Influence & Executive Presence for Women, Without Backlash

Ioana Iordache

Leadership Mentor for Women

You're already doing the work. In 4 weeks, be taken seriously for it.

You're the expert, and still have to prove yourself, defend your opinions, while questioning yourself. You're not the only one.

Research shows women have 6x less influence than men in group discussions. Being the expert doesn't help.

AI is reshaping what it takes to get ahead. PwC found AI-exposed entry-level roles are 7x more likely to demand senior skills like leadership.

Building influence and showing up as a senior leader is what gets you recognised and paid well.

"Do great work until someone notices" isn't working.

You've probably tried to fix this with no results. That's because most leadership training gives you theory and lets you to figure out the rest. Most of it wasn't written with women in mind, and applying it may have worked against you.

What makes this program unique?

In 4 weeks you'll practice the Influence Accelerator Method, a 4-step process to build influence and executive presence as a woman, without backlash.

Practical, built by a woman who led for a decade.
Tools grounded in gender research.
Role-plays and real challenges from your own work, with 6 AI coaches to practice and use after the course ends.
A community of women facing the same challenges, supporting you.

What you’ll learn

The skills, tools and scripts that get you taken seriously at work and paid well in your career.

Clarify your strengths, what you are known for and aligned future goals.
Articulate an elevator pitch you can adapt to any audience, from a hallway to a review.
Promote your achievements without backlash by using peer-amplification.

Identify the key stakeholders you need to influence and plot them into a tactical power map.
Communicate with charisma and structure, so you're trusted and taken seriously, from your team to the CEO.
Translate your work into the metrics each stakeholder cares about with the tiered metrics map.

Respond to interruptions, over-scrutiny, idea theft or misattributed credit, including credit for AI-augmented work.
Recognise prove-it-again patterns and respond without overworking.
Handle pushback and the double bind, and negotiate your raise or rate without backlash.

Set boundaries that stick without guilt.
Build cognitive recovery practices to deal with AI and meeting fatigue.
Identify the tasks that you should delegate (to AI or humans) and decrease your workload.

Learn directly from Ioana

Ioana Iordache

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Who this course is for

Individual contributors.
You lead without the title and need to get things done by people who don't report to you.
First-time managers.
You're shifting from IC to manager and your success depends on how seriously your stakeholders take you.
Consultants and freelancers.
You rebuild credibility with every new client and stakeholder. How you show up is what gets you paid.

What's included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Ioana Iordache in a real-time, interactive format.

Community of peers

Tackle your specific challenge and share your learnings with women walking the same path as you.

Certificate of completion

For all participants who complete this program.

AI skills

A system of agentic skills for you to practice the frameworks you learn in this program, adapted to your unique situation.

Live mentoring

Pre-submitted real-life challenges, solved live with direct feedback from Ioana in the Q&A sessions.

1:1 session with Ioana

For those who showed up live and completed 3 out of 4 challenges.

Frameworks and guides

Written down for you to reference whenever you need.

Challenges to apply at work

Adapt the skills learned to your own situation and integrate them into your own identity by applying them actively in your work.

Maven Guarantee

Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.

Course syllabus

4 live sessions • 11 lessons • 4 projects

Week 1

Oct 14—Oct 18

Position yourself in any room and amplify your visibility. [Click to expand]

Oct
14
Live Session 1: Position yourself in any room and amplify your visibility.
Wed 10/144:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

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Week 2

Oct 19—Oct 25

Influence the people who matter: build charisma and get buy-in [Click to expand]

Oct
21
Live Session 2: Influence your audience and make your ideas heard.
Wed 10/214:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

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Schedule

Live sessions

1-2 hrs / week

4 weeks, 1 live session per week, 90 minutes per session

Wed, Oct 14
4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
Wed, Oct 21
4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
Wed, Oct 28
5:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)
Wed, Nov 4
5:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)

Challenges

1 hr / week

Each week you will get a challenge to solve. This will help you practice the skills you learn.

Async content

1 hr / week

For exploring the AI skills or the extra materials provided as bonus.

Testimonials

I was ambitious about stepping into my first senior leadership role and wanted to make an impactful start. Ioana's advice helped me hit the ground running: She helped me navigate workplace dynamics, establish a sustainable strategic daily routine, and tackle new challenges with confidence.
Isabelle M.
Head of CRM
I've become more confident, especially in client meetings, status updates, and even written updates on Slack. I'm starting to be thinking much more in terms of the audience who am I talking to, and what do they actually need/want to hear. That mindset shift has really moved me toward my goal of showing up more senior and more trustworthy.
Charity W.
Freelancer