present / voice of the leadership team
TLDR
For leadership teams who want to sound as one. Builds a clear, confident and consistent presence across meetings, events and media.
This programme is designed for leadership teams in public sector organisations who want to speak with one voice: clearly, consistently and confidently. It helps teams align not just what they say, but how they say it: tone, delivery, presence and impact.
Whether communicating internally, leading transformation, engaging with media or working across departments, this programme supports leadership teams in showing up as one united voice, reinforcing trust, clarity and cohesion across the organisation.
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To help your leadership team develop a shared approach to verbal communication, so you sound like one team, not a collection of individuals.
To practise the vocal, physical and structural techniques that create clarity, confidence and consistency in spoken leadership.
To strengthen the way your leadership team shows up together, whether in meetings, briefings, media appearances or internal events.
To develop practical ways to align tone, presence and delivery across different formats and audiences, supporting transformation, change and cross-organisational work.
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A leadership team that sounds more joined up, more confident and more consistent in how it speaks.
Clearer expectations and shared standards for how leadership is delivered verbally across the organisation.
Stronger alignment and mutual support within the team, helping leaders feel more connected and less exposed.
Practical tools and techniques that can be applied immediately to improve spoken communication, influence and impact.
Greater confidence in representing the organisation externally and internally, especially during change or transformation.
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Discovery
Before the workshop, we gather insight into your team’s goals, challenges and ways of working. This may include short conversations with key stakeholders, a questionnaire, or if useful a GC Index team profile which is a data-led tool that helps us understand how your team creates impact. (The GC Index is OPTIONAL and can be added if you’d like a deeper diagnostic.)
Workshop
A full-day session, delivered face to face or virtually, focused on your team’s live challenges and objectives.
One-to-one coaching (OPTIONAL)
Following the workshop, individual coaching can be offered to selected team members to reflect on their role, strengthen their influence and practice applying the learning in practice on a one-to-one basis.
Follow-up session (OPTIONAL)
Around two months later, we can run a short virtual follow-up session to review progress, share learning and refresh commitments.
This modular approach keeps costs transparent and flexible - you can include all elements for a complete development journey or select just the parts that best fit your team’s needs and budget.
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09:30 – Welcome and introductions
Setting the tone for the day. Reviewing pre-course survey themes and expectations.09:45 – What is our leadership voice?
Exploring how the team currently sounds. What do people hear and feel from your leadership? What do you want to be known for?10:15 – First impressions and vocal audit
Each leader delivers a short intro. Group and facilitator feedback on tone, clarity and alignment.11:00 – Break
11:15 – The Star Quality model
Exploring the seven elements of impactful delivery: structure, voice, body, eye contact, passion, pauses and presence.12:00 – Speaking as a team
Group exercises to practise aligned delivery in pairs and trios. How do we sound when we speak together?12:30 – Lunch
13:15 – Preparation and confidence tools
Using confidence cards, rehearsal techniques and vocal warm-ups to prepare for high-stakes delivery.14:00 – Voice, breath and body
Practical techniques to support vocal strength, clarity and presence. Managing nerves and boosting confidence.14:45 – Break
15:00 – Dress rehearsal
Delivering short leadership messages in different formats (e.g. town hall, media, internal briefings). Feedback and refinement.15:45 – Commitments
Agreeing shared standards for verbal leadership. What will we do differently from tomorrow?16:30 – Close
