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[Roundtable] Soft Power: Mastering Leadership, Influence, & Indirect Authority as a Chief of Staff
Leading without a title doesn't mean leading without power.
Here's your chance to master influence as a Chief of Staff ⬇️
As a Chief of Staff, you’re already moving big decisions forward, aligning powerful personalities, and shaping strategy from the sidelines.
But let’s be honest...
Most of us are doing it without a shared playbook.
We’re going to change that.
This May, the Chief of Staff Roundtable community is gathering for a peer-driven session to co-create a collective framework for excellence in soft power—the ability to lead, influence, and mobilize without formal authority.
This won’t be another surface-level conversation about “influence.”
It’ll be built on real-world insights from those who live the challenge daily—transforming vague expectations into actual, usable tools that make indirect authority a measurable skill.
Together, we’ll define:
Why influence breaks down. When roles are undefined and authority is assumed, even high-trust environments can fall into misalignment, slow progress, and confusion over who’s accountable for what.
How Chiefs of Staff are uniquely positioned to lead. You operate across functions, personalities, and power structures—making you the connective tissue and the quiet engine behind progress. You don’t just navigate ambiguity. You stabilize it.
What excellence looks like. Soft power done right looks like quiet momentum—strategy shaped behind the scenes, trust built over time, and forward motion without the friction. We’ll define the traits, practices, and signals that distinguish true mastery in this domain.
What you can apply immediately. Walk away with at least two practical tactics—from influence mapping to alliance-building—that you can apply in your next 1:1, leadership sync, or cross-functional initiative.
Here are the details:
🗓 Thursday, May 29
🕐 1:00–2:00 PM ET
📍 Virtual Roundtable
This isn’t just another session about “soft skills.”
It’s a strategic working session for Chiefs of Staff who are ready to stop improvising and start aligning around what real influence looks like in practice.
If you're ready to turn your indirect authority into undeniable impact...
This is your seat at the table.
Let’s build the playbook together.
Register now!