Executive Presence
Leaders with executive presence: The missing link between merit and success
If you’re ready to bridge the gap in your leadership potential, the Executive Presence short course is perfect for you.
Drawing on insights from neuroscience, this practical, evidence-based course will better equip you to lead right now, enhancing your effectiveness and supporting your leadership advancement.
Central to this immersive course are personalised executive coaching sessions to embed and extend your learning. There will also be a virtual program finale following the course to showcase your learning.
In the words of one course graduate:
[This is] a very valuable course with applicable tools and techniques that can be transferred back to my role. I know the lessons learnt will enable me to be a more mindful, present and effective leader.
2026 dates
Executive Presence will run face-to-face over two days on Wednesday 22 April and Thursday 23 April.
Location
750 Collins Street, Docklands
Course fee
$4,252
Monash alumni and staff receive a 20% discount.
- Monash staff: Contact us to receive your discount code.
- Monash alumni: Visit the Alumni portal to access your exclusive code.
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Who should attend
This practical, evidence-based course is for you if you:
- Are a senior leader or senior manager with at least 10 years’ business experience.
- Have a reasonable span of control, even if you only have or are part of a small team.
- Have Head of, Director, VP or GM in your title.
Digital badging
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded a digital badge to share with your network. Find out more about digital badges.
Through this learning journey, you’ll have the opportunity to build self-assurance, expand your ability to influence others and signal your expertise.
We’ll explore the four primary dimensions of executive presence:
- Think: Using insights from neuroscience to rewire unhelpful mental patterns and cultivate inner congruence.
- Act: To effectively signal gravitas and exert influence beyond that conferred through formal authority.
- Speak: To use every verbal encounter to demonstrate confidence, clarity and empathy.
- Look: To decode the visual cues that can strengthen or undermine your executive image.
With the support of one-on-one executive coaching, you’ll convert these insights into positive behaviours, developing critical skills to:
- deepen your self-awareness and self-confidence
- build mental composure and resilience
- engage diverse audiences, both in-person and virtually.
These skills will accelerate your ability to:
- energise and connect with colleagues
- strengthen your professional persona
- refine your leadership narrative
- increase your impact and ability to connect in a meaningful and authentic way.
How you'll learn
We offer this short course in both a face-to-face format (run over two days) and a blended virtual format (delivered over six weeks).
The course is designed to deepen your learning through a combination of live experience sessions, guided reflection and peer coaching, as well as three 30-minute coaching sessions with our qualified executive coach. This personalises, extends and embeds your learning, ensuring you get maximum value from the insights gained through the course.
Learning journey
Program outline | Day 1 THINK AND SPEAK | Day 2 LOOK AND ACT | Post-course INTEGRATE |
INDIVIDUAL / ONLINE Program induction Access online content to prepare for the program. | ✔ | ✔ | |
GROUP / FACE-TO-FACE Live experience session Facilitator-led session, which blends the best of theory and practice, held at a Monash University campus. | MORNING THINK Elevate your mindset – thrive under pressure by reframing stress and developing workflows that enable peak performance. AFTERNOON SPEAK Exceptional communicator – harness storytelling and handle difficult conversations with ease. | MORNING LOOK Emanate vitality and align your appearance with your aspirations. AFTERNOON ACT Amplify your impact – model adaptive leadership and extend your sphere of influence. | |
INDIVIDUAL Executive coaching 1:1 phone coaching session with an executive coach. | 3 x 30 minute sessions | ||
INDIVIDUAL Guided reflection Self-led reflection work to embed learning and the application of these concepts in your own workplace context. | ✔ | ✔ |
Sharon Longridge
Program Director
Kristina Revenda
Coach