Communicating to Your Senior Management and Key Stakeholders (VR+)

Management Centre Europe (MCE)
Communicating to Your Senior Management and Key Stakeholders (VR+)
Communicating to Your Senior Management and Key Stakeholders (VR+)
November 19th, 2024

Overview

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Learn and practise how to communicate key information and ideas in strategic business language to your boss and other directors in your company and get their buy-in.

How many times have you prepared a big presentation for senior managers and been told “you have only 10 minutes to explain the project as there is another meeting starting soon”? Communication is a critical skill for every manager and getting the buy-in from key stakeholders is key. What is the best way to communicate your ideas and plan to senior managers? What do they want to know? What is not important for them? How can you get their buy-in? 

This MCE open programme helps you frame your ideas and issues in strategic business language, so that you can also speak and understand the language of senior managers. This communication training course combines proven-by-practice methods with new insights and ideas that will grow your skills to communicate with the management. You will gain a wider perspective of business communication through breakout sessions, exercises, and case applications

This programme includes MCE Extended Learning powered by Virtual Reality modules, with realistic situations.

The Right Programme for you

You are a manager or business professional who needs to get the buy-in and commitment from your manager or senior directors. You need to report performance to senior management and other stakeholders.
 

Learn, Practice and Use

  • ​Communicate in a way that senior managers listen, remember, and are willing to support
  • Sell your ideas, report your results and raise issues that need to be addressed
  • Connect what you want to say to the strategic goals of the organization that senior management care about
  • Handle interruptions and tough questions in a professional way
  • Defend your ideas or data without getting defensive and losing your focus
  • Improve your own profile and credibility in the organization
  • Prepare your presentations in advance and adapt the content to your audience
  • Use visual aids, your voice and movement to create greater impact
  • Share your knowledge and challenges with your peers and MCE's highly experienced faculty

Programme Modules

What will you learn and practice?

Communicating to Your Senior Management and Key Stakeholders is a hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. 
 

Programme Modules:

 

1 –VR Module: Clear Communication Skills
Identify poor communication practices, experience what you sound like to other people and practise clear communication behaviours like emotional self-regulation, affirmative body language or summarising.

  • Distinguish between good and bad communication practices.
  • Apply clear communications techniques and behaviour in a practical scenario

2 – Senior Management, Strategic Direction, Communicating and You  

  • The customer value proposition and how to achieve it as senior management’s key concern
  • Crafting your message and linking it clearly to the strategic context to get senior management’s attention 
  • Implementation planning as an essential ingredient for any proposal
  • Segmenting your different stakeholder groups and tailoring your message to the concerns of each

3 –VR Module: Active Listening
Identify poor active listening habits, experience what lack of active listening feels like and practise active listening behaviours like clarifying, summarising or acknowledging emotions. It allows users to experience a realistic scenarios of communicating with another person. It allows users to practice active listening in an office environment – and become more engaged, thoughtful members of the team.

  •  Identify emotions in a conversation
  •  Distinguish between good and poor active listening practices
  •  Apply active listening techniques and behaviours in a practical scenario

4 – Criteria for Successful Communicating 

  • Different types of message for different situations
  • Including a clear call to action in your communication
  • Effective listening for better communication
  • Using questions strategically
  • Non-verbal communications
  • Storytelling

5 –VR Module: Public Speaking & Presentation Skill
Communicating our thoughts, ideas and beliefs is a fundamental life skill, essential for defining who we are and what we need. Yet fear of public speaking means that many of us would much rather shut up than speak out in front of an audience. This adaptive programme of fully-immersive activities coaches learners in four key interconnecting components of public speaking: composure, performance, charisma and content.

  •  Build confidence and manage anxiety
  •  Become more aware of what your non-verbal signals are saying
  •  Discover the non-verbal behaviours of top orators
  •  Practise applying different non-verbal techniques in different contexts
  •  Develop presence by being your own authentic self
  •  Build charisma in how you speak to others
  •  Receive guidance in deciding what you're going to say
  •  Structure your content for clarity and engagement

6 – Presenting your Ideas Persuasively 

  • Preparing your presentation
  • Assessing your audience and the context
  • Getting and keeping attention
  • Using visual aids, using your voice, using movement for more impact
  • Handling tough questions and interruptions
  • Managing meetings
  • Leveraging your personal style and strengths

 7 – Finalizing your plan for communicating to senior management 

  • Deliver your presentation and get feedback
  • Different types of business presentations you’ll face as your career progresses
  • Defending your idea assertively
  • Develop your personal action plan for communicating to your senior management and key stakeholders. 

