Here's what you'll get in this online course:

Most other content on leadership communication focuses on the presentation skills, which is what I call delivery – what you do with your face, body, voice, and hands. I cover those things in this course as well. But real presence goes beyond delivery. Think about it this way: communication has internal and external components. You’ll hear a lot about the external stuff, but not a lot about the internal. And in my experience coaching hundreds of people, the internal piece of presence is more important because we behave according to what we believe. That’s why I spend more than half this course on developing the mindset of personal power.  When you layer delivery and messaging on top, you get leadership presence that’s compelling and convincing.

As an executive coach, I get asked to work with really talented professionals who are really good at their jobs, but they risk being held back in their careers because their leaders don’t feel like their presence is “polished” or “executive”. They may have confidence issues, or certain insecurities or beliefs that overshadow their subject matter expertise. Or they may ramble when presenting, generally not know how to put together an effective message, or have a flat affect that makes people lose interest. These skills become more important the higher up you go, yet most professionals have to learn on the job and guess at how to improve. Or... they only find out there's a problem when they've been promoted to more high-visibility roles.

I’ve taken the guess work out of presence and presentations. Star Presence will give you practical techniques that will set you up for success and follow you for the rest of your career.

I don’t know about you, but I can easily binge watch 3 hours of TV in one night or on the weekend. I think this is really a question of priority. How would your career change if you were able to make your senior leaders or clients have a more favorable impression of you? What would it be worth to you if your presentations to colleagues and clients became 10%, 20%, or even 50% more successful? What’s it worth to you to become a more authentic, confident, and purposeful person? If you knew you could achieve these things, would you invest 3 hours of your time?

I get it. People don’t learn well when they’re bored, especially adults. I’ve spent years as a workshop facilitator, so I worked really hard to make the lessons in this course active and experiential for you. I’ve included questions for you to reflect on, activities to try, fillable worksheets to put what you learn into practice, and generally switch it up throughout each lesson to account for short attention spans. I also spent time making sure the course moves along by editing down the video length to an average of 6 or 7 minutes per lesson. If you dive in and engage with the course, I’m confident that you won’t get bored.

Professionals at all levels will learn a great deal in this course. Newer talent who may not have a lot of experience delivering presentations will get a solid and comprehensive foundation for leadership communication. Senior managers who may already have some presentation skills can develop greater authenticity, confidence, and purpose. But honestly, I see a lot of experienced leaders with 30-year careers who have never learned how to present a message with clarity or developed executive presence - and it hurt them when they needed to deliver. Wherever you are in your career, you'll find something valuable.