This event is exclusively for HR practitioners
HRLF's Executive Skills Accelerator: Master Influence, Presence & Impact
Influence & Persuasion – Elevate Your Executive Impact
To drive meaningful organizational impact, today’s HR executives must move beyond a purely functional lens and operate as enterprise business leaders. This interactive workshop is designed to help you do exactly that.
You’ll learn how to identify the unique “motivational currencies” of your cross-functional stakeholders and position your initiatives in terms that resonate with their priorities. By sharpening these advanced communication and influence skills, you’ll strengthen your ability to gain executive buy-in and confidently navigate high-stakes decisions at the leadership table.
Key Focus Areas:
- Decoding Stakeholder Motivations
Understand what truly drives decision-making across the business by identifying and leveraging the distinct priorities of your stakeholders.
- Framing the “Why”
Translate HR insights into strategic, operational, and financial language that resonates with senior leadership.
- Securing Alignment & Buy-In
Build the skills to navigate resistance, align competing priorities, and create consensus around your initiatives.
- Expanding Your Executive Footprint
Position yourself as a trusted, enterprise-wide advisor—not just a functional HR leader.
Walk away with practical tools to influence across functions, secure executive alignment, and drive decisions that move your organization forward.
Speaker: Stacy Cook, Principal at Perception Learning
is a dynamic speaker, trainer, and organizational development consultant who currently serves as a Principal at Perception Learning. With over 4,000 hours of classroom training experience, she specializes in helping individuals and organizations close challenging soft skills gaps through customized programs in leadership development, resilience, and performance management. Her diverse professional background includes leading the Learning and Development Center of Excellence at FMP Consulting, serving as a Program Manager for a Department of Defense Task Force in Baghdad, and working as a trainer and performance coach for The Alexander Company. A recognized thought leader who has presented at major events such as the ATD International Conference and the SHRM Annual Conference, Stacy focuses on delivering practical value and immediately applicable tools to her audiences. She holds an MA in Adult Learning and Leadership from Teachers College of Columbia University.
Series Dates:
Session 1: April 17, 2026 | 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Session 2: June 5, 2026 | 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Session 3: September 10, 2026 | 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Session 4: December 4, 2026 | 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Timeline
8:00 am - 8:30 am - Registration + Breakfast + Networking
8:30 am - 10:30 am - Program
