About the Course

Presenting at the boardroom level serves senior leaders with a tough challenge. On the one hand, everyone expects them to speak confidently, project authority, and easily win over their audience. On the other side, just because they are senior, speaking in front of a demanding audience doesn’t automatically become easier when reaching a senior position. If anything, presenting becomes a lot more challenging at this level.

In this Masterclass Boardroom Presentation Skills training course, the delegates will learn how to master the challenges outlined above. Over five intensive days, they will delve into all aspects of presenting at the senior level and gain the skills to successfully speak in front of key audiences, including shareholders, clients and customers, their workforce, and the general public.

The delegates will learn how to prepare for, write and structure presentations that feel polished and achieve a high level of impact. They will discover how to use their voice and body language to convey authority, project confidence, and gain the trust of their audience. Furthermore, it will enable the delegates to deal skillfully with the audience’s questions and objections.

As a result, leaders will emerge with a repertoire of high-level presentation skills they can apply straight away, whether in high-stakes presentations to new or existing clients or shareholders or day-to-day presentations to colleagues and other members of their organisations.

Core Objectives

Delegates will achieve the following objectives:

• Learn how to prepare, write and structure senior-level presentations
• Discover how to project confidence, authority, and trust
• Find out how to ensure congruency of words, tonality, and body language
• Discover how to anticipate and manage audience reactions
• Master your public speaking Emotional Quotient (EQ)
• Understand the psychology of winning over and convincing the audience
• Discover and use your innate presence and charisma

Training Approach

This training course is driven by a blended learning approach and draws on various adult learning techniques such as action learning, experiential exercises, group discussions, video case studies, role play, and self-reflection activities. The resulting variety helps delegates stay engaged throughout the course, feel challenged and draw quick wins for their development. It also ensures delegates are exposed to ample opportunities to apply what they learn to the real-world challenges they face in the workplace.

The Attendees

This training course is suitable for senior leaders who currently operate at the board level, such as directors, partners, and C-suite individuals, as well as for individuals who might be moving into such a position in the near future. It is also suitable for anyone tasked with giving high-level, high-stakes presentations to key audiences.

This training course will be valuable to professionals, including (but not limited to) the following:

• Board Directors and Members
• Senior Top Management
• Public Relations Directors and Managers
• Finance, Legal, Marketing, or HR Directors
• Divisional Leaders
• Managing Directors
• Individuals representing organisations in the Media

Daily Discussion

DAY ONE: DESIGNING HIGH-STAKES PRESENTATIONS IN THE BOARDROOM

• The Challenges of Presenting at the Senior Level
• The Fundamental Principles of Communication
• How to write and structure highly effective presentations?
• Due Diligence: Researching your audience
• Speaking the Audience’s Language: How to connect and create rapport?

DAY TWO: THE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT PRESENTER

• What is Emotional Intelligence?
• Emotional Intelligence and top-level presenting
• Developing the presenter EQ
• Setting the Scene: Making Powerful Introductions
• The P-P-F Cycle

DAY THREE: THE SECRETS OF OUTSTANDING PRESENTERS IN THE BOARDROOM

• The ‘Big Three’: Pace, Tonality, and Body Language
• Owning your Space
• The principles and psychology of confidence
• Taking advantage of the ‘Magic of the Pregnant Pause’
• How to project credibility and authority?

DAY FOUR: THE MAGIC INGREDIENTS OF TOP-LEVEL PRESENTATIONS

• The Power of Analogies in Presentations
• Using quotations and references to achieve your goals
• Applying ‘Impact Terminology’ to boost your Speech’s Key Messages
• Taking advantage of the ‘Magic of the Pregnant Pause’

DAY FIVE: COMMANDING YOUR AUDIENCE IN THE BOARDROOM

• Allowing yourself to Shine: Letting out your Innate Presence and Charisma
• Connecting with your audience from the start
• Reading the Audience and Anticipating Reactions
• Handing Tough: Challenging Audiences
• Action Planning