How We Work
The MSB Executive approach involves a balance of
one-on-one coaching, group workshops and
training courses, online or in person.
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What We Cover
Presentation Skills
Using voice and body language to maximise your impact
Storytelling
Bringing data to life to engage and persuade
Client Skills
Winning your client’s trust and communicating on their level
Investor Relations
Delivering a clear message and answering questions with confidence
Panels: Moderators
Marshalling the conversation and ensuring all voices are heard
Panels: Speakers
Making a strong impact and adding value to the conversation
Networking
Building strong connections and succeeding at networking events
Professional English
Communicating clearly and strongly when English is not your first language
Emotional Intelligence
Exploring and honing the skills that make you most effective at work
Finding Your Voice
Developing the skill of articulating your message in any situation
Confidence Coaching
Reducing nerves and developing self-belief when the pressure is on
Business Writing
Communications partners of the
Recent Blogs
Has a Dragon’s Den Start-up Found the Solution to Eye Contact at Online Meetings?
Here at MSB Executive, we’re big fans of BBC TV’s Dragon’s Den. Usually we find ourselves looking at the pitchers’ performance, but in one recent episode it was the product being pitched that grabbed our attention. The View-You Cam Pitchers Dan Baker and Jonathan...
Book Review: Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz
Smart BrevityJim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy SchwartzLondon: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2023. Overview The premise of Smart Brevity is that business writing has failed to move with the times. In the smartphone age, anyone can easily and freely send their every...
Presenting to Camera: What We Can Learn from Hollywood. Part 3: Lighting and Hands
Unlike in real life, the person on the other end of a Zoom or Teams call is stuck with whatever view of ourselves we offer them. Therefore, it pays to think like a movie director, who ‘sets up the shot’ to create the correct relationship between the character on...
Presenting to Camera: What We Can Learn from Hollywood. Part 2: Shot Angle and Eyeline
Unlike in real life, the person on the other end of a Zoom or Teams call is stuck with whatever view of ourselves we offer them. Therefore, it pays to think like a movie director, who ‘sets up the shot’ to create the correct relationship between the character on...
Presenting to Camera: What We Can Learn from Hollywood. Part 1: Shot Length
Our partners at the CFA recently asked us to deliver a webinar for their members providing online presentation tips. Drawing on our professional background, we dipped into the movie director’s toolkit. What can Hollywood teach us about communicating effectively on...
Scientific Proof that Good Posture Lowers Stress?
At MSB Executive, posture work is a regular feature of our sessions. We help our clients to express confidence and authority by adjusting how they sit and stand. Our experience in the acting profession has also taught us that our physicality generates inward feedback....
How Can I Stop Myself From Blushing?
There’s nothing more off-putting when you’re presenting than the feeling of heat spreading across your neck and cheeks and then the ensuing paranoia. We’ve brought together our favourite concepts around blushing, plus tips on how to manage it, seeing as it’s such a...
Three Blogs on Breathing: Part 3
Teaching people how to breathe might strike you as teaching grandmother to suck eggs. But there are different ways of breathing, and some are better than others. By looking first at the habits and consequences of bad breathing, we can make sure we are doing the...
Dive In
Presenting to Camera
How to Look and Sound Your Best on Video
According to the standard model, when first meeting someone, we make a snap decision about them based on their appearance, the sound of their voice...
Online Meetings
Zoomed Out? Some Top Tips To Survive The Zoom Era
Among all the terms future dictionaries will inherit from COVID-19, ‘Zoom fatigue’ is certain to feature. (It applies to all video conferencing...
Powerpoint
Can AI Improve Your Presentation Skills?
Our Head of Coaching, Nicola Hainey, reviews Microsoft Powerpoint’s new feature: Presenter Coach. An AI tool to help rehearse presentations? In...
Body Language
How Can I Stop Myself From Blushing?
There’s nothing more off-putting when you’re presenting than the feeling of heat spreading across your neck and cheeks and then the ensuing...
