Developing Your Leadership Presence
This powerful 2-day program teaches senior managers and executives to communicate more effectively, develop their executive presence, and forge higher quality relationships with customers and colleagues. The program employs theatre-based, experiential techniques combined with practice and personal coaching.
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In the program, you will learn to:
- Sell yourself and your ideas with poise, power and passion
- Develop an authentic executive presence
- Listen effectively to build relationships
- Deliver succinct, clear and articulate messages
- Inspire, motivate and lead more effectively
The program is built on the PRESence model for leadership.
- Present – The ability to be completely present in the moment and to handle the unexpected with confidence and flexibility.
- Reaching Out – The ability to build relationships through empathy, listening and authentic connection.
- Expressive – The ability to express thoughts and feelings appropriately to deliver one congruent message and motivate others.
- Self-Knowing – The ability to integrate personal values into leadership communication to inspire those you lead.
Who attends?
This program is designed for senior managers and executives who rely heavily on relationships for success, and must motivate and connect with a diverse group of people through verbal communication.
Program Structure and Content
Topics
The program is built on 4 modules
Honing Personal Style for Projecting Confidence and Competence
- Using acting skills to command the respect of your audience
- Using emotion, imagination, spontaneity, passion and energy to develop a powerful personal style
Forming Relationships through Self-Reflection, Listening and Empathy
- Identifying ways to make your personal values more apparent through communication and presence
- Communicating authentically
Using Story-telling to make Communications Compelling
- Using story-telling skills as an effective tool for sharing personal experiences and building relationships
Integrating Personal Presence into Client or Colleague Interactions
- Integrating story and image into business content
- Communicating in one-on-one, group discussions, facilitation and presentations contexts
Session Leaders

Christopher von Baeyer, The Ariel Group
Christopher von Baeyer, Senior Consultant with the Ariel Group Inc., is an actor and educator who specializes in the integration of theatre and human development. Over the course of his 20-year career, he has coached thousands of men and women in the art of public speaking, emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication. He has taught at a number of leading business schools including: Harvard, Kellogg, Boston College and Columbia. He currently sits on the faculty and the Advisory Board for Leadership Development at the Banff Centre in Alberta, and was instrumental in designing their flagship training program, The Art of the Executive Leader. His corporate clients have included Merrill lynch, Lucent Technologies, Deloitte and Touche, and the Boston Consulting Group.

