Gather information and put together a story, with a hook and a narrative arc.  Prepare content for delivery by ‘pontooning’ it and rehearsing it out loud.

Strategising You and the message (You are the message!).  Preparing the emotional strategy and working it through, so you have greater influence over the outcome of the presentation, interview, conversation or meeting.

Aggregate Audience Assessment

Assess your influence on the audience and where they are in their process of persuasion to your argument. Knowing more about the audience helps you focus and land your messages.

‘On your feet’ rehearsal in the big or small space to give You and your message maximum impact, influence and authority - whether you're standing, sitting, in person or online.  

Align the spoken story to any slides or visuals to ensure they add value to the narrative - and don't pull focus or upstage you!

Look at the emotional negotiation, both external with the other people involved, and internal, within You!

Control self-sabotaging internal ‘scripts’. Practise strategies to use in the heat of the moment so you can respond rather than react, and get the best outcome.

Using ROPES to gather information for intelligence – before rushing in to speak!  Active listening is not innate in any of us; we are programmed to talk. 

It’s a very powerful tool, that goes to the heart of relationships.  It needs practice to embed.

Practise and experiment in a safe environment with a specialist role player to try different ways of approaching a conversation.

We'll explore the various options and their consequences, so that you can move towards an optimal outcome.

The Performance Toolkit underpins everything.  Throughout these sessions your Coach will keep you checking in on your Performance Energy level and use of the Variety Pack and the Golden Mantra: 'twice the energy, half the pace, using Pause and Emphasis for clarity and meaning!'