The psychology of influence
Influence cleverly without manipulating.
Contents
What is influencing and nudging?
- How you can influence behavior through targeted wording.
- Mastering the "dance" to satisfy human needs and utilize the brain's automatic responses.
The principles of influencing HEART: Satisfy core concerns
- Humans are social beings with core needs—these must be satisfied—then people will be on board with their emotions.
- Avoid negative emotions and generate positive ones.
The principles of influence HEAD: Utilizing the brain's automatic responses
- Brains function the same way worldwide and are easily influenced.
- Use this knowledge to get others on board.
In-depth application to own topics and action plan
- In addition to understanding, it is always about internalizing. This is why we not only discuss our own situations, but also practice them intensively in role plays.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
- You develop your skills in communication and influence.
- You strengthen your effectiveness in interacting with customers, colleagues, supervisors, employees yourself.
- You expand your toolbox for effective and benevolent influence.
- You recognize the key factors that influence other people.
- Through nudging, you can effectively and practically optimize your chances of success when exerting influence.
- You discuss specific situations with others and receive valuable feedback.
Methods
trainer, case studies, intensive individual and group work, exchange of experiences and discussion, development of personal influencing strategies, and Personal consultation.
Recommended for
All specialists and managers who are challenged to exert a positive influence.
Questions about the seminar content
The impression you make isn’t random; it stems from many small cues in your language, demeanor, and conversational style. In training how to consciously manage this impact and specifically strengthen your interactions with different groups of people. This will help you act with greater confidence in various roles—such as when interacting with customers, collaborating with colleagues, managing employees, or communicating with supervisors. In this way, you’ll build broader influence skills that will benefit you in many professional situations.
In training , you training how to strategically build your influence so that you don’t just inform others, but actually make an impact on them. You’ll gain a better understanding of how persuasion works in your professional life and how to structure your communication so that your ideas are more likely to be accepted. This will help you be more effective in situations where you want to generate agreement, support, or action without having to apply pressure. This is especially valuable in your day-to-day work when you’re proposing ideas, initiating changes, or trying to get others on board with a shared goal.
You’ll explore what influence actually means in a professional context and how nudging can be used to steer behavior in a desired direction through targeted prompts. This training you view these concepts not as abstract ideas, but as concrete tools for your communication. You’ll learn how small changes in language and situation can have a big impact. This gives you greater confidence when you want to constructively guide people in your daily work and make decisions more likely.
Language influences far more than just the information conveyed in a conversation. In training , you training therefore training how specific phrasing affects perception, reactions, and decision-making. You’ll gain a clearer understanding of why certain statements open doors, while others create resistance. This will make you more linguistically aware and enable you to structure your communication in a way that provides guidance, fosters acceptance, and supports desired actions. This is particularly helpful if you want to come across as effective, clear, and professional in conversations.
Emotions often determine whether people remain open or withdraw emotionally. In training, you’ll learn how to structure your communication in a way that generates less defensiveness and instead fosters agreement, trust, or openness. This isn’t about artificial friendliness, but rather a professional understanding of how emotional reactions arise and how you can influence them. This is particularly helpful in sensitive situations where your impact depends on whether the person you’re speaking with feels upset or pressured.
To ensure that you don’t just take away ideas but actually put them into practice, the training focuses training hands-on activities, practical tips, case studies, and intensive individual and group work. This is complemented by sharing experiences, discussions, and Personal consultation. For you, this means you can apply the content directly to your own challenges and return to your daily work with a concrete action plan.
- Customized training courses
- Direct application in practice
- Efficient use of time and resources
Further recommendations for "The Psychology of Influence"
Further recommendations for "The Psychology of Influence"
Start dates and details
Tuesday, 16.06.2026
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday, 17.06.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Thursday, 17.09.2026
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, 18.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Monday, 19.10.2026
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, 20.10.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Thursday, 04.03.2027
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, 05.03.2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
