Executive Influence
Be seen, heard, and trusted at the level you’re ready for in the next 6 months.
Build executive-level influence in complex organisations.
Are you a senior leader who is:
Feeling overlooked in critical moments, unsure how to communicate your value in a way that cuts through at senior levels.
Struggling to influence outcomes in meetings, executive forums, or high-stakes conversations — and watching decisions move forward without you.
Caught in constant reactivity, managing expectations and politics instead of shaping direction and priorities.
Concerned about staying relevant as leadership expectations shift toward greater visibility, influence, and strategic presence.
Finding that pressure situations trigger hesitation instead of authority, from executive briefings to board-level presentations.
Aware that without strengthening your executive presence, strategic communication, and influence, your leadership impact will remain constrained.
It’s time to change that.
The challenge isn’t your capability, experience, or commitment. It’s that the way your leadership shows up isn’t yet matching the level of responsibility and influence you’re ready for.
Right now, you may be operating effectively — but not decisively shaping outcomes.
When you develop executive influence, you stop managing perceptions and start directing momentum — through clarity, credibility, and confident authority.
Over six months, you’ll elevate how you think, communicate, and operate — so your influence works in the room long before you speak.
It’s Time to Elevate Your Influence
You weren’t meant to blend into the background. Your judgment, perspective, and leadership impact deserve to carry weight in the rooms where decisions are made.
The frustration you’re experiencing isn’t failure, it’s feedback. It’s the signal that you’re ready to operate at a higher level of influence and authority.
When you take ownership of how your executive presence shows up, everything shifts. You don’t just advance your career, you change how others listen, trust, and act on your leadership.
Now is the moment to stop waiting for recognition and start shaping the executive influence that naturally commands it.
The Journey to Executive Influence
Level 1: Individual Contributor
At this level you’re focused on tasks, approvals, and instructions. You’re working hard but influence is limited and largely role-based. You rely on expertise rather than presence or judgement. To progress, you need to build foundational leadership habits — confidence, clarity, self-advocacy, and visibility — and shift from “doing” to agency.
Level 2: Operational Leadership
At this level you’re reliable, competent, and delivery-focused. You’re trusted to execute and often carry a heavy workload, but influence is still tied to output rather than impact. To move forward, you must become more intentional — creating thinking time, articulating your value, and speaking with authority rather than detail.
Level 3: Strategic Leadership
At this level you contribute strong thinking and see beyond immediate tasks. You’re beginning to be noticed, but your influence is inconsistent and often contained within your function. Progress requires clearer positioning — sharpening your point of view, elevating how you communicate, and ensuring your thinking travels across the organisation.
Level 4: Executive Presence
At this level you’re seen as credible, composed, and trusted in high-stakes conversations. You hold the room, but your influence is not yet fully enterprise-wide. The next shift is leverage — building coalitions, shaping narratives, and influencing decisions beyond your formal scope or role.
Level 5: Executive Influence
At this level you shape direction through judgement rather than authority. You’re sought out for perspective and trusted to influence strategy. The work now is stewardship — sustaining influence by mentoring others, stewarding culture, and protecting your energy, reputation, and long-term impact.
What you’ll learn
Self Influence
Executive Presence & Gravitas
How you show up when it matters most.
Be heard, trusted, and taken seriously in high-stakes environments
Command voice, pace, and composure under pressure
Communicate with clarity and authority rather than excess detail
Signal seniority and readiness before the role or title changes
2. Strategic Influence
Visibility & Reputation
How your impact is recognised, valued, and extended.
Deliberately shape how your leadership is perceived
Become known for strategic impact, not just execution
Increase visibility in ways that feel authentic and credible
Position your expertise for progression, succession, and expanded scope
3. Communication Influence
Strategic Influence Conversations
The conversations that shape priorities, decisions, and direction.
Influence upward with executives and decision-makers
Negotiate scope, resources, and expectations with confidence
Navigate difficult dynamics, pushback, and resistance calmly and persuasively
Hold authority in conversations without over-explaining or defending
4. Relational Influence
Power & Politics
How decisions are really made — and how to influence them effectively.
Map power, stakeholders, and decision pathways
Understand agendas, alliances, and organisational constraints
Build influence without over-accommodating or self-silencing
Increase your ability to shape outcomes through relationships
Who's Jane Anderson?
CORPORATE CLIENTS HAVE INCLUDED:
Telstra, International Rice Research Institute, Wesfarmers, Amadeus, Virgin Australia, IKEA, LEGO, Mercedes-Benz, Australian Medical Association, Shell Energy & Workcover.
Jane Anderson has been coaching and advising thought leaders and corporate consultants for the last 10 years. She helps trusted advisors to grow their businesses through building their confidence, presence and influence in a noisy world.
With over 20 years experience at the intersection of marketing, sales and systems, Jane has helped over 150,000 people across 5 countries to create an exceptional personal brand. She is a certified speaker, coach and has been featured on Sky Business, The Today Show, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, BBC & Management Today.
The author of 13 books, Jane typically speaks at conferences, runs workshops, consults and coaches female consultants to communicate more powerfully to achieve their goals.
Jane holds one of the top 1% viewed LinkedIn profiles & is the host of the "Jane Anderson Show" Podcast where she has interviewed some of the world’s leading thinkers including Seth Godin.
She has been nominated for and won over 95 industry awards for her expertise in marketing, sales and coaching and voted in the top 3 branding and sales experts globally.
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