The Art of Influence
A former Secret Service agent teaches you to read people, command respect, and influence any situation using proven behavioural techniques.
Evy Poumpouras spent years protecting presidents and interrogating suspects. In this BBC Maestro course, she shares the influence techniques used by law enforcement and intelligence professionals — adapted for everyday life. Learn to read body language, detect deception, build instant rapport, command a room, and influence outcomes without manipulation. This is influence through understanding, not coercion.
What You'll Transform
- Being easily persuaded into becoming the influencer
- Missing social cues into expert-level people reading
- Passive presence into commanding respect
- Naïve trust into informed social intelligence
Best For
- • Professionals in leadership, sales, or management roles
- • Anyone who wants to read people more accurately
- • People seeking to influence without manipulation
Why This Works
These techniques were developed for the highest-stakes situations imaginable. Evy makes them accessible and ethical for everyday influence.
social skills Review
Combines behavioural science with real-world field experience. The skills Evy teaches — reading people, building rapport, projecting confidence — are the advanced social skills most people never develop.
“Elite-level social intelligence from someone who used these skills defending the President.”
Skip if: You're a beginner looking for basic social confidence — start with Stage 1 courses first.
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Course Details
- Duration
- 30 days
- Daily Time
- 20 min/day
- Format
- video
- Language
- English