Contributor(s): Professor Connson Locke | Influencing others has always been an important skill and it will become even more critical in a post-COVID world. To create positive change in the world, we need to influence people who have more power than we do and convince them to listen to us. Drawing on material from her new book, Making Your Voice Heard, Professor Locke will provide practical tips for how to build your bases of power, influence others, and make your voice heard. Meet our speaker Connson Locke (@connsonlocke) is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Management at LSE. Her areas of expertise are leadership, negotiation, decision-making and organisational behaviour. Her research interests include gender and leadership, diversity, and organisational culture. Connson has extensive experience designing and teaching leadership development programmes and has worked in nearly 20 countries, including as Regional Training and Development Manager for the Boston Consulting Group. SShe is Course Convenor of LSE’s online certificate courses MBA Essentials and Negotiation. Her new book, Making Your Voice Heard, is out on 4 March 2021. More about this event This event is part of the LSE Festival's 'Skills for a Post-COVID World' series. LSE experts discuss research trends in their field about professional skills we need for success in a post-COVID world. The series is hosted by LSE Executive Education and Online Learning. Find out more about online certificate courses. The LSE Festival: Shaping the Post-COVID World is running from Monday 1 to Saturday 6 March 2021, with a series of events exploring the direction the world could and should be taking after the crisis and how social science research can shape it. Twitter hashtags for this event: #LSEFestival