Leadership Communications Program
Expert Instruction, Personalized Coaching, and AI Skills
Overview
Ineffective communication is a strategic liability that wastes time, stalls decisions, and derails critical initiatives.
The Leadership Communication training program helps you perfect your communication skills, interact with clear intent, establish your confidence and leadership presence, craft and deliver a truly memorable pitch, and master advanced presentation skills.
This executive communication training is designed to be as dynamic as the challenges you face. Through hands-on, real-world learning, you will gain the business communication skills for leaders necessary to overcome public speaking anxiety and develop your personal communication style. Get feedback from expert coaches and practice with AI tools for real-time guidance to boost your confidence while establishing your influence.
Interact with Clear Intent
Understand why effective communication is essential in business and learn how to tailor your communications, whether verbal or nonverbal—from presentations to PowerPoints—to connect with any audience and get the results you want.
Leverage AI to be a Better Communicator
Refine your executive presence with AI tools that analyze tone, delivery, and message in real-time. Practice confidently, receive objective feedback, and ensure your communication lands with precision with AI communication training.
Develop Your Confidence and Leadership Presence
Sharpen your verbal and non-verbal communication skills by using your breath, body, and voice to maximize your impact during public speaking. Through practice and coaching, learn to integrate each communication element into your daily habits.
Perfect Your Personal Communication Style
Define, develop, and refine strategies uniquely suited to you and your business to create memorable pitches, maximize your presence in virtual settings, recognize when something isn’t working, and make masterful adjustments.
More about the Leadership Communications program
No matter your industry or role, success relies on your ability to communicate effectively. Our executive leadership communication training is part business communications intensive, part interpersonal communications class, part AI-powered communication coaching. This program was designed to help leaders and professionals like you adeptly communicate in high-change business environments and strengthen your impact.
Enjoy An Engaging Program Experience
Throughout the program, faculty directors Adam Leipzig, Penny Kreitzer, and Juliana Schroeder lead participants through a dynamic blend of activities, including:
- lively discussions and group exercises
- small group coaching and peer-led feedback
- AI tool training and practice
- powerful gestures and body language workshop
- guided practice and rehearsal components
- pitch refinement
- illuminating hands-on exercises
- persuasion goal-setting*
*Note: You will choose a real-world goal and be led through a framework to help articulate, refine, and organize your persuasive strategy.
AI-Powered Feedback
Get guidance on and practice using AI tools for feedback on your leadership communication skills. Keep building on your classroom learnings after the program by continuing to leverage AI at work to refine how you connect with audiences.
Emerge Confident in Your Leadership Communication
Leadership Communications is a communication training for executives that engages you on a profoundly personal leadership development journey to grow your advanced communication skills. You’ll learn how to establish winning communication strategies, create memorable pitches, confidently make adjustments in real-time, be in the moment, and connect to your audience with an authentic, clear, and powerful message.
Who's it for
- Senior leadership executives and high-potential professionals in business development, sales, and marketing teams looking to effectively lead their teams and drive business growth
- Professionals in leadership roles at nonprofit and service organizations needing to effectively convey their organization's mission, build relationships, and inspire support
- Web developers and engineers looking to communicate with other departments to effectively communicate technical information, collaborate, and understand the needs of stakeholders
- Entrepreneurs seeking to develop business communication skills for leaders to effectively pitch their ideas, negotiate deals, and lead their team toward success
Want to approach your employer about supporting your professional development? Check out this article.
Format & Structure
In-Person
- Three-day in-person communication training at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business campus
- Executive communication skills training
- World-renowned Berkeley Haas and Executive Education faculty
- Blend of group exercises, one-on-one coaching, and peer feedback
- AI communication tools training and AI-powered communication feedback
- Exercises to identify and develop your personal communication success strategies suited to you and your business
- Guided practice and rehearsal components built into the program structure
- Exclusive networking opportunities with faculty and peers
- Access to the program alumni community
- Leadership Communications Certificate of Completion
Dates & Costs
In-Person
Other Ways to Participate
Attend this program with a group of your colleagues.
Attend this program with colleagues to gain greater organizational impact. Groups of five or more receive special rates.
Customize this program for your organization.
Use this program's curriculum as the foundation of a program based on your company's unique objectives.
Get more information
Download the Leadership Communications Program Guide
The complimentary guide includes sample schedule, program curriculum, learning objectives, and more.
Employer Reimbursement
Gain tips on how to approach your manager about professional development and tuition reimbursement.
How do I enroll in the Leadership Communications program?
Enrolling in any one of our programs is simple:
- Click on the "enroll" button on the program page
- Create an account or log in to our customer portal
- Complete the online reservation form (should take less than 2 minutes)
- Pay by credit card to complete your enrollment, or select your preferred payment type to reserve your seat and connect with the finance team
How much time can I expect to spend on coursework each day?
We know that time away from the office is precious, so we work hard to make our program experiences as productive and valuable as possible. Our programs span full business days starting between 8:30-9:00 a.m. and running through 5 p.m. with lunch served in the classroom and short breaks throughout the day.
Approximately 1-2 hours of evening activities and preparation for the next day are required for some programs. Please download the program guide for more detail.
Do your programs provide credits towards a degree, grades, transcripts, or Continuing Education Units (CEUs)?
Our programs are non-degree programs and do not hold any credit unit equivalency, letter grades, pass/fail designation, Continuing Education Units (CEUs), or transcripts. Rather, we provide a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the program.
To qualify for a certificate of completion, a participant must meet the minimum requirements as noted for each program and maintaining at least 80% attendance/engagement.
Can I enroll in a program if I live outside of the U.S.?
Yes. Enrollment is available to global leaders, but visa requirements may apply. Proficiency in written and spoken English at a level that allows full engagement and participation in a program is recommended.
For most international participants, a B1/B2 visa—for participation in scientific, educational, professional, or business conventions, conferences, or seminars—is required for entry into the United States to attend a program with us.
Requesting and receiving a visa takes time and we recommend beginning the process three or four months in advance of the start date of a program.
You can ask your Program Manager to prepare an invitation letter to help with your visa application. It is important to emphasize that the visit is for business purposes.
The Visa Waiver Program is available to citizens or nationals from select countries. Check the Department of State website to determine your eligibility and learn about the waiver process.
The list of countries sanctioned by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control currently includes: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Ukraine-Crimea Region, plus the addition of Russia for Berkeley Executive Education at this time.
How does AI coaching work in the program?
AI tools are used throughout the program to provide real-time, objective feedback on your tone, delivery, and message. You'll learn to leverage these tools at work, continuously strengthening your ability to connect with audiences long after the program ends.
Faculty
Juliana Schroeder
Associate Professor | Harold Furst Chair in Management Philosophy & Values | Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership | Management of Organizations
Penny Kreitzer
Trainer and Coach for Leadership and Communications, Haas School of Business
Certificates
Certificate of Completion
Signal your professional achievement to your network and get recognized for your completion! Upon successful completion of the program, UC Berkeley Executive Education grants a verified digital certificate of completion to participants that you are encouraged to add to your profiles.
Note: This program results in a digital certificate of completion and is not eligible for degree credit/CEUs. After successful completion of the program, your verified digital certificate will be emailed to you directly. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of UC Berkeley Executive Education.
Certificate of Business Excellence
Participants in the Certificate of Business Excellence (COBE) program will earn a mark of distinction from a world-class university, gain access to a powerful global network, and enjoy the flexibility of completing the program in up to three years. A UC Berkeley Certificate of Business Excellence allows individuals to create a personal learning journey structured by our four academic pillars to gain management essentials in Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Finance to drive both personal and organizational development.
