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The journey to become one of the UK’s next 100 game changing female leaders

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The journey to become one of the UK’s next 100 game changing female leaders.

For more than a decade, Sarah Lloyd-Hughes and her award winning team of

Ginger trainers have been teaching speakers to inspire audiences. And we’ve

found that women tend to be the very best speakers.

In comparison to their male peers, women are more emotionally resonant, they’re

great observers of the details that bring talks alive, they work damn hard to

improve and they’re great at creating trust through sharing their vulnerabilities.

And yet the number of women in visible leadership positions are still crazily low.

Women are just 32% of our MPs, 20% of senior managers and a mere 11%

of after dinner speakers. So, we’re on a mission to empower women’s voices.

Bringing together emerging female top talent and visionaries from corporate,

entrepreneurial and third sector backgrounds, The Leader’s Voice Programme

aims to empower 100 new leading female voices.

Here’s how…

The Leader’s Voice Programme

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“The speech coaches on the Leader’s Voice programme were excellent. I feel proud of the progress I’ve made over the course of the programme in developing my storytelling and presentation skills.”

Baillie Aaron Founder & CEO of Spark Inside

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About you:

Busy Leaders battling overwhelm

• The Leader’s Voice helps you to do less and instead mobilise others to carry your vision.

Complex messages that are poorly understood by team mates, clients, the public:

• We’ll help you to distill your ideas into clear, simple messages that resonate with your

stakeholders.

Stuck in a mid career plateau:

• If you’re already senior, but are now ready to take the next step up to influence on

a much bigger level; e.g. you currently influence tens of people (colleagues, clients,

stakeholders) and are ready to influence hundreds or thousands, the Leader’s Voice will

help you get clarity and energy around the next stage of your leadership.

Lacking visibility or the structures to radically impact

• You have a passion, mission or vision that you care deeply about, but it doesn’t have

buy-in from those who matter. We reignite your revolutionary spirit and give you the

support and skills to make things happen.

You’re driven to create positive change, but find blockages that are preventing you from having a full impact. Here are some of the scenarios that the Leader’s Voice focuses on solving:

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is the voice of...

THE LEADER’S VOICE

Resilience, even when I face resistance.

UNSTOPPABLE FORCE

Clear, simple, profound direction and the words

to explain it.

CERTAINTYDaring to say what others

need to hear

GAMECHANGING BOLDNESS

See me, hear me, trust me, follow me.

IMPACTStories that connect & influence hearts and

minds

EMOTIONAL RESONANCE

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The Leader’s Voice is, simply put, the voice our leaders need to develop to create much needed change in our world.

Leaders are operating in a rapidly changing, volatile environment. Trust in

most institutions is falling as social, economic and environmental challenges

are increasing.

We urgently need a different kind of leadership that’s authentic, brave and

visionary.

These five themes are the qualities The Leader’s Voice programme creates in its

participants.

You bring your vision, your personality and your bravery – and we’ll sharpen

up your language, your presence and your resilience.

You’ll leave the programme equipped with the confidence and the practical

tools to make change happen.

About The Leader’s Voice

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“I’ve learnt so many things, not just about public speaking, but about myself. I’ve really thought about what I want and what causes I really care about. I truly think it’s a life changing experience... and a really fun one as well.

The thing I’m most proud of, was going to Speaker’s Corner in gale force winds and the pouring rain and standing on a very wobbly step ladder and actually speaking in front of hecklers for more than 20 minutes. It was great to be heckled - it helped us all strengthen our arguments because we knew what the challenges would be.”

Claire MasonFounder & CEO of Man Bites Dog

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Course outline

Phase 1 The Visionary Leader (3 day residential)

Phase 2 Tools for Communicating Change (3 x 1 day in London)

Phase 3Rallying Change(2.5 day residential)

Phase 4 The Leader’s Voice Live Showcase

Ongoing Activities

• Strengthening the clarity and articulation of your vision. • Communicating to your ‘Nemesis’ – the most difficult of critical of your stakeholders.• Analyzing your personal impact & leadership qualities. • Handling criticism and knock-backs. • Boosting conviction of expression to develop calm, certain and authentic communication.

• Structuring compelling communications. • How to find and tell stories that influence and inspire. • Developing memorable talk content that brings your vision to life and enables it to be passed on by followers. • Building gravitas and other resources for standing your ground when challenged.

