Private Executive Communication Coaching
Your responsibilities may be global. Your schedule may be demanding. Your communication development should not be limited by geography.
Eloquence Confidential™ Online brings the School of Eloquence’s personalised one on one executive communication coaching directly to you, wherever you are in the world.
Live. Private. Personalised. Practical.
Online Coaching | Optional Physical Intensives | Lagos & Abuja
NOT AN ONLINE COURSE
This Is Not Another Online Public Speaking Course.
There are no prerecorded lessons to watch.
There is no generic curriculum designed for everybody.
There is no crowded virtual classroom.
Eloquence Confidential™ Online is live, one on one coaching built around YOU.
- Your responsibilities.
- Your communication challenges.
- Your speaking situations.
- Your professional environment.
- Your ambitions
THE PROPOSITION
When Leadership Becomes Consequential, Eloquence Becomes Essential.
The higher you rise professionally, the more consequential your communication becomes.
You may be required to address a boardroom, present a proposal, defend a position, lead a meeting, answer difficult questions, participate on a panel, engage stakeholders, speak to the media or represent your organisation before an important audience.
At that level, communication is no longer simply about speaking well.
It is about thinking clearly, structuring intelligently, speaking confidently and communicating with executive authority.
That is the territory of Eloquence Confidential™.
Every coaching journey begins by understanding where you are, where you need to go and what communication capabilities must be developed to get you there.
WHO IT IS FOR?
Designed for People Whose Communication Matters
• Executives and senior managers• Business leaders and entrepreneurs
• Public sector leaders and senior officials
• Professionals preparing for greater leadership responsibilities
• Technical professionals who must communicate beyond their technical expertise
• Executives preparing for presentations, panels or interviews
• Leaders who regularly engage boards, stakeholders, regulators or the media
• Professionals seeking greater confidence, clarity and executive presence
• Busy executives unable to commit to conventional classroom schedules
• International clients seeking access to the School of Eloquence from outside Nigeria
WHAT WE CAN WORK ON
Your Coaching Architecture Is Built Around Your Needs
Depending upon the outcome of your diagnostic assessment, your personalised coaching may address areas including:
Executive Communication
Develop greater authority, clarity and confidence in high responsibility communication.
Public Speaking
Speak before audiences with confidence, structure and command.
Presentation Skills
Design and deliver presentations that move audiences towards decisions and action.
Executive Presence
Strengthen the way you sound, appear and communicate in consequential professional situations.
Thought Organisation
Learn to organise ideas rapidly and communicate them coherently, even without extensive preparation.
Spoken English & Articulation
Improve fluency, clarity, sentence construction, professional vocabulary and overall verbal expression where required.
Meetings & Stakeholder Engagement
Communicate with greater precision and influence in executive meetings and stakeholder environments.
Panel Discussions
Develop the ability to think, structure and answer questions intelligently under pressure.
Interviews & Promotional Panels
Prepare for high stakes professional and leadership interviews.
Moderating & Facilitation
Develop the confidence and technique required to manage conversations, panels and professional engagements.
Media Communication
Prepare for television, radio, podcast and other media appearances.
Speech Development & Delivery
Develop and deliver important speeches with greater structure, authenticity and impact.
HOW IT WORKS
A Coaching Journey Designed Around You
DIAGNOSE
Every serious intervention begins with diagnosis.
We assess your present communication capabilities, professional responsibilities, challenges and desired outcomes.
DESIGN
Based on the diagnosis, we develop a personalised coaching architecture around your actual requirements.
DEVELOP
You work privately with your coach through live one on one sessions incorporating instruction, demonstration, exercises and practical application.
DRILL
Communication competence is built through practice.
You will speak, present, answer questions, rehearse real situations and receive direct professional feedback.
DEPLOY
The ultimate objective is not merely to perform well during coaching.
It is to transfer your improved communication capability into the boardroom, conference hall, meeting, interview, presentation, media engagement and every environment in which your leadership must become visible.
ONLINE. PHYSICAL. OR BOTH.
Begin Anywhere. Come to the School When Necessary.
Your principal coaching sessions can be conducted live online from anywhere in Nigeria or internationally.
Where greater physical immersion would strengthen the intervention, optional physical intensives may be incorporated into your coaching architecture at the School of Eloquence in Lagos or Abuja.
This creates a powerful hybrid model:
ONLINE COACHING
for accessibility, continuity and flexibility.
PHYSICAL INTENSIVES
for immersive practice, stage work, presentation simulation, recording and deeper performance calibration where required.
The result is not online learning for its own sake.
It is personalised executive development without geographical limitation.
Coached by the Best. Certified by the World.
West Africa’s Only Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) – Ubong Essien
Endorsed by Brian Tracy – “One of the best speakers in the world today.”
THE DIAGNOSTIC
Your Journey Begins With Diagnosis.
We do not prescribe before we diagnose.
The Executive Communication Diagnostic is an intensive private assessment designed to establish your current communication architecture and determine the most appropriate development pathway.
Diagnostic Investment: ₦250,000
Should you proceed into Eloquence Confidential™ following the diagnostic, the entire ₦250,000 is credited towards your programme investment.
In other words, the diagnostic is not an additional programme charge for clients who proceed.
ELOQUENCE CONFIDENTIAL™ PATHWAYS
The Right Intervention Depends Upon the Diagnosis.
Following your diagnostic, the School will recommend the coaching architecture most appropriate to your requirements.
