Strategic Narrative Workshops for High-Stakes Moments

High-performance sessions for leadership and cross-functional teams that need clarity under pressure — fast.

When the stakes are high, the story has to hold.

Strong ideas fail when the narrative can’t carry them.
The story fractures across rooms.
Stakeholders hear different versions
Pushback isn’t anticipated
Credibility erodes under pressure
These workshops exist to fix that.

Find the Workshop Built for Your Moment

A hands-on strategic clarity + high-stakes presentation lab that equips teams with audience-centered presentation skills through a proven framework focused on storytelling, message clarity, and visual design.This is strategic storytelling and presentation training for leaders who need decisions, approvals, funding, or alignment—fast.

Format: LIVE, In-Person, up to 50 People

Length: Full day (6.5 hours)

Who it’s for: Enterprise leaders, teams, and subject-matter experts who present complex strategies, programs, or recommendations to senior decision-makers—and want fewer revision cycles, faster approvals, clear and succinct executive communication, and visually compelling presentations.

Outcomes:
Master audience-centered storytelling techniquesLearn professional storyboarding methods
Create clear paths through likely pushbacks (what leaders will question, and how you’ll answer)
Before/after upgrades that make slides succinct, scannable, and credible
A shared internal standard that reduces “Frankenstein decks” and speeds alignment

Book Workshop

A focused visibility and credibility workshop that teaches leaders how visibility actually works inside enterprise organizations. Participants learn the invisible rules that shape perception and opportunity, then build a practical narrative for their impact using a repeatable story framework.
This workshop gives high performers the language, structure, and judgment to make their work travel—without self-promotion theater.

Format: Live session

Length: 2 hours

Who it's for: High-performing professionals and emerging leaders who seek greater recognition, stronger credibility, and more influence—especially in complex organizations where perception, timing, and sponsorship shape opportunity.

Outcomes:
Learn the hidden dynamics that shape perception, credibility, and opportunity
A practical, repeatable story framework to articulate value with clarity
Deeper awareness of organizational dynamics that shape career growth
Actionable steps to increase influence and visibility without burning political capital
A concise "visibility statement" to use immediately

Book Workshop

A research-backed executive presence training workshop for leaders who need to project authority and build trust in high-stakes moments. Participants learn a clear model of executive presence—Personal Gravity (clarity, confidence, credibility, decisiveness) and Connective Energy (trust, inclusion, authenticity)—then practice the behaviors that make presence real in the room.

Format: Interactive workshop

Length:
Half day (3.5 hours)

Who it’s for: Mid- to senior-level leaders (Directors, VPs) and high-potential executives who must influence senior stakeholders, lead through ambiguity, and carry credibility across cross-functional environments.

Outcomes:
A clear, current definition of executive presence and its key dimensions (Gravity + Energy)
Insight into personal strengths and growth areas via self-assessment and reflection
Practice applying executive presence behaviors in realistic high-stakes scenarios
Techniques to avoid common “presence killers” that erode credibility and trust
A personal action plan to build presence through deliberate practice on the job


Book Workshop

A leadership workshop that equips rising leaders with practical frameworks to anticipate resistance, tailor messaging, and drive alignment in high-stakes initiatives. Participants use the Stakeholder Influence Canvas™ and the 4 Hidden Roles framework (Blockers, Validators, Amplifiers, Anti-Champions) to map the human web around a real initiative, spot where influence is misrouted, and build a practical plan to earn buy-in. This workshop turns stakeholder management into a repeatable leadership skill: diagnose the role, predict the resistance, choose the right message, choose the right move.

Format: LIVE, In-Person, Up to 50 People

Length: Half day (3.5 hours)

Who it’s for: Enterprise leaders, senior ICs, and people managers who must influence without authority, drive alignment across functions, and navigate approvals, funding, governance, or high-visibility initiatives.

Outcomes:
A clear, usable model for identifying Blockers, Validators, Amplifiers, and Anti-Champions in real stakeholder ecosystems
A completed Stakeholder Influence Canvas™ for one live initiative (decision roles + behavioral roles)
Targeted messaging and engagement strategies by role, risk, and fear triggers
Practice with scenario-based influence drills
A 30-day action plan to apply influence tactics

Book Workshop

This isn’t training.
It’s decision infrastructure.

✔ Built for real initiatives, not hypotheticals
✔ Grounded in proven Motive3 frameworks
✔ Designed for moments where credibility is on the line
✔ Focused on how ideas travel after the meeting ends

If people can’t accurately retell the idea, the work isn’t done.

Facing a moment that matters?

Let’s figure out if we can help

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