Preparing for Management Presentations

This program will strengthen your leadership communication skills and help you prepare for the upcoming management presentations.

The skills you build will also be useful for a broad range of situations you may face in the future, from public speaking engagements in front of large groups, to informal meetings with smaller groups, to the unanticipated discussions you have every day. We will help you:

  • Speak with presence, clarity, and confidence

  • Engage your listeners with compelling messages that address their needs and concerns

  • Answer questions and manage discussion in a positive way

The rest of this page explains how to prepare for the program and provides an overview of the sessions.

Bring material to the program to practice

You will practice with your own content for the management presentations. This is a chance to talk through the high-level story about your part of the business. It is also a chance to try out several different approaches in a low-risk environment to see what might work best for the investors.

We know that the materials for the management presentations are in early draft form. If you have not started the process of deciding what to say about your area of the business, this is an opportunity to begin doing that. We recognize that all the details, supporting data, slides, and examples will not be ready.

Bring your laptop and any slides you already have. Do not script yourself or over-prepare. You will have time to prepare.

Tell us who you are and what your goals are

If you would like to use a self-evaluation to think about your skills before answering these questions, click here.  Many people also seek input from a few colleagues whose opinions they value.

Overview of the sessions

First half-day

Opening

Discuss the challenges you expect with the management presentations and link the agenda to them.

 

Set goals

You set personal goals within our intellectual, emotional, and physical communication skills framework.

 

Increase presence

You practice telling a brief story — expanding your use of eye contact, voice and body language — to increase your presence, confidence and impact. We record your story. Together, we begin the process of giving and receiving feedback.

 

One-to-one coaching

You review the recording of your story privately with the coach.

 

Create compelling messages

You use our preparation tools to work on your draft material for the management presentations.  You begin to tailor your content for potential strategic or financial investors. You will also create an outline with a compelling opening, a clear message and a well-structured storyline to support it.

 

Second half-day

Discuss visuals

Discuss how visuals support messages, where they get in the way, and how to use them well.

 

Deliver engaging presentations & meetings

You present up to 10 minutes of your content. We recognize your final section of the management presentation may be longer, but this will give you enough to practice the skills and see how the overall story is coming across. We make a second video of you.

 

One-to-one coaching

You review the video of your presentation privately with a coach.

 

Third half-day

Concise executive summaries

You practice delivering the same material as a 2-3 minute executive summary, without visuals, to strengthen your ability to be concise and get across a memorable message. We record your executive summary.

 

Answer questions confidently

You practice answering questions and responding to challenges on your executive summary — with credibility, confidence and empathy. We record your Q&A practice.

 

One-to-one coaching

You review the video of your executive summary and responses privately with a coach.

 

Fourth half-day

Rehearse

You put the pieces together — practice your section of the management presentation, starting with an executive summary and then going into the details, taking questions as interruptions, and then getting back on track.

 

One-to-one coaching

You review the recording of your rehearsal privately with the coach.

 

Questions?

Email us goals@mcalinden.com or call us +1 212 986 4950

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