Developing Executive Presence: Building Visibility, Confidence and Impact
Have you ever felt like your hard work goes unnoticed? Or found yourself holding back from sharing your ideas, speaking up in meetings, or putting yourself forward for opportunities?
Technical expertise and experience are important, but they aren't always enough to progress. The professionals who are often recognised as leaders are those who communicate with confidence, build trust quickly, and have a strong executive presence.
In this interactive workshop, we'll explore what executive presence really means and, more importantly, how you can develop it in an authentic way. We'll begin by looking at the foundation of executive presence: self-confidence. You'll learn practical strategies to build confidence, manage self-doubt, and develop the mindset needed to become more visible and influential in your career.
We'll then work through the three pillars of executive presence, exploring how each contributes to the way others perceive your credibility, leadership potential, and influence. You'll discover practical techniques to increase your visibility, communicate your ideas with greater clarity, and create a lasting impression in professional settings.
A key focus of the session will be verbal and non-verbal communication. We'll explore how your body language, posture, eye contact, voice, pace, and overall communication style influence the way you're perceived, as well as how to communicate with greater confidence, authenticity, and impact.
Expect an engaging and practical session with discussions, self-reflection, and interactive exercises designed to help you immediately apply what you learn. You'll leave with practical tools and techniques that you can use in meetings, presentations, networking events, and everyday workplace conversations.
Whether you're an aspiring leader, a people manager, or simply looking to raise your profile within your organisation, this workshop will help you develop the confidence, presence, and communication skills needed to become more visible, influential, and impactful.
Please note that this event is reserved for members only.
If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact [email protected] for more information
About the Speakers:
Aliya Rajah is an Executive Presence and Public Speaking Coach who partners with organisations to develop confident, influential leaders. She works both one-to-one with senior executives and with leadership teams through workshops and training programmes, helping professionals communicate with confidence, clarity, and impact.
Her work enables ambitious leaders to command the room, increase their visibility, and maximise their influence.
Aliya advises CEOs, public figures, entrepreneurs, educators, legal professionals, and high-profile personalities across a range of sectors. Having expanded her business internationally, she spent seven years living and working in Dubai, where she partnered with leading organisations to deliver executive presence, communication, and leadership development programmes.
Her clients include Amazon, DP World, ADNOC, Dubai Health Authority, Add People, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Mashreq and Emirates NBD.
With an academic background in Biomedical Science and a Master’s in Public Health from the UK, Aliya climbed the corporate ladder before recognising that her chosen career didn’t offer a true sense of fulfilment. While working in London, she pursued formal qualifications in Personal Performance Coaching and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), eventually transitioning into coaching full-time in 2017. Today, she works internationally across the UK and the UAE, helping leaders build executive presence, communicate with confidence, and lead with greater impact.
Interested In The Event?
If you’re interested in attending, you can book online here.
For any further enquires about this event, contact [email protected]
