Executive Presence and Managing Up Program

8 simulations. The moments that decide how senior leaders see you, practiced before they happen.

Executive presence is not a personality trait. It is a set of moves made under pressure. The update cut from fifteen minutes to four. The question you cannot answer with six people watching. The moment you have to tell someone senior what they would rather not hear. Leaders are judged less on the work than on how they hold the room. This program puts you inside eight of those moments, in real time. Feedback at every step, a results report, and a certificate.

What You Will Practice

Module 1: Commanding the Room

  • Sim 1: Three minutes with the executive team
  • Sim 2: When you are challenged in the room
  • Sim 3: The question you cannot answer

Module 2: Truth to Power

  • Sim 4: Disagreeing with a senior leader in public
  • Sim 5: Delivering bad news upward

Module 3: Managing Up

  • Sim 6: Being heard when you are not the loudest voice
  • Sim 7: The boss who keeps changing direction
  • Sim 8: Asking for what you need

Who is the for?

  • High-potential leaders being prepared for greater executive exposure
  • Managers who present to senior teams but lose the room, bury the ask, or run out of time before the decision
  • Technically strong leaders whose credibility does not travel upward as well as it should
  • HR business partners and L&D professionals running high-potential, talent, or succession programs
  • Anyone who over-explains, over-apologizes, or freezes when challenged by someone more senior

Get Access: Organization Licensing — Annual

10–24 seats
$3,500 / year
25–49 seats
$5,500 / year
50+ seats
$8,500 / year

All prices in CAD plus HST. Annual licence. Includes all simulations, feedback reports, and certificates of completion.

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