Leading Without Authority
You lead people who do not report to you and need decisions from people above you. Influence is how projects actually get done, and it is a skill you can learn. A three-hour live workshop.
Victoria Klymenko
live sessions
hours
PDUs
Who this course is for
Project managers
who lead teams without formal authority over their members
Specialists moving into leadership
who need results through people for the first time
Team leads and scrum masters
in cross-functional or matrix organisations
Anyone who works with contractors
or other departments they cannot direct
This workshop is NOT for
those looking for manipulation techniques | experienced executives with large teams | a full leadership course
Why we created this course
What you'll be able to do
Concrete skills and outcomes you'll walk away with
See your real influence
Map the sources of influence you already have and the ones you lack.
Get decisions from people above you
Frame requests so a busy decision-maker says yes.
Build allies early
Create a coalition before the moment you need one.
Act this week
Leave with a personal influence plan for one real situation.
Multiple sessions. One coherent program.
1. Sources of influence beyond authority
Expertise, relationships, reciprocity, framing and trust: where influence really comes from.
Mapping the influence you already have.
- Expertise, relationships, reciprocity, framing and trust: where influence really comes from.
- 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
Graduate results and what they say
"In three words: informative, useful and applicable"
"New course on risk management 😎 Together with colleagues Dmytro Pishyi, MBA, PMP, Natalia Starynska, PMP, and Viktoriia Gladchenko, we've put together 11 short lectures combining practical experience, real case studies, ready-to-use templates, and tools. Online course (link in the first comment), unique for the Ukrainian community! We brought together international standards and focused on working with uncertainty, responding to risks efficiently, strengthening organizational resilience, and handling crisis situations effectively. It's a real professional pleasure to work on projects like this!"
"Thank you for your initiative in promotion of knowledge in Project Management. Special thanks for knowledge quality, free communication and drive for success of our cooperation"
"Very intelligent and interesting statement of material, a number of questions have been cleared up"
3 hours live online
small group, up to 12 participants
Influence map template
sources, allies, opposition, next step
Practice with feedback
on your own situation
3 PDUs
Power Skills
Format and price
Course information
- Dates
- 1 March 2027
- Time
- Mon, 19:00–22:00 (Kyiv time)
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Group size
- Group of up to 12 participants
- PDU / training hours
- 3 PDU / training hours
- Format
- Online, live
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Certificate of completion
- Yes, a certificate of completion is provided
- Recordings
- Yes, recordings will be available
- Date
- 1 March 2027, Monday
- Price
- 3 990 UAH / €79, included in the workshop passes
- Participants
- Maximum 12 · Small group, real discussion
Course loyalty discounts don't apply to workshops. Save with a pass: 3 workshops −15%, 5 −20%, the full series −30%. PMI members get an extra 5%. Military and veterans: 50% on individual workshops (not on passes).
Sessions are recorded. Practice parts with participants' own cases are not included in recordings for sale.
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