv Chapter since 2013.
Graduate results and what they say
"In three words: informative, useful and applicable"
"Alina, good afternoon! I wanted to thank you separately for the course. Interesting material and not boring style of presentation. Thanks to your experience and knowledge, it was always interesting for you to listen and learn practical skills that were applied in real problem situations."
"Alina, thank you for the interesting course, valuable knowledge, for the positive atmosphere and our involvement."
"Expectations were confirmed. It was interesting to know the opinion of Contractors in relation to Client's requirements"
Format and price
Course information
- Start date
- The start date will be declared when we have the minimum q of requests for a group. Send us the request to be included
- Format
- 3-hour online workshop
- Participants
- Maximum 12 per cohort · Small group, real discussion
- Language
- Ukrainian
- PDUs
- 3
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