Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact
Program Overview: Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact
The six-week Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact online program from Kellogg Executive Education equips leaders with practical techniques to build executive presence, enhance emotional intelligence and lead with authority and empathy.
Effective leadership today requires more than functional expertise — it demands strategic leadership and communication skills that foster trust, engagement and influence. As organizations navigate new challenges, global collaboration and digital transformation, the ability to communicate with clarity, inspire teams and drive meaningful impact has become a defining factor for success. Leaders must adapt their communication styles, deliver high-stakes messages with confidence and initiate conversations that align teams and stakeholders.
This leadership development program helps you develop a structured approach to leadership communication. By the end of the program, you will be prepared to communicate with confidence, influence decision making and drive performance while humanizing leadership and developing cross-cultural competence to effectively engage teams and business landscapes.
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Key Takeaways
By the end of this program, you will be able to:
Communicate with self-awareness, executive presence, empathy and flexibility in your communication style
Evaluate your executive presence and communication flexibility using self-assessment and feedback
Analyze the levers that can be used to build executive presence and adapt your communication style across various situations
Develop a robust toolkit for effectively communicating in critical moments that can make or break your reputation as a rising leader, including situations such as delivering difficult feedback, driving change or building the culture for a high-performing team
Apply communication strategies to improve the clarity and impact of your communication
Who Is the Strategic Communication for Leaders Program For?
The Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact program is designed for professionals looking to step into leadership roles, enhance their leadership and communication skills, elevate their executive presence, communicate with confidence and drive meaningful impact. The program is ideal for:
Functional and cross-functional team leaders focused on fostering collaboration, building trust and driving team performance through clear and purposeful communication
Emerging leaders looking to establish their leadership presence, develop confidence and refine their communication styles to engage stakeholders and accelerate career growth
Managers preparing for senior leadership roles who aspire to develop the confidence and skills required to lead teams and align organizational goals
Consultants and advisors supporting leadership development and organizational transformation and are looking to deliver actionable strategies for enhancing engagement and influence
C-suite executives and senior leaders seeking to enhance their ability to communicate with influence, inspire confidence and lead effectively in high-stakes situations
Program Experience
Dedicated program support team
Peer learning and feedback
Grading and evaluation
Bite-sized learning
Real-world application
What You Will Learn in the Strategic Communication for Leaders Program
Over six weeks, you will develop the essential skills to enhance your executive presence, communicate with clarity and lead with confidence. Through two expert-led sessions and interactive exercises, you will gain practical strategies with real-world applications to navigate high-stakes conversations, deliver impactful feedback and foster collaboration.
Develop a communication strategy rooted in self-awareness, emotional intelligence and adaptability to effectively engage and inspire multifaceted teams.
Strengthen your leadership impact by cultivating credibility, clarity and confidence as core components of executive presence.
Refine your leadership style by practicing techniques to project authenticity, authority and ease in high-stakes situations.
Build high-performing teams by fostering trust, psychological safety and engagement across cross-cultural environments.
Deliver impactful feedback with confidence, empathy and structure to encourage dialogue and drive performance improvement.
Lead transformational initiatives by crafting compelling narratives, persuading effectively and managing change with respect and empathy.
Note: The number of live sessions is subject to change.
Why Kellogg Executive Education?
Kellogg Executive Education is ranked No. 1 among business schools for marketing education, according to the U.S. News & World Report, 2025.
Kellogg Executive Education empowers business leaders to foster growth in themselves, their teams and their organizations. Our renowned faculty, consisting of some of the world’s leading researchers, educators and practitioners, provides practical insights that participants can apply as soon as they return to work. Providing a collaborative, immersive environment for our executive development programs, we serve a variety of businesses and executives from a myriad of industries and geographies.
Pathway to Becoming an Executive Scholar
Participants who successfully complete the Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact program will accrue points toward becoming an esteemed Kellogg Executive Scholar, a unique credential that provides you the opportunity to customize your pathway to achieve your professional development goals.
Kellogg Executive Education’s expansive program offerings allow you to build a variety of competencies that focus on practical application. More than about learning to lead, the path to becoming an Executive Scholar is about leading through learning.
Meet the Faculty
Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations Associate Chair, Management and Organizations Department Co-Director, Leadership Development and Communications Program (LDEV)
Shana Carroll joined Kellogg in 2010 as chief of staff, serving as a key member of the school's leadership team. In this role, she led comprehensive organizational change, inc...
Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Brooke Olson Vuckovic teaches a wide variety of leadership topics, including moral complexity in leadership. In 2021, Vuckovic was awarded Kellogg's most prestigious teaching ...
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a verified digital certificate of completion from Kellogg Executive Education. This program is graded as a pass or fail. Participants must receive 80% to pass and obtain the certificate of completion.
After successful completion of the program, your verified digital certificate will be emailed to you in the name you used when registering for the program. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Kellogg Executive Education.
Note: This online certificate program does not grant academic credit or a degree from Kellogg Executive Education.
FAQs
The Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact program is a six-week online strategic communication certificate program from Kellogg Executive Education. The program combines expert-led sessions, peer learning and real-world applications to help professionals strengthen executive presence, improve communication flexibility and navigate high-stakes leadership conversations with greater clarity and empathy.
Whether this leadership development program is worth the investment depends on your professional goals and responsibilities. The program combines strategic communications training, leadership communication coaching, peer learning and real-world applications to help participants strengthen executive presence, communication adaptability and stakeholder influence. Participants also receive a verified digital certificate of completion from Kellogg Executive Education upon successful completion of the program.
The Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact program from Kellogg Executive Education is designed for emerging leaders, managers, consultants, functional heads and senior executives seeking to strengthen executive presence and improve stakeholder communication. The curriculum may be particularly relevant for professionals responsible for leading teams, managing change, delivering feedback or influencing decision making across organizations.
Kellogg Executive Education’s Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact program focuses on self-awareness, executive presence, emotional intelligence and communication adaptability. Participants explore approaches for leading difficult conversations, fostering high-performing teams, delivering feedback effectively and guiding organizational change through structured communication strategies and real-world leadership scenarios.
The Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact program combines bite-sized learning, live sessions with program leaders, peer feedback and interactive exercises across six weekly modules. The program topics include executive presence, communication strategy, feedback conversations and leading through change. The learning methods are designed to connect leadership communication coaching with practical workplace applications and reflective learning.
Throughout Kellogg Executive Education’s Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact program, participants engage in reflective exercises, communication assessments and peer feedback activities that support leadership communication coaching and self-awareness development. The curriculum encourages participants to evaluate their communication styles and adapt their approach across different leadership and team situations.
This effective communication training program may be relevant for professionals looking to strengthen communication clarity, leadership presence and interpersonal influence in organizational settings. Through structured modules and real-world applications, the Strategic Communication for Leaders: Presence, Influence, Impact program from Kellogg Executive Education explores communication approaches that support collaboration, engagement and leadership effectiveness across teams and stakeholders.
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