Image Consultant Michelle T. Sterling, AICI and Communications Coach LeeAundra Temescu present Executive Impact, a workshop designed to address the image and communication concerns and needs of forward-thinking business professionals and executives – positioning them to develop the true meaning of executive presence and gain the competitive edge.
In a technologically sophisticated, performance driven and bottom line oriented society, success in business today also depends on the mastery of "soft skills." How you present yourself and the substance of your communication speaks volumes about your credibility. In response to this need Global Image Group and The Contrary Public Speaker have formed a strategic alliance to help business professionals develop the true meaning of executive presence through their Executive Impact program.
Through extensive research and time-tested methodologies, these two globally recognized authorities have proven that the core of executive presence combines style, communication, influence, behavior and power to create a positive and memorable impression and impact in business situations. This key combination allows professionals to successfully convey their knowledge, passion, and authentic self.
Executive Impact's unique program is an integrated approach that helps you and your employees convey authority, credibility, confidence and competence in all business situations. This program combines the essential nature of both style and substance which has resulted in top performing management teams who excel in the business world with this competitive edge.
The Executive Impact 2-Day Interactive Program will help you and/ or your team of professionals:
Develop a positive and lasting first impression
Cultivate your own personal brand identity and hone your image and impression management skills
Identify the key components of projecting a professional image through dress and grooming
Perfect your understanding of industry appropriate business attire in accordance to your own personal style and the different levels of dress
Define the affects of image as it pertains to the individual and how others perceive and receive the individual
Discover the psychological effect of color and its advantages
Provide tools for professional image and wardrobe management and maintenance
Package and promotion yourself through positioning and presentation
Discover your authentic voice, your speaking style
Leverage the strengths of your speaking style
Develop a clear, focused, and compelling core message
Understand your audience and get the information you need
Organize and write a speech that compels your audience to act
Deliver your speech with maximum impact, deal with stage fright and convey passion and credibility
Create and use (and not use) visual aids that enhance you as the speaker
Survive and thrive during the question-and-answer period
Who should Attend Executive Impact
:
Male
and female executives and managers nationwide
are encouraged to register for the Executive
Impact 2-Day Interactive Workshop. If
you are ambitious, a high potential manager,
recently promoted to management, in job or
regional transition, you should attend.
If you manage a team of professionals, give
presentations, belong to a sales team, or
would like to hone your image management and
public speaking skills, we look forward to
meeting you.
Overview
of Executive Impact Dates and Times:
Thursday
9:00am - 12:00noon
Seminar
12:00noon - 1:30pm
Networking lunch on your own
1:30pm
- 4:30pm
Seminar
Networking, reflection, dinner with
family or other participants on your
own
Friday
9:00am - 12:00noon
Seminar
12:00noon - 1:30pm
Networking lunch on your own
1:30pm
- 4:30pm
Seminar
Networking, reflection, dinner with
family or other participants on your
own
Executive Impact Investment and Registration Dates:
This 2-day one-on-one training program is an investment
of $6000
so take advantage of the savings, hone your executive
“soft skills” and gain the competitive advantage.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Cancellation
Policy: Registration is non-refundable; however should an urgent matter arise, you may
defer your registration to our next workshop date and location.
Interested in
booking this program for your corporation or for yourself one-on-one? Interested
in a different date and location?
Michelle T. Sterling, AICI established Global Image Group after ten years in the fashion and finance industries. She was an investment banker with Banc of America Securities in the Chicago, New York and San Francisco offices. Ms. Sterling's inside knowledge of the corporate world and affiliations with several fashion houses such as Giorgio Armani, Salvatore Ferragamo and Cartier, give her a unique insight and advantage in the image management consulting profession.
Ms. Sterling is a Certified Image Consultant through the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI). She was formally trained in image, color, style, etiquette, communication and relationship management by several recognized Certified Image Masters of AICI. Ms. Sterling received her Bachelor of Arts in French and Spanish from Wellesley College. She also graduated from the Dale Carnegie Performance Training program and the Protocol School of Washington. Ms. Sterling is also the Director of Sterling Style Academy, an internationally recognized institute that prepares men and women for success in the image, fashion and style industries.
