High-Stakes Executive Leadership Communications Consulting, Coaching & Training
Leadership requires exemplary executive presentation and communication skills. They are job requirements. Ruth Sherman Associates has enormous experience working at the highest levels in a wide variety of businesses, both public and private, resulting in a deep understanding of the challenges these professionals face. All programs are delivered with the utmost discretion. Please click on any of the following for details:
High-Stakes Executive Communications Consulting, Coaching & Training
Senior Executive Media Training (Go to our dedicated Media Training page)
Senior Executive Communications Consulting, Coaching & Training
Created with CEOs and other senior executives in mind, this program is delivered on a project basis and covers the strategic presentation, public speaking and communication skills required for keynotes, road shows, major sales presentations, board presentations, shareholders’ meetings, and political campaigns. RSA collaborates closely with the leader’s designated team. Consulting and coaching is delivered on a schedule mutually agreed upon with the client. Written summaries of training are provided after each session. For presentation skills and public speaking training, video recording and playback are always used. Following is a menu of services:
- Develop compelling personal messages and stories
- Structure and organize a formal speech or presentation*
- Design and produce accompanying visuals including multimedia
- Speech or presentation delivery coaching (including commanding the stage and nonverbal communication technique)
- Read from a prepared script and mark script for emphasis*
- Effective use of a TelePrompTer
- Anticipate and rehearse questions and objections
- Rehearse presentation including “dress” rehearsal
- Coordinate equipment, lighting, timings with conference center or other facility
- Consultant can accompany client to venue to continue preparation, rehearsal, observe client in action and provide on-the-spot feedback.
*For Speech Writing services, go to our Speech Writing & Message Development page.
Leadership Communication
Communication is a leadership skill. CEOs, C-Level and other Senior Executives and Business Leaders must serve as workforce motivators, top client sales representatives, and persuaders of boards and peers. Whether responsible for a corporate turn-around or attaining difficult financial goals, they must possess excellent interpersonal communication skills. Done well, finely tuned leadership communication confers a tremendous competitive advantage. With extensive experience coaching and training top leaders, Ruth Sherman will assess, develop and deliver an individual program that focuses on specific areas for communications improvement that will enable leaders in any business to become masters of influence including:
- Initial assessment and goal setting.
- Regularly scheduled sessions and consultations.
- Written summary after each session or consultation.
- Close collaboration with leader’s team to ensure support.
- Consultant may travel with client when necessary.
Senior Executive Coaching
CEOs and other top managers are often isolated, even in a company with thousands of employees. These individuals can often use some expert, professional, objective, outside support. RSA’s Senior Executive Coaching program is delivered privately and discreetly and typically involves a series of regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings. These meetings can be done in person, over the phone, by videoconference or some combination of all three.
Ruth Sherman or a member of her team of expert associates will and develop a coaching program that zeros in on the client’s specific needs and goals. The objective is always to devise solutions that can be implemented quickly and in real-time, during real situations.
Features include:
- Initial meeting to diagnose issues and prioritize goals.
- Close collaboration with client’s designated support team.
- Shadowing of executive (when practical).
- Regular coaching sessions according to client’s schedule.
- Assignments that clients agree to implement between coaching sessions.
- Facilitator “on-call” because situations don’t always arise just in time for a coaching session.
- Travel with client as necessary.
Senior Executive Media Training
This program teaches senior business and government leaders to deal successfully with the press. With the growing abundance of broadcast media, and the resulting 24/7 scrutiny, top executives must be able to positively represent their businesses or agencies to the general public. Whether called in as an expert, to deliver important corporate news, or manage a crisis, leadership requires being prepared for media interviews. The material that is covered may include:
- What to expect in various press-related environments.
- Developing primary messages and supporting information.
- Delivering key messages in concise “sound bites.”
- Maintaining control of the interview through bridging techniques.
- Staying on-message regardless of questions being asked.
- On-camera nonverbal communication technique.
- Remote location technique (when reporter is in studio and you are elsewhere).
- Camera-readiness including dress, adornment and make-up advice.
