Leadership and Personal Influence

In today’s dynamic workplace, authority alone isn’t enough—true leadership comes from the ability to inspire, guide, and influence others. Led by Catherine de la Poer, this masterclass will equip emerging and experienced leaders with the mindset and tools to lead through trust, persuasion, and emotional intelligence.

Join us online to learn how to shape outcomes without relying on hierarchy, build strong relationships across teams, and navigate difficult conversations with confidence. You’ll leave with actionable strategies to expand your influence and drive impact—regardless of your title.

What to expect:

  • Explore the new context of work
  • The story of Charles Blondin
  • Adaptive intelligence - what, why and how?
  • Introducing today's power skill for leaders

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

5pm CET

1 hour

Online

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Catherine de la Poer

Catherine de la Poer is a leadership coach. She works across all organizational levels from the executive committee to first-time managers. Catherine’s digital portfolio includes working with tech teams that lead digital transformation and engineering teams that seek to build emotional intelligence muscle.

Catherine is an in-demand keynote speaker and hosts Sheridan Worldwide’s Future of Work podcast. She writes and blogs regularly on human-centered leadership, emotional intelligence, trust, resilience, and wellbeing.

Catherine de la Poer

Learn More: Hult's Hybrid Executive MBA

Discover an EMBA to fit your schedule

Balance work and study with a part-time program that combines the immersive campus experience with the flexibility busy professionals need.

As part of a cohort of experienced, international professionals from a diverse range of industries, you’ll be challenged to apply the skills you’re learning to your current or target role, so you’ll see the impact immediately in a way that’s directly relevant to your career.

The Hybrid EMBA at Hult

  • Part-time (24 months - possible to accelerate or pause if needed)

  • Hybrid learning format: on campus & live online

  • Home campus options: London or Dubai

  • Collaborative team projects & challenges, plus 1:1 faculty support

  • Start dates: May or October

Long weekends

On campus

Connect and engage with peers from around the world by spending one four-day weekend (Thursday - Sunday) every other month at your choice of home campus.

Benefit from small class sizes, high-quality classroom experiences, and one-to-one time with your professors and careers team.

Weekend classes

Live online

Learn from internationally renowned industry-expert faculty from home.

Every other month, you'll take core classes live online alongside fellow Hybrid EMBA students from all over the world. These highly interactive classes run Friday through Sunday and are available in two different time zones.

Weekly

Personalized support

Faculty offer frequent, dedicated office hours and are there to support you every step of the way.

You'll also benefit from personalized career support throughout your program. Get one-to-one, job-focused advice that targets your ideal location, function, and industry and provides you with the actions you need to take to get there.

Career Development at Hult

Benefit from personalized career support

We work with every student individually to set a targeted strategy, equip them with the right tools, and guide them on a clear path to achieve their career ambitions. The results speak for themselves.

I’ve learned that leadership is not a title or position—it’s an action. I now have a whole range of tools to rapidly respond to any challenge.

Kashani Wijetunga

British/New Zealander/Sri Lankan

2019 

%

50

of graduates are at director level or above within 12 months of graduating, Social Profile Data, People Data Labs, 2023

%

56

increase in pre-MBA salary 3 years after graduation

$214K

average salary in USD three years after graduation.

About Hult

A business school for those made to do

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For Those Made to Do

More than a non-profit business school, Hult is a dynamic multicultural community that educates, inspires, and connects some of the world’s most forward-thinking business talent. We flip the traditional approach to education by using learning-by-doing experiences to transform students' skillset, from the moment they join us, into that of an exceptional businessperson, from the moment they graduate.

Interested in learning more but can’t join us for this event? Check out hult.edu/events to find upcoming virtual events you can join from anywhere!