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Executive Presence

Learn to cultivate the type of presence that holds the room through grounded authority, not performance. This is not a public speaking course. There is no performance practice. It builds the internal foundations that make you compelling.

This course is for you if:

  • You already communicate well - but want to elevate your impact
  • You know that the most compelling leaders do more than speak well. They embody leadership
  • You want your presence to inspire trust, composure and authority - even under pressure
  • You are ready to invest in yourself at a deeper level, beyond surface old-school techniques

 This course is available face-to-face and live online:

  • Face to face (London) | One day | £1,974 +VAT
  • Face to face (Dubai) | One day | Media One Hotel | $2,174 +VAT
  • Live online (Zoom) | Two half-days | 10:00-13:30 London time | $867

Also available on request in US / Asia timezones.

Some leaders walk into a room and inspire trust before they speak. We sense their authentic presence, their composed authority, their grounded clarity. The inner traits that shape how people feel in your presence can’t be performed – but they can be trained. This advanced one-day course is about how to cultivate your executive “it factor”.

This Intensive is for professionals who already speak well, but understand the intangible ROI of executive presence for professional impact. Embodied leadership supercharges public speaking, media interviews, meetings, pitches, negotiations and team performance.

It also drives career progression: exceptional leaders rise fast because they show up like they already belong at the next level.

There is no public speaking or performance practice in this course. It is about building the internal conditions that make you compelling. It teaches practical tools from somatic coaching, psychology, emotional agility and neurophysiological regulation, based on decades of experience coaching senior leaders.

What you will learn

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  1. Regulate your inner state to perform and respond under pressure
  2. Maintain calm grounded presence in high-stakes moments
  3. Inspire trust based on grounded authenticity (not performative confidence)
  4. Cultivate emotional agility (intentional response vs instinctive reaction)
  5. Motivate change by speaking in a way that others feel (not just hear)
  6. Recognise and correct when tension is constraining your focus or impact
  7. Drop into flow and composure
  8. Feel ready and relaxed in ways that show, even when stakes are high
  9. Transmit steadiness that teams and colleagues mirror instinctively
  10. Diffuse stress and tension into calm grounded presence

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Embodied leadership training was the key in winning a complex multi-billion-dollar negotiation. It helped me stay calm, and I learned how the connection between body, mind and emotions directly shapes how I lead.

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President, multi-billion-dollar U.S. investment company

Course content modules

1. Embodied leadership

How to level up from delivering well to being deeply felt

  • The limits of technique-based performance
  • Intangible but effective: transmission versus communication
  • Bridging the gap between skill-based performance and authority

2. Leading from your nervous system

How to manage your internal state for executive impact

  • Why nervous system awareness is a core leadership skill
  • How to recognise and work with your inner state, not against it
  • Working with emotional agility (your emotions and others’)

3. Leading from your mind-body

What it means to embody leadership and how to do it

  • Why and how openness works better than control
  • Aligning values, voice and visible behaviour
  • Leading with ease – an antidote to stress and burnout

4. Practical techniques for embodied presence

How to embed leadership presence into practical situations and daily routines

  • Self-regulation techniques to prepare your body and mind for key meetings
  • Simple tools to recover clarity after difficult conversations
  • Developing long-term habits that reinforce credibility

Who should attend

This course is for managers, executives and high-potential leaders who are already effective in how they present themselves, but know there’s a deeper level to reach.

It is ideal for people who want to level up from being competent and convincing to being authoritative and inspiring. It is especially useful for those who sense that their effectiveness requires a draining amount of preparation, energy or control, and want a way to lead that feels more natural, powerful and sustainable.

"

I discovered how moving my body in a very specific way in order to move my energy is one of the most powerful ways to regain focus, clarity and composure under pressure. It really took me places.

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SVP, global tech company

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This intensive helped me move beyond performance techniques and into real leadership presence - aligning body, mind and emotions to “transmit” trust and authority, not just communicate it. It did not simply make me a better leader. It helped me become the kind of leader who shows up steady and makes an actual impact.”

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Founder and CEO, financial services