As the fashion and style expert on the Advisory Board of Men’s Fitness Magazine and a reputable professional speaker, Ms. Sterling is frequently quoted, asked to speak and write articles as an authority in the fashion and image industry. Newsweek, MSNBC, Fox News, Inside Edition, ABS CBN and several other local TV stations in the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York Metropolitan Area have called upon Ms. Sterling’s expertise as it relates to image, fashion, style, etiquette, dating, and communication. Ms. Sterling has been featured in many media such as: The San Francisco Business Times, Minneapolis Business Journal, World Talk Female Entrepreneur Radio, FabJob.com, Monster.com, Sales and Marketing Management, Audrey Magazine, American Way Magazine, Washington Woman, Associated Press, Men's Health Magazine, The New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, BBC London, Business Week, Forbes, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.
LeeAundra Temescu is an executive communication coach specializing in public speaking, political rhetoric, effective business presentation training and executive presence.
She is the author of The Contrary Public Speaker: A Break-the-Rules Approach to Breakthrough Presentations and the forthcoming "POTUS Flubs: What Everybody Needs to Learn from the Ten Not-So-Greatest Moments of Presidential Rhetoric." She has over fifteen years experience in public speaking, coaching, and business and leadership dynamics.
LeeAundra has been a nationally ranked public speaker and speechwriter. She was a speechwriter and aide to former Under Secretary of State G. Mennen Williams and served in the Speakers Bureau in former Michigan Governor James Blanchard's administration. She has taught public speaking and interpersonal communications courses at Seton Hall University and developed and taught modules in public speaking, cross cultural competency and business communications for Florida Atlantic University’s Executive MBA program. She has coached impromptu and prepared speaking events for two nationally ranked collegiate teams. She also spent five years as an officer with U. S. Trust Company of New York in Sales and Marketing.
As a leadership executive coach, LeeAundra has worked with senior managers at Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Compaq, Intel and Sun Microsystems as well as leading edge companies such as Convizion and Open Channel Software. She has also coached special consultants for media outlets such as the Fox News Channel, not-for-profit organizations such as the Center for Governmental Studies and governmental agencies such as the Defense Contract Management Agency, an arm of the Department of Defense. She has published numerous articles on public speaking in on-line journals and has provided expert commentary and analysis on public speaking and debate for KABC-TV News and KCAL-9 TV News in Los Angeles and Bloomberg Radio in New York.
LeeAundra has been quoted in several publications including the New York Times, Forbes.com, The Wall Street Journal, My Business, SmartMoney and The Economist. She is also the moderator of "Public Speaking - The Essential Skill", one of the most active specialty networks in the Ryze Business Network Community.
"I
wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to go
through your Executive Impact Seminar. You both
were wonderful and equipped with so much insight.
I am definitely going to recommend this seminar
to everyone!"
Matt Bryant - Executive, Leading Mortgage
Company
"By
working with Michelle, my self-image and self-esteem
have received a huge boost."
My
new image empowers me to project authority, credibility
and compatibility; therefore, enabling me to present
myself and my company material with more influence.
Audiences are looking for reasons to agree instead
of object. Outside the office, people have been
raving about my style and fashion sense. This positive
feedback improves the image I project as it boosts
my confidence and ability to achieve my goals. It's
the Domino Effect and starts by contacting Michelle
T. Sterling, AICI Global Image Group."
Barry
Caplan, Product Manager to Startups - The Product
Management Department
"Not
only did Michelle teach me the importance of projecting
a winning outward image, but she educated
me on the significance of developing interpersonal
relationships and strong communications skills.
As a result of our work together, I received a
promotion last Friday. The results due to my work
with Michelle have been truly amazing."
Senior Computer Engineer, Sun Microsystems-Sunnyvale,
California
If you've heard my talk, you know how adamant
I am about taking advice from only someone
who has "walked the walk". LeeAundra
has walked the walk and is truly an expert. She has a gift. She has taken me to new
levels and is giving me the poise and polish
I need to make it to the highest levels of
professional speaking. I give her two thumbs
up!
LeeAundra is one those rare individuals that
really thinks about presentation structure and
content, using rhetorical strength to build the
credibility of the speaker. She is not afraid
to buck the "common wisdom" that is
just faddish and fashionable. The exercises and
methods she uses build the strength and relevance
of your arguments, instead of just adding feel
good stylings and television tricks to a presenter.
