Leadership & Negotiation · Negotiation & Influence

Influencing Without Authority

Cross-functional influence simulation: diagnose a stalled decision with a peer Director, map his four interests, redesign the ask with a shrunken decision and real cost-lowering moves, rehearse a 25-minute conversation against three Pablo temperaments, and engineer a 72-hour follow-up that converts a verbal yes into a

4 rounds Executive English, Español

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About this simulation

Cross-functional influence simulation: diagnose a stalled decision with a peer Director, map his four interests, redesign the ask with a shrunken decision and real cost-lowering moves, rehearse a 25-minute conversation against three Pablo temperaments, and engineer a 72-hour follow-up that converts a verbal yes into a durable one.

Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 4 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Diagnosis frame
  • Four-interests map filled in (stated · functional · political · personal)
  • Next action this week
  • Shape of the ask
  • Cost-lowering move in the proposal
  • Reciprocity offered
  • Deadline framing
  • Minutes 0–3 — Opening
  • Minutes 10–18 — Interests check
  • Reciprocity offer timing

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • Diagnose the Stall
  • Decision Probability Over Rounds

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Negotiation & Influence.

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