Gain Professional Confidence: Executive Presence & High-Stakes Communication

This workshop series is specifically designed for young engineers who are ready to move past self-doubt and step into their full professional potential. It’s about building the internal clarity and external presence required to lead projects, influence senior stakeholders, and thrive under pressure. Confidence begins with how you own your expertise and manage your professional presence.

Over three highly interactive and experiential workshops, you’ll explore how to:

1. Overcome Imposter Syndrome by grounding your confidence in the data of your actual technical expertise.
2. Master High-Stakes Situations: Navigate disagreement and pressure with emotional maturity and professional clarity.
3. Build Executive Presence: Communicate up and across the organization with the authority and simplicity required to drive decisions.

Workshops can be taken individually, but together they form a powerful journey of self-leadership and professional growth.

Who is your facilitator? Migena Gjerazi is a Leadership Coach, Trainer and Podcaster. Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Certified Leadership Coach trained by the Co-Active Training Institute; Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by International Coach Federation, Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) assessment certified.

Workshop 1: Overcome Imposter Syndrome

As an engineer, your value is often judged by your ability to simplify complexity and communicate its implications to non-technical stakeholders, product managers, and leadership. This workshop focuses on the final frontier of confidence: projecting competence, clarity, and influence in your most critical communication moments.

In this 3-hour experiential workshop, you will:

• Master the "Engineering Executive Summary": Practice the 3-part framework for communicating complex technical issues: 1) The Business Impact, 2) The Recommendation, and 3) The Technical Rationale (in that order).
• Practice Proactive Communication: Learn to anticipate questions and frame information to manage expectations and pre-empt potential objections before they are raised.
• The Power of Storytelling: Move beyond technical jargon to use analogy, metaphor, and data visualization to make your technical message relatable and memorable to any audience.
• Body Language & Delivery: Analyze and adjust your non-verbal cues (posture, eye contact, tone) to project authority and confidence, regardless of your role or age.
• High-Stakes Scenarios: Engage in a simulated "town hall" or "emergency briefing" to practice delivering impactful communication when presenting risks, asking for resources, or challenging a major decision in front of leadership.

You’ll leave with the tools and presence to:

• Present complex data in a way that drives immediate, clear decision-making.
• Confidently pitch a project or challenge the status quo to senior leaders.
• Lead a technical meeting without losing control of the agenda or the room.
• Ensure your message is understood and acted upon by stakeholders across the business.

The session is held in English and in-person. 

There will be provided a sandwich and a soda during the event. 

Please note, there is a no-show fee of 200 kr. if you don't resign the event within deadline.