Program Overview

People with Executive Presence inspire confidence! They do this by truly understanding themselves and others. This confidence is then translated into vision, action, and results. And this translation happens through effective communication, connection, and exploration.

During this program, you will develop techniques and strategies that will allow you to maximize your Executive Presence. We will engage in practical and interactive discussions and activities that will clarify and strengthen your communications in order to inspire confidence and ensure results.

	Understanding and Engaging Myself (How I See Myself) By knowing our unique leader brand/identity, purpose and preferences (Me Inc.), we operate in the public realm – building trust through honest, constantly evolving actions and communications. You will explore and define your own unique Leader Brand/Identity, Purpose, and Preference.s
	Knowing the Impression I Make (How You see Me) By considering the impact of Me Inc. on Impression Management and Gravitas, I avoid the Ivory Tower – the state of privileged seclusion or separation from the facts and practicalities of the real world.  This consideration will start to bridge the gap between what is vs. what could be. You will chart and set goals on the components of Impression Management and Gravitas.
	Understanding and Engaging Others (How I See You) By using our Emotional Intelligence, we empathically respond to others with Authentic Inclusivity, knowing that all outcomes will be richer because of it. You will learn and discern the impact of whether or not you demonstrate Emotional Intelligence and Authentic Inclusivity.
	Translates into Motivation and Results (How it is Translated) By understanding self, others and the effects of impression management I can inspire confidence and positively impact myself, a team and the overall organization. You will strategize how it all comes together to create motivation.

• Practicing Executive Communication

  At the heart of Executive Presence, is an Executive Communicator. Someone who consistently practices effective communication in all areas of their life. This is not an innate, inborn characteristic of only certain people. This is a learned and developed practice – a conscious choice to be self-aware, develop new skills, replace bad habits, practice and course-correct throughout our entire lives.

  
  San Francisco/New York based Decker Communications regularly produces a Top 10 List, as well as a Best & Worst Communicators list on their blog. In addition, Rachelle Brockman has polled thousands of participants in her workshops over the past 20 years asking the question, what communication skills do you especially like and dislike in a leader? Here are some of the top best & worst practices of Executive Communicators:

   

  Best Practices	Worst Practices
  Confident Humility	Arrogance or Complete uncertainty
  Honesty	Avoiding – Pretending – Lying - Exaggerating
  Personable – Smiling, eye contact, emotion, vocal variety	Robotic – No emotion, monotone, aloof
  Engaged and Engaging	Disengaged
  Purpose – Provides and wants the ‘why’	Only provides and wants the ‘what’ and ‘how’
  Positive Attitude	Negative Attitude
  Adaptable – Growth Mindset	Rigid – Fixed Mindset
  Tells stories	Does not tell stories
  Vulnerable – Relatable – ‘Flaw-some’	Invulnerable – Unrelatable – ‘Perfect’
  Professional – empathetic, inclusive	Unprofessional – self-centered, exclusive

• Examples of Executive Presence

  Crack the Code on Executive Presence

  Experts agree that executive presence is a combination of personal traits and outward behaviors that create an image of leadership competence and trustworthiness. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, the founder, and CEO of the Center for Talent Innovation and author of Executive Presence, defines executive presence as how one acts (gravitas), speaks (communication), and looks (appearance). Executive coach Scott Eblin, author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know about Executive Success, organizes leadership presence (as he calls it) into three categories: behaviors that impact a leader’s immediate self, team, and the overall organization.

  No matter how you (or your organization) define executive presence, keep in mind that it’s a group of traits and behaviors that starts with you and emanates outward to create a perception of your ability to lead under any circumstance.

  (The Economist: Executive Education Navigator | Forbes)

• Key Learning Objectives
  • Assess your presence from your own vantage point and compare it to the impression others have of you
  • Consider and improve the impressions, judgments, biases, and generalizations you may have of others
  • Develop a strategy to bridge the gap between what you think/know and what others think/know
  • Learn tips to develop inclusivity, gravitas and general communications in yourself and your team
  • Increase your confidence in being authentic, inclusive, respectful and impressive
• Who Should Attend
  • Individuals looking to lead into opportunity
  • Leaders wanting to develop strategy opportunities
  • Team Leaders and employees at all levels wanting to develop leadership skills and opportunities
  • Individuals looking for opportunities 
• What Is Included
  • All learning materials provided digitally through Canvas
  • Certificate of Completion
  • Credential to add to your CV and LinkedIn Profile 

Check out the funding opportunities available through the Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant.  *Multi-course certificate program; participants must enroll in two or more courses in the Communication Strategy of Success Program to meet requirements for Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant.

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Cancellation

University of Saskatchewan's liability is limited to reimbursement of paid tuition fees.

Cancellations received at least ten (10) business days in advance of the program commencement date will receive a full refund. Cancellations received less than ten (10) business days prior to the program commencement date will be subject to a $500 administration fee. Cancellations received less than three (3) business days prior to the program commencement date will be subject to full program tuition cost.

Non-attendance will incur full program tuition cost.

Fees subject to change without notice.

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