Diagnose your leadership influence system
Decode the hidden patterns behind your leadership impact - and turn clarity into traction.
Leadership influence isn't confidence or visibility - it's traction. The Influence Blueprint™ is Judith Germain's proprietary method for diagnosing how influence moves through a senior leadership system - and where it fractures under pressure.
But influence can be elusive. It's subtle. It shapes the way others respond to you, whether they lean in with trust or quietly stall. The Influence Blueprint™ was designed to decode those hidden patterns - so you can see clearly how your leadership really lands, and where it silently slips.
WHEN INFLUENCE STALLS
You’ve built credibility. You’re trusted. People respect your expertise and often turn to you for answers.
And yet, something doesn't quite connect.
Projects slow down despite clear direction. Teams nod in agreement during meetings but return to old habits. Stakeholders smile, but weeks later the promised support still hasn't arrived. Decisions drag. Energy leaks away.
Its frustrating - because you know it's not a lack of skill or effort. It's that your influence isn't landing in the way you expect. And when that happens, even the strongest strategy loses momentum.
The hidden cost is bigger than most leaders realise:
- Time and trust get eroded
- Authority is quietly questioned
- Progress feels harder than it should be
This isn't about working harder or speaking louder. It's about decoding how your influence is experienced - and using that clarity to create real traction.
The Influence Blueprint™
Influence isn’t a mystery – it’s a pattern.
The question is whether that pattern moves things forward, or keeps them stuck.
The Influence Blueprint™ is a diagnostic that decodes how your leadership influence really lands. It draws on Judith Germain’s original frameworks, including the Four Drivers of Influence, to reveal where your traction holds, and where it silently slips.
Without this clarity, leaders:
- Rely on authority instead of influence
- Miss hidden blind spots that stall progress
- Struggle to shift culture or execution under pressure
With it, you’ll see:
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How you show up in complex situations
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How your influence is experienced by others
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Where your clarity turns into traction – and where it gets lost
This isn’t personality profiling or abstract theory. It’s a practical lens that gives you the truth about your leadership influence – and a way to act on it.
RELATED
INSIGHT.
What causes senior leadership influence to break down?
Influence doesn't collapse suddenly - it fractures early, when decisiveness hesitates, capability distorts, and leadership rhythm breaks.
This article explains the precise system-level pattern behind influence failure - and why coherence in one leader can reset the entire field.
So what is influence - really?
It’s not confidence.
It’s not charisma.
It's not control.
It's not persuasion.
And it’s not about having the loudest voice in the room. It's what Judith Germain defines as calibrated motion. It is your ability to move a leadership system without distortion.
Influence is your ability to create traction.
To move decisions. Shift direction. Activate others - especially when the stakes are high, the environment is complex, and authority alone isn’t enough.
It’s the difference between:
Ideas that are heard - and ideas that are followed
Being consulted - and being decisive
Leading from presence - not just position
The problem?
Most leaders are never taught what actually creates influence - or what causes it to stall.
They’re told to communicate better. Be more visible. Build trust.
Useful advice. But incomplete.
Because real influence isn’t one thing.
It’s a strategic capability - and like any capability, it can be decoded, developed, and strengthened.
That’s why The Influence Blueprint™ doesn’t focus on style. It focuses on structure.
We assess your influence through four critical drivers - the foundations of how your leadership is experienced and responded to.
THE FOUR
DRIVERS OF INFLUENCE™.
Through years of working with leaders, I’ve found that influence becomes sustainable, strategic, and effective when these four core drivers are aligned.
When even one is out of sync - traction breaks down.
If influence is calibrated motion, these are the forces that power it. The drivers we assess inside The Influence Blueprint™:
1. Capability
Do others perceive you as credible, skilled, and strategically equipped - before you say a word?
Capability isn’t just your expertise.
It’s how you think, how you adapt, how you show up when pressure’s on.
In the Blueprint, we assess your capability using the 8 KEYSTONE Capabilities™ - the foundational traits that drive influence:
Knowledge, Emotional Awareness, Your Vision, Self-Efficacy, Trust, Objectivity, Networkability, and Engagement.
These aren't just attributes - they shape how your leadership is received.
2. Decisiveness
Can you create forward movement - especially when others hesitate?
Influential leaders don’t wait for certainty.
They make confident, context-aware decisions - and bring others with them.
The DRIVEN™ Leadership Framework explores six critical decisions leaders must make to build influence under pressure:
Determination, Reputation, Influence, Versatility, Execution, and Narration.
This isn’t about speed - it’s about trust through movement.
3. Power
Are you using the right kind of power - at the right time?
