Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence
Lead with authenticity. Influence with impact.
Programme overview: Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence programme
The Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence programme from Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education empowers managers, rising leaders and entrepreneurs like you with the advanced skills to navigate increasingly dispersed work environments where credibility, clarity and composure directly shape impact.
In today’s high-stakes business world, organisations seek leaders who can go beyond expertise, inspiring trust, influencing outcomes and modelling authenticity. Thus, executive presence is not optional — it is what differentiates leaders from being heard to being followed. This six-week online programme helps you strengthen your leadership brand, communicate with clarity and confidence, build influence strategies grounded in emotional intelligence, elevate your visibility and lead with authenticity.
Guided by Cambridge Judge Business School's renowned faculty, fellows and contributors, you will learn proven strategies that can be immediately applied to real-world settings, as well as case insights and practical assignments. By the end of the programme, you will have demonstrated your abilities through a video presentation and reflective report, ready to lead with greater impact and execute business decisions with confidence.
Key takeaways
The Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence programme will enable you to:
Lead with a stronger presence that earns trust and drives impact
Show up with clarity and composure using socially intelligent leadership tools
Shape an authentic leadership brand that reflects your values and strengths
Build a high-impact network that supports your influence and career growth
Inspire alignment through ethical, emotionally intelligent influence
Communicate your vision clearly and confidently through compelling storytelling
What will you learn in the Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence programme?
The Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence programme empowers you with an in-depth understanding of how presence and authenticity shape effective leadership. Through a focused curriculum, you will learn to apply emotional intelligence, hone your communication skills and build a clearly defined leadership brand grounded in your values and strengths. Moreover, you will implement these insights in real-world business scenarios, supporting sustained presence and influence across career stages.
Application-based learning: Capstone project
This executive presence programme culminates in a final capstone project that allows you to integrate all your learning into a compelling introduction, reflecting your refined leadership brand. You will imagine stepping into a new leadership role to demonstrate your executive presence, convey your leadership brand and share your vision for the future.
Why Executive Presence and Leadership programme from CJBS Executive Education?
The Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence programme offers deep insights into leadership presence, influence and communication. The practical curriculum translates established research into actionable tools that you can use to define your leadership brand, build strong networks and communicate your vision with clarity and impact. Through this leadership development programme’s flexible online format, you will develop a forward-looking approach to executive presence alongside a global cohort of leaders from diverse industries and experience levels.
Ranked among the world’s top business schools, Cambridge Judge Business School transforms leaders, organisations and society through high-impact education. We combine world-class research with real-world relevance. Our programmes attract diverse, ambitious leaders looking to foster innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurial thinking and help them gain the skills and confidence required to lead, inspire and make a global impact.
Frameworks and tools for Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence
The Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence programme offers several practical frameworks and tools to help you gain an in-depth understanding of leadership styles and influence strategies and hone your core skills to build a strong leadership brand. Here are some frameworks and tools included in the curriculum:
Sheryl Sandberg’s theory of bringing your whole self to work
Herminia Ibarra on prioritising action and experimentation as a leader over thinking and introspection
Jane Frasier on fitting in while emboldening others
Stanley Milgram’s experiments and six degrees of separation (understanding the importance of strong and weak ties)
Cialdini's principles of influence, particularly social proof
Churchill’s principles for sharp and striking writing
Orwell's six rules of effective writing
Aristotle's concept of ethos, pathos and logos
What will the learning experience be like?
Apply concepts to build executive presence, leadership brand and influence strategies through assignments and frameworks.
Test knowledge of concepts and understand real-world applications through discussions, assignments and knowledge checks.
Join faculty, cohort peers and contributors for live Q&A sessions to gain deeper insights into executive presence and leadership for influence.
Gain insights from leaders and experts as they share experiences of executive presence, influence and communication in practice.
Create a video presentation and reflective report that showcases your leadership brand and vision for future opportunity.
Participate in discussion boards to share experiences and learnings with a global cohort of peers.
Meet the faculty and contributors
Professor of Organisational Sociology and Leadership, Cambridge Judge Business School
At Cambridge Judge Business School, Thomas Roulet teaches leadership and social psychology and advises organisations on culture, change and remote work. His research focuses o...
People and Culture Leader; Fellow, Cambridge Judge Business School
Smaranda Gosa-Mensing brings more than 20 years of global experience in senior HR and leadership roles. As an Executive Coach and Faculty Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business Sc...
Journalist and Communication Consultant
Simon Hall leads a multi-award-winning course in public speaking, storytelling and writing at the University of Cambridge. Named one of the United Kingdom’s top ten communicat...
Guest speaker
Organisational Behaviourist
As an Organisational Behaviourist, Pippa Halley helps leaders create purpose-driven, high-performing workplaces through effective communication and people engagement. With exp...
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a digital certificate of completion from Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education.
FAQs
Didn't find what you were looking for? Write to us at learner.success@emeritus.org or schedule a call with one of our programme advisers or call us at +44 203 479 4043 (UK) / +1 315 819 0707(US) / +65 3163 8580 (SG)
Flexible payment options available.
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