• Stage presence, charisma and setting the world alight with your vision. • Developing and receiving feedback on a 10-minute TED style keynote talk. • Innovation and daring to be noticed. • Day out at Speaker’s Corner in London (yes, you’ll be speaking!).

• Live Showcase finale where each member of the cohort delivers a short format keynote address to a live audience at the House of Commons showcase finale (or similar venue).

• Professionally produced video of keynote speech, plus short interview.• Final feedback, learning review and next steps. • Ongoing access to the Leader’s Voice network.

• 1-2-1 coaching & assessment based on our Personal Impact methodology.• Peer triads for ongoing support.• Structured homework tasks to integrate learnings within daily work scenarios.

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What you get

The Leader’s Voice equips you with the practical communication tools you need to make change happen. It’s a life-changing journey that will stretch your boundaries, dare you to be bolder and help to get you noticed.

Certainty

Impact

Emotional Resonance

Unstoppable Force

Game-changing Boldness

As a programme finale, you'll complete:

A 10-minute TED style keynote talk to a live House of Commons audience (or similar venue)

with professionally produced video.

You'll gain experience of all major communication formats you'll need to bring your change into reality: Pitching your vision; Persuading challenging

stakeholders; Panel conversations; Speaking to camera; Spontaneous speaking; thriving in interviews; plus a Visit to Speaker’s Corner and delivering a short format

keynote address to a live audience at the House of Commons showcase finale (or similar venue).

You get: A professionally recorded video interview that explains your vision.

You get: A Leadership Impact Report that maps your current impact and precisely what you

need to do to get others to follow you.

You get: A structured ‘feature story’ that you can tell in various settings to highlight the

importance of your work.

You get: A ‘make it happen’ action plan that maps the steps you need to take to bring your

vision into reality.

You get: A ‘line in the sand’ trip to Speakers Corner where you test your ideas on the

general public.

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Your support

To make tangible change happen, the programme will also support you in these ways:

1. Structured monthly speaking assignments that will test your new techniques ‘in the real world’ and allow you to embody your own natural style of communicating.

2. Peer mentoring triads to further develop and receive feedback on your ideas.

3. 3 hours of coaching sessions in between workshops to cement your learning, including detailed 1-2-1 feedback in preparation for your final talk.

4. A stimulating cohort of like-minded leaders, creating a valuable network of idealistic communicators who support and challenge you.

5. You’ll be profiled at the heart of our network of the UK’s next 100 game changing female leaders that we are developing through the Leader’s Voice Programme; a powerful peer network to support your ongoing development.

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“My work with Ginger gave me the structure and focus to achieve a dramatic improvementin my public speaking ability. This has resulted in greater impact with my clients – and has opened up a whole new set of opportunities in my professional life. The return-on-investment has completely exceeded my expectations.”

Sinead Ni MhuircheartaighDirector, Accenture

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Programme Criteria

To participate in The Leader’s Voice we invite you to apply. Participants will be selected to reflect most, or all of the following qualities:

• Leadership: active experience of leading or influencing people within your

organisation, or beyond.

• Potential: a background that marks you out from your peers.

• Visionary: you have a vision for your work or society, that you now require

professional expertise to clarify and communicate.

• Commitment: you are able to commit fully to the in-person trainings and

mandatory practise assignments that are set within the programme.

• Idealism: you’re interested in creating positive change in people, systems or

ideas around you.

• Bravery: you are ready to go beyond your own comfort zone with regards to

public speaking and communicating your vision.

• Team Collaboration: you want to experience and participate within a

highly aligned, yet diverse team which requires your full commitment and

engagement.

At present The Leader’s Voice is only available for female leaders with a vision.

We also have a Vision Hunting process for leaders whose vision is not yet clarified.

N.B. We also offer tailored in-house versions of the Leader’s Voice for male and

female leaders.

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What next?

A small handful of scholarship places are available to individuals from charities

and social enterprises for £4,450 +VAT

We are currently inviting applications from emerging female leaders looking to join

the next cohort of The Leaders Voice.

To register your interest, please email,

Ashleigh Broadbent at ashleigh@gingerpublicspeaking.com.

The application process will include a conversation with Sarah Lloyd Hughes to assess your

goals and alignment with the programme.

A 50% deposit will be chargeable at the time of confirmation of your place on the programme. The remaining 50% is due 1 month before the course start date.

Programme Price - £7,700 +VAT

Programme Investment

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