i INSPIRE, educate and equip people TO connect, deliver and thrive.
you have my commitment to TAILORing EACH PRESENTATION TO
YOUR AUDIENCE AND THEIR NEEDS.
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR MY PRESENTATIONS.
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TAILORING PRESENTATIONS TO MEET YOUR NEEDS
Thanks for investing your time in exploring the training solutions I deliver. I understand you have important decisions to make, and it’s my goal to ensure you and your audience have a successful event.
Whatever the scale or nature of your event, I care about reaching people with relevant, pragmatic and inspiring training. In addition to leveraging my own experience and expertise, I pay attention to issues and emerging practices. You can count on me to pose questions, as I make time to understand your people and your needs. I do this to supplement the research I’ll do to understand your audience as well as your organization and sector. Once we commit to one another, I get to work designing and then delivering content- and image-rich education, stories and insights into a presentation tailored to your audience.
Audience connections
Audiences and I connect in part because I walked their walk for decades until 2018. People recognize my understanding of their world. I deliver content-rich sessions, with skills I developed as a corporate trainer and through higher education in facilitating adult learning. Our connections also reflect my attention to your needs and participants’ aspirations.
TESTIMONIALS: INSPIRING, AUTHENTIC, EXPERT
That’s what clients say. You can read a sampling of their comments here, and you’ll see below an overview of presentations reflecting the depth and breadth of presentations I deliver. If you’re looking for specific training or presentations not identified here, please do contact me through this convenient online form or by email at ExceptionalEAs@gmail.com. I’m happy to design keynotes, workshops and more to reflect clients’ specific needs. You’ll find more on my keynotes by clicking here.
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CONFERENCE, TEAM TRAINING
COMMUNICATIONS, RELATIONSHIPS
- Assertive Communications for Influence and Professional Progress
- Communicating with Impact: Strategies to Inspire Confidence
- Empathy and Clarity for Challenging Conversations
- Negotiate with Confidence and a Focus on Relationship Management
- Public Speaking Skills and Confidence You Can Deploy Every Day
- Professional Presence: Lessons from the Org Chart
PRESENCE AND IMPACT; prepare to thrive
- Align, Elevate and Articulate Your Value and Impacts
- Excellence through a Leader’s Lens: Why and How to Stop Chasing Perfection
- How to Thrive at the Intersection of Human and Artificial Intelligence
- Performance Review Prep: Position Yourself for the Best Possible Discussion
- Personal Branding, Image and Visibility: Your Narrative and Impacts
- Positively Future Ready: Adaptability and Resilience in Dynamic Times
- Professional Presence: Lessons from the Org Chart
MEETINGS, MINUTES, WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS – maintain currency
- Agenda, Calendar and Workplan Design to Elevate Meeting Effectiveness and Outcomes
- Business Writing for Credibility, Influence and Impact
- Less is More: Elevate Confidence and Skills in Preparing Minutes
PERFORMANCE, ASPIRATIONS
- From Peer to Team Leader: Strategies for Success
- Leadership Begins With Managing Yourself
- New in Your Role: A Roadmap for Your First 90 Days
- Performance Management for Leaders: No to Surprises and Yes to Success
- Productivity: How to Take Control of Time Management Challenges and Traps
DATA SECURITY
- Cyber Smart: Insights and Tips to Mitigate Risks in Your Career and Personal Life
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ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT ADDRESSES ELEVATED EXPECTATIONS FOR SENIOR LEVEL EA audiences: C-SUITE and BOARD/gOVERNANCE OPERATIONS
UNDERSTANDING BOARD AND C-SUITE PRIORITIES and SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE
- Cyber Awareness: Board and C-Suite Communications
- Governance Fundamentals: Understanding and Elevating Board Operations
- Introduction to Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG)
- Risk Management: Essential Insights for C-Level EAs
- Strategic Planning Essentials for C-Level EAs
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT and SUCCESS IN YOUR ROLE
- A Proactive Audit for Board and C-level EAs: Expectations, Relations and Impacts
- Crisis Preparedness and Communications: Business Continuity Planning, Reputation Management and Your Role in the Eye of a Storm
- Navigating Leadership Changes: Relationships, Respect and Personal Resilience
- Thriving Within the C-Suite or Boardroom: Relationship Management
BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
- Agenda, Calendar and Workplan Design to Elevate Meeting Effectiveness and Outcomes
- How to Prepare Board Level Minutes Designed to Withstand High Levels of Scrutiny
BOARD CULTURE and EFFECTIVENESS
- Board Culture: Onboarding, Mentorship and Leadership Changes
- Board Effectiveness: Succession Planning, Competencies and Evaluations
- Onboarding New Colleagues, Including Your Executive, for Success
THRIVE; YOUR WELLBEING and RESILIENCE
- It’s Lonely at the Top; Prioritizing Personal Resilience Working Amid Leaders
- Navigating Leadership Changes: Relationships, Respect and Personal Resilience
ABOUT SHELAGH’S GOVERNANCE EXPERTISE
Shelagh walked the governance walk for a decade and continues to invest care in maintaining governance currency. She held responsibility for board operations, and was charged with advising the organization’s board Chair as well as its CEO on governance matters. She. earned Good Governance, Advanced Good Governance, Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management certificates from Colleges Ontario.
Always learning, she gained additional governance education through Canada’s Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) and the USA’s Association of Governing Boards (AGB). Shelagh was an active member of the AGB Board Professionals’ Board Leadership Group.
A proud member of Governance Professionals of Canada (GPC), she’s written multiple governance and business articles published by Diligent Corporation: A Modern Governance Company.
Shelagh’s presentations reflect her own ongoing education and all that comes with a decade’s experience as a governance/board professional with responsibility for board operations. She has also chaired a national board herself.
“Shelagh is the number one world trainer when it comes to quality governance training for EAs.”
– Jacqueline M. Leib, USA