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 COMMUNICATING WITH INFLUENCE & IMPACT

Practical strategies for confident, credible 
& decisive
leadership 

 

Technical ability is a given.  To inspire trust and action, it's essential to continually enhance your communication to leverage your impact.

The uncomfortable truth is that as a leader, you are influencing those around you in every conversation, whether it be with clients, colleagues or your community.

From Board meetings, to team conversations, presentations, or connecting with peers, the way that you show up makes or breaks the impact and influence that is possible.

Leaders who succeed are those who are also calm, clear, connected, confident and compelling.  They are aware, deliberate, adaptive, purposeful and trusted.  These are not soft skills, they are strategic skills.

 

They will propel you forward and amplify your unique expertise, abilities and vision. They are essential for you to achieve the impact that you are capable of.

Whether you’re a CEO, senior executive or specialist, even the brightest and most seasoned professionals can experience a hitch in their confidence when in new roles or periods of challenges and change. 

A lack of confidence can lead to procrastination, avoidance, perfectionistic overwork and even more self-doubt. impacting your ability to make the impact that you're dreaming of. 

Outcomes

When you are confident with how to navigate a range , business performance improves through great client experiences, strengthened relationships, trust and valued results.

Communicate with Influence and Impact supports you to deliver professional services with greater confidence, capability, effectiveness and impact.

About the program

This is a six-week program guides you though an series of individualized and targeted sessions to develop greater ....

Who this program is for 

CEO's, Executives and specialist leaders wanting to....  

Approach

The '6C' framework below draws from over 20 years experience across consulting, facilitation, leadership development, communication, resilience, strategy . 

I have helped hundreds of teams, leaders, consultants, and executives f....

​CLARITY & CONNECTION

  • Identify insights & impact

  • Engage your audience

  • Connect for confidence

  • Design for impact

COURAGE & CONVICTION

  • Manage your mind

  • Leverage physiology

  • Hold the room

  • Navigate nerves

CONTROL & CREDIBILITY 

 

  • Establish credibility

  • Control the conversation

  • Design your delivery

  • Inspire action

COMMUNICATING WITH IMPACT TESTIMONIALS

 

"Working with Sophie was a wonderful experience. Sophie helped to identify specific areas that I wanted to (and needed to) work through, coupled with regular follow ups and real-life opportunities to practice skills and techniques I had learned. It really helped me unravel my nerves and put strategies in place to find speaking engagements less daunting – even almost enjoyable!"  Jess Lees, Leader, Humanitarian Advisory Group

"I can’t recommend Sophie Graves’ program highly enough. When I first contacted Sophie, I was feeling very isolated, overwhelmed and unsure of my skills as the Director of my small business. Having never studied business prior to becoming a business owner, I always felt as though I knew very little about how to be a “proper” manager of my staff. During our initial sessions, she spent a considerable amount of time finding out about my business so that she could tailor our sessions to my specific needs. After we had identified my unique goals, we worked together to find workable solutions to my problems. One area that I was finding most challenging was feedback sessions with staff. Sophie helped me learn some simple strategies to put in place to ensure that I was well-prepared but that the meeting was a respectful and supportive one between both parties. This has made an enormous difference to the way that I now engage with all my staff and I am no longer under-confident about conducting these types of meetings.  Through my monthly individual sessions, I’ve learned, first and foremost, that I know far more than I think I do!   However, Sophie has taught me highly useful techniques to help fine tune my knowledge. I have found her style to be approachable, consultative and supportive. The sessions were highly practical and I was instantly able to put her recommendations into practice. She has helped me to feel more confident and self-assured as a Director. I feel as though I have a coach in my corner and I know that I will continue to seek out her support as I need it. Her business mentoring/coaching services have been invaluable. Thank-you Sophie!"   Olivia Connelly, Director, Gameplan

"Sophie’s program helped me develop a range of invaluable skills vital for communicating and speaking confidently in a range of workplace settings such as meetings, presentations and communicating with clients. Sophie’s warm and personable style ensured my sessions with Cleary Confident were comfortable and easy. I have greatly valued Sophie’s guidance during our sessions and believe the skills I developed have been significant towards supporting my professional growth."  Sam Quinn, Researcher, Humanitarian Advisory Group.

"I have had the great fortune of undertaking coaching sessions with Sophie Graves which have been immeasurably beneficial to my professional and personal life. Amazingly, I felt my understanding of myself, my motivators and barriers and my ‘personal power’ had significantly increased even after just one session. Sophie’s approach is supportive, pragmatic and insightful, and Sophie has a knack for striking the right balance of challenging you to step outside your comfort zone while also being your cheer squad (or, more importantly encouraging you to become your own cheer squad!). As part of coaching, Sophie provides practical ‘homework’ to complement the discussions undertaken during the sessions. This means that the benefit of learning goes beyond the confines of the session – and allows you to apply the learning in real time. Sophie is an enthusiastic and effective champion for women reaching their full potential and owning their strengths and expertise and my short time with Sophie has taken me from feeling very nervous about speaking up at high level meetings to presenting on stage to approx. 500 people! Engaging Sophie has, by far, been the best investment I could make in my career."  Sarah McPherson, Manager Performance and Impact

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