Power isn’t about control.
It’s about presence, precision, and choice.
In this Blueprint, we explore how you use power through my Maverick Power framework:
Internal Power – self-determination, emotional resilience, body language
Personal Power - character, relationships, presence
Legitimate Power – positional authority (used well - or overused by accident)
When used effectively, power builds alignment.
When misused or avoided, it creates resistance.
4. Impact
Is your leadership visibly changing what matters - or just contributing quietly?
Influence without impact is noise.
Using the Impact–Influence Matrix™, we explain how your leadership is landing across your system.
We look at:
- Where your influence flows
- Where it gets blocked
- Where it’s being wasted on the wrong people, moments, or methods
Without this insight, even strong leadership can disappear into the system unnoticed.
These four Drivers - Capability, Decisiveness, Power, and Impact - shape how your leadership is received, respected, and acted on.
The Influence Blueprint™ shows you where you’re strong, where you’re stalled, and how to realign.
The Influence Blueprint™ helps you see where you stand
- and what to strengthen next...
For Individuals:
If you’re a leader who’s ready to shift from effort to traction, the Influence Blueprint™ gives you the clarity to lead with precision - not just intention.
It’s the insight you didn’t know you were missing.
For Organisations:
The Influence Blueprint™ can also be delivered as part of a team wide calibration, cultural shift, or leadership development programme.
Let’s talk about what your leaders need now - and what’s getting in their way.
ARE YOU
READY?
Who is this programme for?
The Influence Blueprint™ is designed for leaders who are already capable - but not always creating the traction they expect.
This is for you if:
- You’re showing up in the right rooms - but not shaping the decisions
- You’re respected, but too often misunderstood
- You’ve stepped into a more strategic role, but your leadership feels muted or filtered
- You’re navigating high-stakes conversations, but your voice isn’t shifting the outcome
-You sense your presence doesn’t match your capability - and you want to fix that
It’s also for you if:
- You’re preparing for promotion, reinvention, or increased visibility
- You want influence without performance, traction without self-censorship
- You’re tired of being overlooked, second-guessed, or politely ignored
- You’re done wondering how you’re perceived - and ready to know
If you’re capable, but your influence is out of sync with your impact - this is where we realign it.
What changes after the Blueprint?
Influence isn’t about adding more noise.
It’s about removing the disconnect - between who you are and how your leadership is received.
When your influence aligns with your capability, things shift quickly:
- You stop repeating yourself in meetings - and start seeing action
- Stakeholders stop circling - and start committing
- You feel less pressure to prove, and more freedom to lead
- You stop asking “Am I getting through?” -because you know you are
After completing The Influence Blueprint™, you’ll have:
- A clear understanding of how your leadership influence is currently landing
- Deep insight into where your traction is leaking - and why
- Strategic clarity on which of the four Drivers needs strengthening
- Specific guidance on how to shift your presence, positioning, or power use
- Lead with confidence - decisions sharpen, presence strengthens, and authority becomes influence that sticks
- Create lasting impact - build influence that holds in complex, shifting contexts, not just when things are easy
This isn’t about fixing you.
This isn't about being louder, or pushing harder. It’s about influence as calibrated motion, realigning the way you lead - so that others follow, trust, and act.
THE
BLUEPRINT
Here's what's included when you decode your leadership influence:
- The Influence Diagnostic
Before the session, you’ll complete an in-depth assessment that cuts through perception and reveals how your influence is really landing. It surfaces the blind spots that quietly drain traction - and the strengths you can build on.
- Personalised Influence Report
Your results are mapped across the four Drivers of Influence: Capability, Decisiveness, Power, and Impact.
This is not a personality test - it’s a strategic assessment tool designed to surface patterns, blind spots, and contextual misalignments.
You’ll receive a comprehensive 40 page Influence Blueprint Report, which breaks down your diagnostic results with deep insight, pattern analysis, and practical recommendations.
It provides a clear picture of where you stand today, and the hidden dynamics that explain why influence flows - or falters.
This forms the foundation of our conversation - and your next stage of leadership influence.
- 121 Strategic Review with Judith Germain
You’ll meet with Judith on Zoom for a focused one to one session where your results are translated into action. You'll leave with insight sharpened into next steps, so influence becomes something you can use, not just understand.
Together, you’ll interpret your diagnostic findings, explore how your influence is landing within your specific context, and identify where it’s being diluted, blocked, or misdirected.
This isn’t a coaching call. It’s a strategic conversation - clear, direct, and designed to move you forward.
