Presentation Skills

Presenting in one form or another has become an intrinsic part of our business life.

Knowing your stuff is not enough, managing the dynamics that appear before you, or being able to choose how you want your audience to think or feel are equally important. Whether it’s an informal presentation, a conference setting, a virtual meeting or a business pitch, many of the skills and strategies are the same.

Our key audiences for training or coaching in presentation skills range from new managers learning and practicing the basics to senior management who want to brush up on their skills or prepare for a specific event. For many, it is simply about getting over nerves, finding a way to use the adrenalin to make a presentation that is engaging for the audience and confidence building for the presenter.

High Impact Presentations

This programme is usually run over one day and includes one to one coaching using video feedback. The aim of High Impact Presentation skills is to build on experience in presenting, help each participant find their public speaking voice and learn how to use the tricks and tips from professionals to bring their presentation to life. High Impact is about engaging the audience, delivering a clear message and keeping on track. 

Influencing Others

Our influencing programme builds awareness of current approaches - what works and what doesn't in terms of who, and how, you currently influence. As always it's full of practical ideas and tools; for example, the push/pull (assertive/responsive) model, stakeholder mapping, stakeholder feedback and our clever, but simple influencing planning tool. The course is packed full of opportunities to rehearse and experiment with the different tools and approaches; particularly exercising those underused muscles. 

Communication Effectiveness

Communication effectiveness is at the heart of everything we do. We have a simple model for explaining the principles, and then focus on lots of practice for different situations, such as feedback, instructing and influencing. One of the greatest challenges is having open and honest conversations. We believe that great communication is the key to building trust and healthy working relationships. 

Personal Effectiveness and Time Management

Manage your workload effectively. Learn how to get things done, identify your priorities and manage the unexpected.

Career Development

How to navigate in a world of self-managed careers. Useful tools to identify what you are good at, what you enjoy and how to scan for opportunities and present yourself clearly for those opportunities.