Case Studies - Individual Coaching

A well established speaker - The president of a major US international institution was already an excellent speaker, making speeches to Congress and elsewhere. He hired us to train him and his board because we taught him the techniques of reading verbatim from a script so well that the audience didn’t know it. He quickly realised that this was going to save him precious time yet raise his performance. He also appreciated that the difference from competent to outstanding is really quite small perhaps 5%. A scratch golfer like Tiger Woods also uses a coach to get that winning 5%

Competent but with a desire to improve - A senior manager needed to widen his skills to be promoted to partner. Part of the coaching was to improve his presentation skills. The other aspect was to improve his people handling skills in terms of gaining rapport and building relationships.

Newly appointed CEOs

• A new managing partner of one of Britain’s largest firms needed to raise his presentation profile and be able to speak effectively in a wide range of situations. His busy schedule meant that coaching sessions had to be brief but effective.
   
• A CEO designate of a FTSE 250 firm wished to improve his presentation skills when talking to city analysts and the press. He also wished to talk at conferences to raise his firm's profile
   
• A high profile government servant refreshed his presentation and media handling skills before starting in his new role

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