Power, presence and personality

Power, presence and personality is a senior executive leadership that runs since 2015. It is designed for experienced leaders navigating senior-level challenges – where expectations, visiblity, and complexity increases and stakes are high.

Unlike traditional programs on executive presence, Power, Presence and Personality goes beyond surface polish, body language and presentation technique.
The work focuses on how leaders connect, communicate and inspire confidence – in ways that are credible, personal, and effective across diverse contexts.

Co-created and facilitated by Ruth Hald and award-winning actress Ellen Hillingsø, the program brings together business psychology and the art and craft of the actor in a uniquely practical format.

Over a period of twelve months, participants work through a highly peronalized process that blends individual coaching and assessment with intensive small-group sessions. Each group consists of just six senior leaders – a size that ensures candour, depth, and genuine air time.

Master Classes

The group work is experiental and direct. Participants are invited to explore how they come across both in high-stake situations and when they are not on stage to refine their presence through practice, observation, and dialogue. This immersive format allows for visible progress within the sessions themselves – not lectures, but real work.

Additional sessions with a rhetorician and a voice expert deepen the focus on clarity of expression and professional impact.

Our participants are already strong performers and proven leaders. Yet they recognize that leadership at the senior levels requires recalibration – a deeper understanding of how they are seen and what they evoke in others.

We work on the subtle nuances that shape perception and influence – the how, not the what. Through individual reflection and on-the-floor training, participants gain the awareness and tools to strengthen credibility, composure, and impact – without losing their individuality or integrity.

Programme Depth and Impact

Power, Presence and Personality is not about ”acting” or building a brand. The work involves bridging the gap that can exist between insight and the capacity to act on it.

It is about understanding how presence is built from within – and expressed through connection, disciplined craft, and respect for the role and responsibility of leadership.

As our flagship program, Power, Presence and Personality offers the most comprehensive experience. However, we also provide shorter formats for smaller groups, teams, or individual leaders who wish to work with the same core principles in a more condensed format.

Those tailored versions maintain the essence of Power, Presence and Personality – combining deep reflection with practice and feedback – while adapting scope and duration to context and need.

For leaders who want to refine and strengthen their presence while staying true to who they are.