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Influencing Foundations for Risk Professionals

Enhancing Influence to Drive Better Risk Outcomes

About this course

After receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from the delivery of Influencing Essentials at the 2025 RMIA Conference, we are thrilled to launch our brand new professional development offering, Influencing Essentials for Risk Professionals. This course is for risk managers looking to enhance their communication skills and become more effective influencers. The ability to influence individuals, teams, customers, and stakeholders is a critical aspect of a risk manager's role, fostering agreement and alignment with key perspectives and proposals. By mastering the art of influencing outcomes while preserving strong relationships, participants will be better equipped to effectively drive successful strategic decision making and action.

Course specifics

Audience: This course is designed for risk professionals at all levels who need to build stronger influencing capabilities to drive effective risk outcomes. Ideal participants include Risk and Compliance Managers, Enterprise Risk and Operational Risk Leads, Project Risk Specialists and Emerging Risk Leaders

Cost: $770.00 (members), $990.00 (non-members)

Facilitator: Lisa Harrison

Format: 1x Half Day Online Learning Workshop

Time: 4 hours

CPD Points: 4

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Topics Covered

  • Establishing trust and rapport

  • Finding the starting point

  • Principles of influence.

  • Planning the interaction

  • Structuring influencing conversations

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply influencing with an ethical approach

  • Communicate through verbal and non-verbal channels

  • Use key skills including active listening and perspective taking

  • Establish trust, rapport and credibility to negotiate win-win outcomes

  • Apply principles of influence to expand their sphere of influence.

  • Structure conversations for optimal influencing and persuasion

  • Use information effectively for influencing

Facilitator

Lisa Harrison is a versatile and experienced Learning and Development Consultant with over 19 years in L&D. She specialises in creating sustainable behaviour change in communication, leadership, and management. Lisa partners effectively with diverse clients to design and deliver impactful, learner-centred solutions using blended, face-to-face, and digital methods. Her approach is experiential, client-focused, and grounded in adult learning principles and motivational psychology. Lisa holds a Master of Education (Adult Ed) and multiple Cert IV qualifications, and is accredited in DiSC, EQi, and organisational coaching. She has also trained and assessed in Training and Assessment, Frontline Management, and Business.