Executive Communication Coaching
We help you incorporate your personality, experience, and passion into your communication. We use professional speaking techniques to teach you how to make an impact on your clients or colleagues in the boardroom, in your community, and throughout your organization.
One-on-one executive communication coaching provides a confidential space to improve your speaking skills and prepare for upcoming meetings, media interviews, leadership conversations, presentations, panels, and events.
Coaching Programs
Message, Presence, and Poise
Challenge
A good leader who struggles to connect with their audience can suffer from a lack of credibility, an inability to inspire action, difficulty aligning an organization to a vision, and more. These challenges can destroy an otherwise brilliant leader’s ability to achieve their goals.
Dart Solution
➕ Craft a concise, powerful message
➕ Understand your audience
➕ Build an authentic executive presence and voice
➕ Become a more confident, concise, and engaging speaker
Outcomes
➕ Build trust with stakeholders
➕ Confidently lead meetings, webinars, or conference calls
➕ Speak with poise in the boardroom, on stage, or on camera
Change Management Coaching
Challenge
It can be easy to communicate when everything is good, but often the leaders struggle when it's time to deliver the tough news. Whether announcing a layoff, giving difficult feedback, or announcing major changes, all of these situations require a leader to craft their messages carefully with empathy for their audience.
Dart Solution
➕ Define change messaging
➕ Learn change management best practices
➕ Tools and resources to support change communications
➕ Coaching and support for key presentations
Outcomes
➕ Reduce the negative impact of change
➕ Drive employee acceptance
➕ Streamline change process and implementation time
Executive Onboarding Coaching
Challenge
First impressions matter. The first few months of a new leader’s tenure can make or break their future within an organization. Honest missteps, unclear communications, or cultural gaffes can follow a lead for the rest of their careers.
Dart Solution
➕ Identify and leverage your unique strengths and style
➕ Drive an understanding of your new company’s culture and norms
➕ Create a plan based on a proven process
➕ Develop a personal vision that resonates
Outcomes
➕ Quickly create key relationships across the organization
➕ Establish early “wins” to align you to the business
➕ Create a sense of empathy and authenticity with your new team
➕ Establish your vision for the enterprise
What People Are Saying
“Dart Communication has cracked the code on teaching the skills and presence needed to deliver high-impact communication with confidence, purpose, and authenticity."
Rusty Zay, Chief Commercial Officer, Tennant Company
“Heather has been instrumental in helping us drive successful change management. Her tools and thoughtful questions have helped us see around the corners, identify obstacles, and create plans to successfully communicate to multiple audiences.”
Josh Fulkerson, VP Off-Road, Polaris