Testimonials

“ It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany

 

“ Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

 

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President, Logic S.p.A., Italy

 

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

FAQ

ABOUT MCE’s OPEN ENROLMENT PROGRAMMES

What time does the programme start and finish?
MCE programmes start at 9:00 and finish at 17:00. Lunch is a 1-hour break and there are two coffee breaks too. On the last day, the programme finishes at 16:30 as we know a lot of people have to catch planes and trains.

What should I wear (dress code) when participating in an MCE Programme?
Most participants wear Business Casual clothes. A formal business suit is not necessary.

Are there MCE approved/recommended hotels?
Yes, each programme has recommended hotels that have the best rates. We include details of these hotels in your registration pack.

Are meals included? I don’t eat certain food. Can I order special meals?
Lunch is provided every day and we always organize a buffet so you have a good choice of foods to cater for different needs.

Are there evening activities?
Your evenings are free, although there some exceptions (e.g. On the MCE Leadership Development Programme there is an activity on day 3)

Is there a free Wi-Fi?
For programmes at MCE in Brussels, there is free Wi-Fi throughout the building. For other locations, the services can vary, but in most locations we have organized free Wi-Fi.

What level of English do I need to take part in an MCE Programme?
MCE’s participants come from over 90 different countries but all of our open enrolment programmes are run in English. You need to have a good working knowledge of English to be able to fully participate in the programme and network with other participants. If you have difficulty understanding these questions, the programme might be difficult for you too.

Will I get a certificate at the end of the programme?
Yes, a certificate of attendance is provided to you upon successful completion of the programme.


CONTENT OF MCE’S OPEN ENROLMENT PROGRAMMES

Are MCE programmes certified by an official body/organization?
10 of MCE’s top selling programmes are approved by Project Management Institute and you can find more information on these programmes here.

What is the MCE approach to learning and development?
All of MCE’s Open Enrolment programmes are based on MCE’s FEEL-THINK-DO and 70-20-10 principles to enable effective learning transfer.

Who designs MCE programmes?
Our Portfolio team together with the core MCE Senior Associates design all of our programmes based on the ROPES model.

Are MCE’s Programmes practical?
MCE’s programmes are all designed to allow to practice what you have learnt. So you will have lots of time to practice, practice and practice.

 

REGISTRATIONS, PAYMENTS AND FEES

Are VAT rates included in the price?
The price advertised in this page is VAT excluded and applicable to clients and companies legally based in the European Union.

All clients outside the European Union (EU), e.g. Middle East, Africa, Asia and America, are exempt from VAT rates. For them, the price advertised here is the final price to be paid.

  • One exception: Training Programmes in France. All clients (inside or outside the European Union) following training programmes in France are liable to 20% VAT rates in all cases.

When are VAT rates applicable to me?
In the case of clients and companies legally based in the European Union, VAT rates will be added to the price in the following cases:

  • If the client is a natural person (B2C) without a VAT number. 21% VAT applicable.
  • If the training programmes runs in France: 20% VAT applicable.
    • Also applicable to clients outside the European Union (EU)
    • Except when
      • The client is VAT-exempt
  • If the client is legally registered in Belgium (independent from where in Europe the training programme is followed): 21% VAT applicable.
    • Except when:
      • The client attend the training programme in France: 20% VAT applicable instead.
      • The client is VAT-exempt
    • If the client does not provide a corporate VAT number or does not have any VAT number: 21% VAT applicable (Only applicable to clients in the EU).

I don’t have approval from my finance team yet, can I make a tentative registration?
Yes, simply contact us and we will hold a place for you.

Is hotel accommodation included in the programme fee?
No, participants are expected to arrange their own accommodation and travel. The Programme fee covers the programme attendance, materials, lunches & refreshments.

Does MCE give discounts or grants for individual registrations?
MCE works mostly with companies and organizations and we can provide corporate deals for group bookings or preferred supplier deals. If you would like to discuss a corporate deal, we will be happy to talk to you.

Can I pay with my corporate credit card?
Yes, you can. We accept VISA, Mastercard and Amex.

Does MCE have corporate deals/frameworks available?
Yes, we have. Please contact us for more information.

Can I cancel or change my booking free-of-charge?
At MCE, we understand that business people have commitments and changes do happen. So you can cancel or change your registration up to 21 days before the programme starts without any fees or charges. After that date, you will need to pay full fees, but you are allowed to transfer once to a new programme date.

 

The MCE Team is ready to answer any questions you have. Please contact us by phone, email, contact form or even website chat. We would be happy to talk to you!

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