Great leadership is not performative - but it is performed.
What do others hear, feel, and take away when you lead?
Leadership Voice, Presence, and Influence - developed through practice.
For leaders whose influence depends on how their leadership is experienced - not just on what they know.
A confidential, practice-led conversation. Not a sales call.
Book a Leadership Voice Strategy SessionLEADERSHIP VOICE LAB
OVERVIEW
Voice is not simply how leadership sounds - it is how connection is felt, meaning is carried, and authority is made visible.
Explore How the Lab Works in PracticeThe Leadership Voice Lab is Theatre of Leadership’s practice environment where leaders strengthen how their leadership is experienced and how their influence is felt -
through voice, presence, and persuasive communication sharpened by performance craft.
In the theatre of leadership, voice, expressiveness, and presence are not bit players.
They shape:
- how ideas are received
- how authority is perceived
- how trust is formed
- how influence is exercised
In the Leadership Voice Lab, leaders learn, practise, and refine the craft of:
- executive presence
- leadership voice
- persuasive communication
- credible authority
- influence that mobilises action
This work is for:
- senior leaders
- executives
- high-potential professionals
who want their leadership communication to be understood, felt, and carry weight when it matters most.
These moments include:
- leadership conversations
- high-stakes presentations
- influence situations
- periods of change or uncertainty
- pivotal career transitions
Leadership presence is not a personality trait.
It is a practised leadership capability.
CEO & Country Manager, Cigna, Hong Kong
Jonathan Spiers
"I highly recommend working with Veronica and Theatre of Leadership for any executive who wants to drive change through clear, credible, and influential communication."
WHAT THE LAB IS
A Practice Environment - Not a Course
The Leadership Voice Lab is not:
- a presentation course,
- a toolkit of techniques,
- or a one-off communication workshop
The Leadership Voice Lab is a rehearsal environment for leaders who want to transform how their leadership is expressed, embodied, and experienced
- particularly in moments where leadership is visible and consequential.
The Lab focuses on leadership communication - voice, presence, language, and timing - as the primary instruments of influence.
Rehearsal in the Leadership Voice Lab is a leadership communication discipline - not role play - grounded in a rigorous, proprietary framework.
The Communication Practice Leaders Develop in the Lab
The Lab equips leaders with a communication practice that is:
🔺 Credible
Authority earned from coherence between intention, action, and expression.
🔺 Grounded
Physical and emotional presence that attracts trust and steadies others under pressure.
🔺 Responsive
The capacity to adjust tone, timing, and stance in real time, in response to people and context.
🔺 Transformative
Communication that shapes meaning, opens new perspective, and makes change possible.
This practice is evolved, rehearsed, refined, and stabilised over time - until leaders move from understanding communication to commanding it in real leadership moments.
This is where leaders move from effective to exceptional.
OUR PRACTICE -BASED METHOD
It’s the difference between knowing - and being able to do.
Explore the MethodThe what of leadership communication can be learned from theory.
The how is developed through disciplined practice.
In the Leadership Voice Lab, leadership voice - both personal and organisational - is developed as the means through which authority, meaning, and influence are shaped.
Through our development process
- refined over many decades of work as professional voice coaches and leadership educators -
leaders access a revitalised leadership communication practice.
How the Method Works
Our proprietary method is anchored in disciplined practice. It builds capability in 8 Pillars of Leadership Communication Mastery.
The Method is supported by:
personal guidance that sharpens awareness and choice
precise, developmental feedback that refines impact
tailored rehearsal shaped by the leader’s context
skill-building applied directly to live communication demands
structured analysis, reflection and refinement that consolidates learning over time
Leaders work with real leadership scenarios - conversations, moments of influence, transitions, and challenges - testing and refining
presence, authority, clarity, vocal impact, and influence
before they are required in the leadership arena.
The Outcome
In the Lab, leaders evolve their leadership communication from what is
often a blunt instrument
into a finely honed capability - precise, intentional, and powerful in skilled hands.
Leadership presence, executive communication, and influence are strengthened so leaders can:
🔺 command attention without relying on positional power
🔺 maintain clarity, composure, and impact under pressure
🔺 establish credibility and trust through consistency and alignment
🔺 mobilise commitment through clear, strategic narrative
🔺 create alignment and shared understanding
🔺 generate momentum through change and transformation
This moves leaders beyond surface-level performance into embodied leadership expression that is grounded, authentic, and recognisably their own.
So leaders can meet everyday leadership moments -
and high-stakes ones -
with clarity, authority, and credibility.
Critically, when inspiration is required, they are able to deliver it.
Leadership impact is not learned once.
It is practised until it becomes dependable.
This is not a course.
It is a practice for mastery.
PATHWAYS FOR EVERY STAGE OF LEADERSHIP
The Leadership Voice Lab offers different development pathways depending on your role, context, and visibility.
