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Presenting with Impact for Leaders

Communicate direction, win support for ideas and lead confident presentations to teams, stakeholders and senior decision-makers.

Leadership asks you to make decisions, support people and deliver results — sometimes all in the same conversation. You may be the person everyone looks to while still working out your own next step. Having developed hundreds of leaders across the UK, US and EMEA, we understand those competing demands. The Lab is space to think clearly, practise honestly and grow the confidence to lead in your own way.

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Duration

1 day · 9:30am–5pm

Group size

6–8 delegates

Format

Online or face to face

Price — Face to face

From £1,999

+ VAT

Price — Online

Price on request

+ VAT

where understanding becomes useful —

Why this course matters

A leadership presentation should turn information into understanding and understanding into a clear next step.

What you’ll explore in the Lab

A leadership presentation should help people understand the message and know what happens next. Whether explaining a change, presenting a business case or updating a senior team, leaders need to connect their audience's priorities with a clear, credible story. This one-day workshop develops the structure, delivery and judgement needed to present with purpose.

Delegates practise opening strongly, translating complex information into a focused narrative, using evidence responsibly and making a clear recommendation or call to action. They also work on presence, pace and handling questions under pressure. Each leader refines a real workplace presentation and leaves with a practical structure and greater confidence for their next important conversation.

a real challenge. a purposeful response.

The challenges this addresses

  • Complex leadership updates without a clear recommendation
  • Questions or nerves weakening the message
  • Leadership presentations structured around information rather than audience needs
  • Business cases presented without rehearsal or a focused narrative

What this can change at work

A leadership presentation should help people understand a choice, not work hard to find the point. Leaders shape a focused narrative around their audience, relevant evidence and a clear recommendation, then rehearse how they will deliver it and handle challenge. Teams can follow direction more readily, senior stakeholders can examine proposals with greater clarity, and the organisation gains better-framed conversations about priorities, change and business decisions.

Purpose upfront

Presentations begin with a clear purpose and build towards the recommendation rather than asking the audience to interpret a sequence of updates.

Evidence with a narrative

Leaders connect relevant evidence to a focused argument, explaining complex ideas in terms the intended audience can follow and question.

Thoughtful responses

When challenged, presenters listen to the question and respond thoughtfully, keeping the recommendation and supporting reasoning clear throughout the discussion.

Inside the workshop

Delivered live online or face to face for 6–8 delegates, with several short opportunities to present, receive specific feedback and try again. Leaders bring an appropriate briefing, update or proposal, using anonymised information where needed. Peer exercises develop audience analysis, message structure and clear visual support; live practice focuses on delivery, questions and constructive challenge. Online sessions also cover camera presence and engaging remote audiences. Recording is optional and only used with participants' agreement. Each delegate leaves with a revised presentation outline and a personal rehearsal plan.

Make Presenting with Impact for Leaders relevant to your business

Tell us where you want to make progress with audience priorities and the decision or action you need. We can discuss suitable workplace examples, priorities and access needs before agreeing the scope. Choose live online or face-to-face training for your UK or European team, with delivery arrangements agreed before booking.

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What the training covers

The scope below sets out the subjects covered. Workplace examples and practice are shaped around your team within the booked format.

  • Audience priorities and the decision or action you need
  • Structuring team briefings, change messages and business cases
  • Turning complex information into a clear leadership narrative
  • Using evidence, examples and purposeful visual support
  • Presence, voice, pace and managing presentation nerves
  • Handling questions, challenge and uncertainty with credibility
  • Engaging in-person and live online audiences
  • Rehearsal, peer feedback and a personal presentation plan

What’s included in your booking

Your booked time and format
1 day · Live online or face to face, agreed before booking · 6–8 delegates.
Included in every course
  • Interactive, facilitator-led learningLive, hands-on sessions built around practice and participation.
  • Group discussionsShared conversations about real situations, so people learn from each other as well as the facilitator.
  • Breakout exercisesSmall-group practice, role-play and problem-solving, online or in the room.
  • Take-away materialsCourse materials, tools and templates to use back at work.
Facilitated learning and practical application
The subject coverage, exercises and facilitator feedback described above, with space to connect the learning to relevant workplace situations. The workshop description sets out the specific plans, prompts or tools developed in this course.

Follow-up coaching, refresher sessions and additional delivery days are not automatic inclusions; any additions are agreed in your proposal. Travel, venue arrangements and any software licences are confirmed separately where relevant. Prices exclude VAT.

Outcomes

The capabilities delegates work towards through the training and practice:

  • Build a presentation around the audience and a clear purpose
  • Explain complex ideas with a focused narrative and relevant evidence
  • Present a recommendation or direction with confidence
  • Respond thoughtfully to questions and challenge
  • Refine and rehearse a real leadership presentation

the next conversation is where it counts —

Take it back to work.

Choose a real situation where you want to apply the learning. Use it to turn an outcome into a manageable first step, then reflect on what changes.

Choose

Start with one priority: Build a presentation around the audience and a clear purpose.

Apply

Try the approach in a relevant task or conversation. Note what felt useful and what you would adapt.

Review

Reflect on what happened, seek feedback where appropriate and choose your next step. Follow-up support can be discussed separately.

Bring this topic to your next event

We can discuss adapting Presenting with Impact for Leaders into a keynote or large-group session, focusing on the themes most relevant to your audience. Depth, activities, timings and any follow-up depend on the format and package you choose; an event session is not a substitute for the full course.

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