Competence
Clarify the work you are known for, your current decision or visibility constraints, and the gap between impact and perception.
Outputs:Baseline, live-case charter and influence objective.
CI3 Inc. / Private leadership coaching
Beyond being good at what you do.
Competence earns trust. It does not automatically earn a voice in decisions, recognition in your field, or the freedom to shape what happens next. Credibility to Influence is a curated coaching engagement for professionals ready to close that distance.
The professional inflection point
Not more qualifications. A different position in the conversation.
For experienced managers, specialists, consultants, educators and emerging executives whose contribution is already credible, yet whose decision-making authority, professional recognition or independent opportunities have not caught up. We begin with a real situation, identify the influence gap, agree what observable progress looks like, and measure the distance travelled.
“What changes when people stop relying on you only to deliver, and start seeking your judgment before they decide?”
This is not a job-placement service or an open-ended mentoring arrangement. It is a defined, private coaching engagement with weekly action, reflection and evidence. Applied Project Experience serves those building initial supervised experience through CI3 Impact Lab.
Three pathways / Distinct outcomes
Where must your influence work?
Choose where you need your judgment to carry further. Select a pathway to explore its practical focus, evidence and signature deliverable.
Pathway = direction. The three options below define where you develop influence. Package = depth. Core, Accelerate and Authority define how far you take the work. Any package can follow any pathway.
01 / INSIDEOrganisational InfluenceMove from trusted delivery to a meaningful voice in decisions.Explore this pathway
Focus: Decision access, strategic recommendations, stakeholder alignment and clear decision rights.
What we practise: Map a live decision, frame an executive-ready recommendation, rehearse constructive challenge and engage a potential sponsor.
Evidence of progress: Recommendations considered, earlier involvement in decisions, relevant sponsorship conversations and changes in authority or outcomes.
Signature work product: Decision Influence Map and decision-rights plan.
Apply for Organisational Influence →02 / BEYONDProfessional InfluenceBecome recognised and sought out for expertise beyond your employer.Explore this pathway
Focus: Distinctive professional positioning, substantive contributions and high-value relationships.
What we practise: Shape a positioning thesis, publish or present a relevant insight and develop targeted outreach to potential collaborators.
Evidence of progress: Contributions delivered, qualified conversations, referrals, invitations and meaningful opportunities advanced.
Signature work product: Professional Positioning Thesis and opportunity pipeline.
Apply for Professional Influence →03 / BOTHIntegrated InfluenceBuild authority at work and professional standing beyond it, coherently.Explore this pathway
Focus: One credible identity across two arenas, with explicit confidentiality and conflict boundaries.
What we practise: Pair a workplace leadership challenge with an external contribution, test their mutual value and confirm necessary employer permissions.
Evidence of progress: Documented outcomes in each arena, aligned positioning and appropriate transfer of knowledge without crossing ethical boundaries.
Signature work product: Two-Arena Influence Strategy and ethical boundary protocol.
Apply for Integrated Influence →Not sure which fits? Start with the decision you most want to influence. Your pathway is refined during the private coaching intake.
The structured coaching journey
Competence → Credibility → Influence → Power.
The framework is a progression of professional practice, not a promise of a title. We use The Competence Trap to examine the gap between contribution and influence; the Competence Trap Wheel and Ethical Drift Compass inform reflection. Coaching applies these ideas to situations the participant is living now.
Credibility
Define a recognisable professional claim supported by evidence, stakeholder feedback and a consistent narrative.
Outputs:Positioning statement, credibility evidence and stakeholder map.
Influence
Make a consequential ask, frame a recommendation, convene an important conversation or contribute to a relevant audience.
Outputs:Influence experiments, response log and revised strategy.
Power
Strengthen the capacity to make choices: decision rights, trusted relationships, credible opportunities and options beyond one role.
Outputs:Authority and leverage plan, outcome evidence and next-stage commitments.
Every 60-minute session has a purpose. A suggested cadence is 10 minutes to review action and evidence, 15 minutes to diagnose the live challenge, 25 minutes for focused coaching and rehearsal, and 10 minutes to define the next commitment and how success will be observed. The coach adapts the allocation when the situation requires it.
What counts as measurable progress?
We separate activity (an action completed), reception (a relevant person considered or engaged with it), influence (a decision, conversation or opportunity changed) and leverage (greater authority or meaningful professional options). A baseline and evidence standard are agreed at intake, reviewed throughout, and documented at close. Private records are not released to an employer sponsor without explicit agreement.
Three commitments / Increasing scope and depth
Choose the level of change you are ready to pursue.
All packages include one private 60-minute session per program week, live-case coaching, ethical reflection, action commitments and an evidence log. The distinction is not just time. It is the number, complexity and durability of influence outcomes the work is designed to develop.
Important distinction: These are defined coaching deliverables and action targets, not guaranteed employer or market outcomes. At intake, the coach and participant agree what is relevant and what evidence can be collected safely. Packages build cumulatively: approved extensions do not repeat completed work.
Private coaching application
What do you want your expertise to make possible?
Tell us the professional situation you want to change and the influence you intend to build. CI3 Inc. reviews each application for fit, readiness and coaching capacity. Selected applicants receive a private conversation about the program and engagement terms.
There is no application fee and no obligation to enrol. Coaching does not guarantee promotions, invitations or commercial opportunities.