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Many financial professionals struggle with communicating in a way other non-financial people understand – one of the six traits of executive presence. This course is designed to grow the confidence, ambition, and strategic influencing skills of high potential financial professionals in business. The desired outcome is to speak and write with precision, clarity, and persuasion to convey important financial insights to those able to act and respond.
Course Series
This course is included in the following series:
6 Courses6 Traits of Executive You
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Confidence
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Relationship Building
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Communication Skills
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Resilience
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Credible Leadership
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Personal Branding
Learning Objectives
- Discover Ethos, Logos, & Pathos and recognize how to incorporate the principles of persuasion into every important message to initiate action and response.
- Explore how to connect with your audience using storytelling.
- Discover how to improve your writing skills and recognize how to write like a business journalist to express your opinions with tact and clarity.
- Explore ways to strengthen your presentation skills to get a standing ovation the next time you present to an audience.
Last updated/reviewed: November 19, 2019
10 Reviews (60 ratings)Reviews
Stephen Nguyen
(Internal Audit at RSM)
A lot of great tips and insights on communication, including building rapport, storytelling, writing and presentation skills; as well as an understanding of ethos, pathos, and logos. Blair keeps thing informative and interesting.
Debbie Syson
( at Annapurna Productions, LLC)
This was a very informative lesson. Communicating is very challenging in itself at any level and I think this lesson applies to all levels of professional not even just for executives.
Crystal Sittser
(Controller at Illinois Casualty Company)
This training should not be underestimated. It contains key points that reflect various angles of communication, some of which are not obvious. Very helpful.
Michael Izzo
(Sr Financial Reporting Analyst at Catholic Health Initiatives)
Blair's presentation was very engaging and also informative. I especially liked the Alan Alda bit for the storytelling part of the presentation.
Ginger Witte
(Director Internal Audit at Protective Insurance)
I thought the course was very helpful. It is well laid out and a lot of good guidance on building overall communication at an executive level.
Anonymous
(Senior Finance Manager)
Cover the essence of how to become a financial executive. Provide easy to implement solutions. Very useful.
Anonymous
(DIRECTOR)
This is a great course. A lot of useful tips were provided. The instructor was very lively and engaging.
Anonymous
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This course did an excellent Job at setting great examples of communication skills.
Anonymous
(Senior Manager, IT Audit)
Course was helpful and had some interesting points on communication.
Anonymous
(Vice President and Corporate Controller)
Sufficient number of good examples for anyone to replicate/action.
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate
- Prerequisite Education: None.
- Prerequisite Experience: Managerial experience.
- Prerequisite Preparation: None
Education Provider Information
Company:
Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact:
For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .