Shift 3 Limiting Beliefs That Kill Influencing Up

Hosted by Manbir Kaur

Thu, Apr 23, 2026

1:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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Influencing Up and Sideways for Tech Leaders
Manbir Kaur
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What you'll learn

Identify the limiting belief that's keeping you invisible

Recognize which of the limiting beliefs you associate with.

How to reframe your belief to help you influence

Understand that influence is co-creation, not manipulation—and why that changes everything and invites co-creation.

How to take one action this week from your new belief

Walk out with one specific conversation you'll engage differently

Why this topic matters

After coaching hundreds of tech leaders, I know this: you're invisible because beliefs you can't see are running your behavior. Influencing is an inside-out skill, not tactics. This session shows which belief blocks you, why it made sense before but doesn't now, and how to reframe it. You'll walk away knowing your belief, reframe it, and one action to take this week that proves it works.

You'll learn from

Manbir Kaur

28 years in Tech, Leadership & Coaching, ICF-MCC Coach for Tech Leaders

I have been working with tech leaders since last 28 years. I spent 16 years in corporate fintech before becoming a coach. I led various product roles at Oracle (erstwhile Iflex Solutions India), Fiserv, and Open Solutions. I know how it feels like to have the best answers in the room and watch decisions get made without you.

For the past 12 years, I've coached CXOs, VPs, and senior directors in tech organizations. I'm an ICF Master Certified Coach  and have also served as Chair of the ICF Professional Coaches Global Board.

I've written two books on leadership—Are You the Leader You Want to Be? (introducing the HUMAN Leadership framework) and Get Your Next Promotion (career advancement for tech leaders). I've published in Harvard Business Review and Forbes, and been recognized as one of 15 Visionary C-Suite Coaches by US Reporter.

This course exists because I've coached hundreds of tech leaders who are brilliant but invisible. They can't get heard in rooms where strategy gets set. The gap isn't capability—it's how they're showing up in conversations. What I teach isn't theory. It's the exact framework I use with executives who are stuck: the ones who know their stuff but don't know how to translate it, the ones who listen to respond instead of understand, the ones who avoid influence because they think it's politics.

You'll get value learning with me because I've lived both sides. I've been a tech leader who have the experience and understanding of tech work environment. And I've spent 12 years coaching leaders in tech. I know where you're stuck, and I know how to get you unstuck.

Fiserv, Open Solutions,Oracle

Harvard Business Review
Forbes
Fiserv
Oracle
US Reporter

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