Course sheet · 2027 catalogueSoft skills
Presenting to and Convincing an Executive Committee
One day to obtain a decision from an executive committee. Participants learn to build a file that opens with the request, present options, figures and risks in ten minutes, brief decision-makers before the meeting and handle difficult questions. Each person works on a real file, such as an investment, a certification project or a reorganisation, and presents it to a simulated committee.
Duration1 day
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- Identify what an executive committee expects from a presentation: a decision to take, options, measured risks
- Build a message that starts with the request and supports it with three arguments
- Design plain supporting material: one idea per slide, readable figures, a one-page summary note
- Brief decision-makers beforehand and anticipate their objections
- Lead the question-and-answer session and close on a decision or a next step
Programme
Day 1 — morning
- How an executive committee decides: limited time, trade-offs between projects, sensitivity to risk
- The pyramid message: the request first, three arguments, evidence in the appendix
- Presenting options rather than a single solution: gains, risks, lead times, resources
- Exercise: rewrite the opening of your file in three sentences
Day 1 — afternoon (workshop)
- Decision documents: slides, readable charts, a one-page summary note
- Preparing the meeting: who to consult beforehand, which objections to remove, what agenda to secure
- Difficult questions, interruptions, disagreement between committee members: keeping the thread
- Workshop: presentation of your file to a simulated committee, recorded and analysed
Teaching methods
- Work on a real file brought by each participant: investment, certification project, recruitment, reorganisation
- Simulated committee made up of the other participants, each playing a director (finance, production, sales)
- Video recording of the presentations, with participants’ consent, and group analysis
- Review grids for slides and summary notes
- Option to invite a member of the company’s management to sit on the simulated committee
Assessment and documents
Knowledge test and a presentation assessed in front of the simulated committee, post-training evaluation at D+1. Numbered certificate verifiable online for each participant; training report given to the company.
Bilingual materials for every participant; each classroom course comes with its digital twin on OmniLearn.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from “Public Speaking and Impactful Presentations”?
Public speaking develops the speaker: voice, posture, nerves, structure, before varied audiences. This day addresses a specific case: getting a decision from executives who have little time and expect options, risks and a clear request.
Do participants need to bring a real file?
Yes, preferably one to be presented in the coming months. Sensitive data can be altered: what matters is the structure of the decision being requested.
Can a senior executive take part in the workshop?
Yes. A member of management can sit on the afternoon’s simulated committee. Their questions and feedback show directly what they expect from a presentation.
Is this course suitable for technical experts?
Yes. Maintenance, quality, safety or IT managers often need to translate a technical subject into risk, lead time and outcome for management: it is one of the central exercises of the day.
Practical information
- Duration
- 1 day
- Audience
- Managers, project leaders, QSE managers and technical experts who need to present a file to management
- Prerequisites
- Have a file to present, real or recent
- Group size
- Groups of 6 to 12 participants, in-company
- Format
- In-company, face to face on your site
- Language
- French, Darija or English; bilingual materials
- Funding
- OFPPT special training contracts (TFP), GIAC, Maroc PME: we prepare the applications with you, at no extra cost.
- Programme customisation
- Programme adapted to your procedures, your equipment and your audience
Organise this course
Price and dates on quote, depending on your headcount, your site and your preferred period.
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