Date: 12th February Thursday
Time: 1pm to 2pm BST
Venue: Online

Audience: Aspiring senior leaders 
Format: 60-minute interactive webinar (with Q&A)
Tone: Practical, honest, confidence-building, grounded in real experience

Aim of the Webinar

To equip candidates with the strategic insight, practical tools, and personal confidence required to navigate high‑stakes interviews — from preparation and presence to influencing outcomes — so they can position themselves as credible, compelling system leaders.

Objectives

By the end of the session, participants will:

1. Strengthen their strategic preparation before interview day

Develop a deeper understanding of stakeholder dynamics, organisational expectations, and the advanced level of preparation required to “architect” senior interviews rather than simply respond to them.

2. Enhance their presence and impact in the interview room

Learn practical, human‑centred techniques to build credibility quickly, communicate with authority, and shape how they are experienced by panels and stakeholders.

3. Build the capability to influence outcomes at senior level

Understand how to read the room, adapt in real time, advocate for themselves confidently, and leave a memorable, belief‑building impression that supports their progression from interview to offer.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

1. Apply a structured pre‑interview strategy

Identify key stakeholders, anticipate their priorities, ask clarifying questions that reduce ambiguity, and tailor their preparation to organisational context and expectations.

2. Demonstrate confident, credible presence during interviews

Use five practical presence‑building skills, manage relational dynamics effectively, and communicate in a way that enhances trust, alignment, and influence.

3. Advocate for themselves as senior system leaders

Shift from simply answering questions to shaping the conversation, respond constructively to challenge, and articulate a clear “nugget” — the lasting message they want interviewers to remember.

4. Understand the value mentoring can add to development and preparation for personal, professional development and senior career plans.