Seems buzzword-heavy, which makes me suspicious that it means nothing.
Also I think the subtext is something like "you must all pull together for the benefit of the CEO even if you aren't incentivized to do so" or something a lot like that. Exhortations with this meaning aren't likely to have much effect.
The article is just a bunch of general good career advice and also some dubious work/life balance fail. Not much about how to influence people.
But the headline immediately made me think: influence without authority is probably influence without the extra pay, bonus, stock and kudos of being an actual authority figure (manager,director, exec)
Also I think the subtext is something like "you must all pull together for the benefit of the CEO even if you aren't incentivized to do so" or something a lot like that. Exhortations with this meaning aren't likely to have much effect.