Plus:
- Your Influence Blueprint™ Digital Badge
A verifiable, shareable badge that recognises your completion of The Influence Blueprint™. It signals to others - clients, stakeholders, peers, that you’ve taken intentional steps to sharpen your leadership influence.
Use it on LinkedIn, your email signature, or internal platforms to showcase your commitment to strategic leadership growth.
It's proof that you've decoded your leadership influence - and have the clarity to act differently tomorrow.
- A personalised Certificate of Completion
A professional certificate acknowledging your completion of The Influence Blueprint™. Customised with your name and completion date, it’s a tangible record of your investment in developing sustainable, system aware influence.
The Influence Blueprint™ doesn't just give you data - it gives you the traction to lead with clarity, confidence, and influence that holds.
A SUCCESS
STORY YOU
CAN EXPECT
John’s Story: Influence Without Traction
When John, a senior leader in a global organisation, took the Influence Blueprint™, he thought he already knew how others saw him.
After all, he was experienced, respected and has always been seen as capable.
He led with integrity, had the respect of his team, and was known for delivering results.
But recently, something felt off.
In the rooms where the biggest decisions were made, his voice wasn’t cutting through.
Stakeholders agreed - then delayed.
He’d walk out of meetings wondering, “Why didn’t that move anything?”
John wasn’t looking for affirmation.
He wanted to understand what was getting in the way - and how to change it.
That’s when he completed The Influence Blueprint™.
The diagnostic was short - just a few minutes - but sharp.
It revealed how his leadership was being experienced through four core drivers: Capability, Decisiveness, Power, and Impact.
When we met to review his results, the picture became clear.
John had the capability.
He was decisive when it mattered.
But his personal power - how his presence landed with others - wasn’t fully coming through.
And his impact? It was being filtered.
Diluted. Sometimes lost in translation.
It wasn’t about trying harder.
It was about leading differently.
Through our conversation, John saw exactly where his influence was stalling - and what to do about it.
Not by becoming someone else, but by aligning who he already was with how others experienced his leadership.
Over the following weeks, things shifted.
Stakeholders became more responsive.
Decisions moved with more ease.
And the credibility he’d long held internally started to strengthen his external reputation.
The Influence Blueprint™ didn’t give John more confidence.
It gave him clarity - and the tools to lead with influence that actually landed.
John's takeaway was simple: "I thought I had influence. The Blueprint showed me how to use it in a way that really moves people forward."
What leaders are telling us:
One senior leader described The Influence Blueprint™ as the turning point in how they understood their role in complex systems. Instead of repeating the same message in different ways, they began influencing the conversation itself - and the people in it.
Their decisions started to land faster, the resistance quietened, and they noticed a distinct shift in how others leaned in. For the first time in a long time, influence felt instinctive - not effortful.
About your consultant
The Influence Blueprint™ was created by Judith Germain, founder of The Maverick Paradox and a recognised Modern Leadership Visionary.
Judith designed the Blueprint after years of seeing talented leaders stall. Not because they lacked ability, but because their influence wasn’t landing. They worked harder, spoke louder, leaned on authority - yet traction still slipped.
Her answer was to create a tool that makes influence visible, measurable, and practical. The Blueprint draws on her original frameworks, including Maverick Leadership™ and the Four Drivers of Influence, and reflects what Judith is known for: cutting through noise and naming what others overlook.
Recognised as Executive Coach of the Year, Most Inspiring Business Trainer, and an Inclusive HR Professional, Judith’s work equips leaders to stop pushing harder and start moving what matters.
Every Blueprint includes a one-to-one debrief with Judith herself, so you don’t just get data - you get decades of expertise on how to turn clarity into traction and influence into impact.
The Influence Blueprint™ in 60 seconds
A premium diagnostic for leaders who want to decode their leadership influence:
- Diagnose where your influence is landing - and where it’s leaking. The truth behind perception.
- Understand your traction patterns across the 4 Influence Drivers
- Shift from noise to clarity, from push to follow through
Includes:
Diagnostic | 40 page Personal Insight Report | 1:1 Debrief | Digital Badge & Certificate
Simple. Practical. Designed to cut through noise and give you traction.
READY TO
DECODE YOUR INFLUENCE
Ready to lead with influence that actually lands?
The Influence Blueprint™ gives you the clarity to stop guessing, the insight to lead differently, and the confidence to be heard - without having to shout.
No noise. No fluff. Just a clearer, sharper version of how you lead.
The leaders who create lasting impact don't wait for influence to catch up - they make it visible, measurable, and actionable. That's what the Influence Blueprint™ gives you.
One decision now can change the way you lead tomorrow.