Course Overview

Do you have the presence of a leader? Executive presence is a vital skill in business and life: being able to connect with other people by making your case and communicating genuine emotion, even in the most intimidating circumstances. As we progress through our careers, how we portray ourselves becomes more and more critical to our success in business. We often think that executive presence is a magical quality, and that top leaders are born with it. This is not the case and it is a skill that can be developed, along with the confidence to show authenticity in our leadership style.

Enhance your influence in your organization by developing professional qualities to head a confident team in an ever-changing business world.

In this one day course, you will examine the characteristics of executive presence, explore your own perceptions and presence, and learn verbal and nonverbal communication behaviors that can enhance credibility.

Through a variety of approaches including visualization, mindset development, skills acquisition, and more, learn how achieve peak performance in any situation or environment, including flexibility and adaptability.

Intended for :

This Executive Presence training course material have been developed for everyone in your organization who might be great at their jobs but are missing opportunities because they are not able to represent themselves effectively. This training course will help build your participants self-awareness and shine a spotlight on how they can develop an authentic personal brand which will help them succeed in the future.

Who Should Attend?

• Professionals who want to improve their impact and effectiveness with others.
• Functional managers who want to gain influence and authority.
• Individuals identified by employers as having high potential.

Key Course Takeaways

• Theory of impression management.
• Key characteristics of executive presence.
• Verbal and nonverbal communication skills that enhance executive presence.
• How to manage and anticipate the unanticipated.
• How to develop and deliver a professional self-advocacy pitch.

Contents

Module 1

• Define the meaning of executive presence, and measure themselves against this.
• Think about and develop an effective personal brand.

Module 2

• Build gravitas by working on their confidence & emotional intelligence.
• Understand different communication methods which will help deliver messages in the right way.
• Show assertiveness through a simple technique, and avoid passive or aggressive behavior.

Module 3

• Explore a vision which will engage their teams, allowing for success in the future.
• Starting with me – my values – A look at what values we hold, and how it links in with having business integrity.
• Creating a vision – Having a vision is an integral part of leadership. Creating a vision and starting to plan how to get there.
• Refine your leadership narrative.

Module 4

• Engaging diverse audiences whether it's in-person and virtually.
• Using techniques to make an impact through presentations.
• Use effective strategies to influence your team towards better performance .