Speak with clarity, confidence and influence.
Our Executive Presence, Public Speaking & Storytelling Workshop is a full day of practice, not a lecture. Your team speaks, gets coached and leaves with tools they can use the next morning.
- Length
- Full day, 8 hours
- Format
- In person, hands-on
- Built for
- Your team's real work
- Travel
- Included in Greater Boston
Your team will learn to
- Build executive presence and professional credibility
- Explain complex ideas with clarity and confidence
- Tell compelling business stories
- Run sharper, more effective meetings
- Handle tough questions and conversations thoughtfully
- Build influence with clients, leaders and teammates
Practice, not a presentation
People learn to speak by speaking. Throughout the day, participants work through:
- Individual speaking exercises
- Executive communication simulations
- Storytelling frameworks for business
- Small-group coaching and peer feedback
- Real-time coaching as they improve
A day that builds, step by step
Every workshop is customized after a planning call. Here's how a typical day flows.
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9:00 – 9:30
Welcome: the psychology of executive presence
Goals for the day, what executive presence really means, and the role of trust and confidence in high-performance work.
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9:30 – 10:45 · Session 1
Creativity as executive thinking
A collaborative abstract art exercise that shows how leaders decide and communicate with incomplete information, and build confidence without perfection.
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11:00 – 12:00 · Session 2
From canvas to boardroom
Participants present their artwork as if to a client or committee: structuring a message, body language and answering questions.
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1:00 – 2:15 · Session 3
Executive communication and meeting etiquette
Vocal presence and pacing, cutting filler words, organizing ideas with brevity, and speaking with senior leaders and clients.
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2:15 – 3:30 · Session 4
Building trust through conversation
Beyond networking: curiosity, listening to understand, stronger questions and memorable conversations, practiced in rotating pairs.
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3:45 – 5:00 · Session 5
Coaching lab: real presentations
Each person delivers a 2–5 minute presentation from their actual work and gets individual coaching and peer feedback.
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5:00 – 5:30
Personal action plans
Individual takeaways and a plan to put the skills to work right away.
Bring something real
Before the day, each participant prepares a short presentation from their current work, so the coaching applies the moment they're back at their desk. For example:
- A client pitch or presentation
- A deal, project or investment update
- A board or leadership update
- A project that needs stakeholder buy-in
What's included
- A planning consultation before the workshop
- A workshop customized to your team
- Eight hours of in-person facilitation
- Interactive exercises and participant materials
- A follow-up summary with recommendations
Edward Rocha
Edward brings more than twenty years of coaching, leadership and business development experience across education, financial services and entrepreneurship. He has held leadership roles with hedge funds, private equity and investment management firms, communicating with institutional investors, executives and boards.
He is an elected Director of the Harvard Alumni Association, President Emeritus of the Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance, and Director of Student Life at Tremont School.
“What makes Ed excellent is how he manages the energy and flow of a room.”
“Many of the follow-up survey responses listed you as a highlight.”
Let's design a workshop for your team.
Tell us about your team, your goals and your timing. We'll send a tailored proposal and agenda.