From individual flagship programs to group cohorts and audio-led modules, there’s a path for every leader to deepen their impact.
These include:
🔺 Individual - leadership practice for leaders in pivotal roles
🔺 Small group - practise for leaders developing range and influence together
🔺 Organisational - engagements to strengthen leadership voice at scale.
Explore All Pathways
PERFORMANCE VS PERFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP
Understanding When Performance Builds Leadership - and When It Undermines It
Leadership is a performance - but not every performance creates leadership impact.
The risk is not performance itself. The risk is performance without presence.
Performative leadership focuses on appearance:
- saying the right things
- adopting a style or template approach
- projecting confidence without sufficient grounding
It can look polished.
But it often lacks resonance.
The result is effort without influence -
and presence without real connection.
By contrast, authentic leadership performance is intentional, embodied, and grounded.
It resonates.
It connects.
It earns confidence and trust.
It requires both:
- the skill to work with voice, presence, language, timing, and
- the courage to be original. To express who you are
through how you lead.
This is the space where credibility, authority, and trust are formed -
not through affectation -
but through mastery and connection.
View Engagement Pathways
Leadership is built before the moment - not left to chance
Book a Confidential Strategy CallLEADERSHIP VOICE LAB PROGRAMS
Multiple pathways. One leadership practice.
The Leadership Voice Lab offers multiple pathways to develop leadership voice, presence, and influence - shaped by your role, context, and the impact you are building.
For Individuals
Signature Leadership Voice Program
Strengthen executive presence, vocal authority, and persuasive delivery through guided practice in real leadership moments.
Best for: high-visibility roles, transitions, high-stakes communication
Format: virtual · in-person · blended
Group Leadership Voice Practice
A curated cohort experience where leaders practise presence, influence, and delivery together while refining their individual leadership voice.
Best for: leaders seeking range, perspective, and influence growth
Format: small cohort · virtual or blended
VIP Leadership Voice Partnership
A sustained partnership for senior leaders seeking ongoing rehearsal, strategic communication support, and refinement across evolving leadership demands.
Best for: CEOs, executives, founders, high-responsibility roles
Format: bespoke · ongoing
Executive Online Audio Practice
A self-paced audio-led program for developing a credible, compelling leadership voice through structured vocal and delivery practice.
Best for: independent practice, travel-heavy schedules
Format: self-paced audio
For Organisations & Leadership Teams
Leadership Voice Team Practice
Strengthening how leadership is expressed, aligned, and experienced across executive and leadership teams.
Best for: senior leadership teams navigating change, growth, or transformation
Format: team-based · virtual or blended
Strategic Narrative as Leadership Capability
Developing leaders’ ability to articulate vision, strategy, and direction in language that mobilises belief and action.
Best for: transformation initiatives, vision alignment, strategic communication
Format: leadership cohort · workshop series · advisory
VIP Leadership Voice Partnership - Senior Cohort
A high-touch advisory and rehearsal partnership supporting senior leadership groups over time.
Best for: executive cohorts, succession pipelines, senior leadership forums
Format: ongoing cohort partnership
Not sure where to begin?
Start with a Leadership Voice Strategy Session - a confidential, practice-led conversation.Book a Strategy Session
Confidential. Practice-led. Not a sales call.
How the Lab Differs from Traditional Leadership Training
| Traditional Leadership Training | The Leadership Voice Lab |
|---|---|
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Focuses on concepts, models, and techniques |
Focuses on embodied leadership presence
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Often delivered as courses or workshops
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Operates as a practice-based leadership environment |
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Emphasises knowledge transfer
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Emphasises rehearsal, feedback, and refinement |
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One-size-fits-many frameworks
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Context-specific, leader-specific development |
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Insight-driven
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Practice-driven, experience-led |
| Short-term performance uplift | Sustained leadership impact over time |
When leadership presence is practised - and is not performative -
the difference is felt quickly.
Head of Investments, Stamford Investment Funds Management, Australia
"It's been a transformational experience. I've seen tangible results in my ability to persuade, influence, and present the best version of myself resulting in a promotion."
Book a Leadership Voice Strategy SessionWhy the Leadership Voice Lab Exists
Leadership is judged in moments -
by how authority sounds,
how presence is felt,
and how meaning is made.
Exceptional leaders do not leave these moments to instinct or chance.
They prepare for them.
The Leadership Voice Lab exists to develop these capacities -
not as checklists or theoretical techniques
- but as lived, practised leadership behaviours.
Through disciplined rehearsal and expert feedback, leaders build a leadership communication practice so how they lead becomes dependable, credible, and capable of inspiring others - and in a style recognisably their own.
This work is not about performance for its own sake.
It is about developing the voice, presence, and delivery that enable leaders to meet the demands of their role with clarity, confidence, and influence - and to lead in ways that mobilise belief, commitment, and action.
This is where the transformation begins.
Begin with a conversation