Our established Eloquence Confidential™ pathways include:
| Package | Duration | Sessions | Investment (NGN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum | 6 Months | 20 | ₦5,000,000 |
| Gold | 3 Months | 12 | ₦3,000,000 |
Sessions are generally 60 to 90 minutes, with the overall coaching journey structured around the client’s objectives, availability and required level of intervention.
Online and hybrid delivery arrangements are configured as part of the recommended coaching architecture.
Your ₦250,000 diagnostic investment is deductible from the applicable programme fee when you proceed.
Because you are a very serious-minded and focused person, we have taken the time to design a special intervention course to help you improve on your public speaking skills without interference or distractions, one that will help you learn and practice at your own place and pace.
The VIPs Exclusive One-On-One Coaching is marked by its exclusivity and adaptive nature for VIPs seeking to take their public speaking and presentation skills to the next level. Some of our current clients include Distinguished Senators of the Federal Republic, Honourable members of the House of Representatives, Directors-General of Public Agencies and CEOs/Senior Corporate Executives from the Private Sector.
It is a 10 to 20-Hour personal public speaking training programme
spread over a period of two to 4 weeks, depending oi the client’s
disposition and situation at any private location of your choice within the country.
To book your personal session, call the Speech Coach on 0802-3032066, 07061606078 for a discussion on your personal speaking needs and challenges following which a unique and customized coaching plan will be designed for you. Clients will enjoy the following programme benefits:
- Tuition & Coaching Sessions
- Course Literature Album containing Training DVDs (7 hours) & Audio CDs (7 Hours)
- Course Manual & Public Speaking Text
- Speech practice podium/lectern
- Speaking Practicals – Recorded Speech delivery, videotaping plus facilitator’s feedback
MEASURES AND VALUES
Additionally, the client is expected at the end of this intervention, to be able to:
- Demonstrate, as determined by instructor evaluation, proficiency in public speaking and eloquent delivery. Specifically, client will be proficient in audience analysis, critical listening, logical thinking, speech organization, research, composition, and oral delivery.
- Use voice, language, gestures, and total speech appearance positively in the rehearsal and delivery of public speeches and presentations.
- Prepare and deliver public speeches designed to achieve eloquence – to entertain, to inform, to persuade, to demonstrate, or to achieve some other predetermined purpose. (Structure the speech – develop, organize and design a speech)
- Have a very robust and thorough understanding and perspective of the entire gamut of ideas and values underlying effective and powerful public speaking.
- Stand before any audience, large or small, to speak effectively and powerfully on any chosen or assigned subject within variously stipulated time frames – short (5 to 10 minutes) & long (20 to 45 minutes)
- Overcome public speaking anxiety and turn the energy into positive use. Overcome shyness in social situations.
- Ultimately have the foundation for building presentation and facilitation skills in a follow-on course. Skills considered crucial for his strategic / leadership position within the organization.
Timing & Methodology
Subject to discussion and depending on client’s choice, this will be a 10-hour to 20-Hour regimen spread over daily or weekly time frameworks. (Refer to the table below for breakdown by category). With each session covering subject matter immersion, practical demonstrative elements, performance evaluation and feedback, bespoke on-the-spot coaching and mentoring support for the duration of coaching and up to 4 weeks thereafter.
Location will be at both the Training Studio of the School of Eloquence, Ikoyi and (where necessitated by contingency) at client’s location of convenience.
The Complete Course Outline
- The Purpose of Public Speaking – Understanding it
- The Myths of Public Speaking – Debunking them
- The Importance of Public Speaking – Highlighting them
- The Fears of Public Speaking – Overcoming them
- The Assurance of Public Speaking – Attaining it
- The Dividends of Public Speaking – Reaping them
- The Spirit of Public Speaking – Invoking it
- The Tools of Public Speaking – Utilizing them
- The Commands of Public Speaking – Mastering them
- The Structure of Public Speaking – Maintaining it.
- The Pillars of Public Speaking – Upholding them
- The Gearing of Public Speaking – Engaging them
- The Settings of Public Speaking – Interpreting Them
- The Preparations for Public Speaking – Undergoing them
- The Seasonings of Public Speaking – Savouring them
- The Practice of Public Speaking – Committing to it
- The Examples of Public Speaking Emulating them
- The Laws of Public Speaking – Obeying Them!
- The Sins of Public Speaking – Avoiding them
- The PowerPoint Presentation – Incorporating it.
Your Key Takeaways
Below is a listing of the skills you’ll quickly master:
- How to control your nerves and drastically reduce any speaker anxieties
- Speak to Connect better with your audience by establishing instant rapport with your listeners.
- Structure your message in an organized way and manner and incorporate ideas and stories for impact
- Specific tips to proactively build the all-important speaker confidence through preparation
- Speech take-offs – How to launch a powerful introduction that sets up your message.
- Proper pacing during speaking and time management so that you are always in control of delivery
- Finding your Voice – Project with power and sound authoritative
- Audience involvement during your presentation to avoid a one-way traffic syndrome
- Creative ways to use facts and statistics without boring your audience and losing their attention.
- Illustrated ways to use notes and drive your key concepts and not memorize your presentation.
- How to incorporate humor, even if you’re presenting serious ideas.
- Transforming your use of PowerPoint from detailed handouts to captivating slides using visuals for maximum impact.
- Creating the “Lingering Effect” and remaining indelible in your audience hearts – How to close with impact so your listeners won’t forget you or your message!