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2.5-Hour Virtual SprintLeadership Presence / Branding
Leadership Presence and Building a Powerful Career Brand
with Jessica Chen
Date Jan 27, 2026
Time 12pm - 2:30pm EST | 11am - 1:30pm CST | 9am - 11:30am PST
Format Live on Zoom
Registration $395 (US) per person
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Overview

In this program, you'll meet Emmy-award-winning communication expert and author Jessica Chen, who will teach you how to elevate your executive presence and build a powerful career brand. 

Jessica will cover practical strategies and provide actionable tools to help you get noticed at work and accelerate your career growth. Do not miss this inspiring workshop where she'll share lessons from her bestselling communication book, "Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons."

In this session, you'll meet Emmy-award-winning communication expert and author, Jessica Chen where she'll teach you how to elevate your executive presence and build a powerful career brand. In this high-impact session, you'll learn how to identify and articulate your unique value proposition, understand how to consistently communicate your strengths, and build strategic visibility across all functions. Jessica will cover practical strategies and provide actionable tools so you can get noticed at work and accelerate your career growth. Do not miss this inspiring workshop where she'll shares lessons from her bestselling communication book, "Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons."



Topics Covered

Powerful leadership traits

  • The modern definition of executive presence: confidence, composure, and credibility
  • Leading with authenticity, how to balance warmth and authority
  • Lessons from high-impact communicators: how top leaders inspire through message and mindset

Communicate with clarity and confidence

  • The art of concise messaging, how to say more with fewer words
  • Aligning body language, tone, and pace to reinforce authority
  • Overcoming communication blockers: filler words, disclaimers, and self-doubt language

Strategic career planning

  • Identifying your unique value proposition and aligning it with organizational priorities
  • Mapping career goals to visibility and influence opportunities
  • Building a long-term personal brand that evolves with your career

How to be your own advocate

  • Shifting from self-doubt to self-advocacy: reframing confidence narratives
  • Communicating achievements without sounding self-promotional
  • Making your impact visible, tactics for sharing results and wins effectively

About Our Expert
Jessica Chen
JESSICA CHEN
Jessica Chen is an Emmy-Award winner, author, speaker, and CEO of the global business communication company, Soulcast Media. Jessica is an internationally recognized communication expert and has taught over 2 million people how to improve their communication skills at work. She has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, and Entrepreneur Magazine. Her course on developing executive presence was ranked #1 most watched by global business leaders. Prior to Soulcast Media, Jessica was an award winning broadcast television journalist at ABC, NBC and NY1.
Program Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based (Zoom platform)
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Participants will earn 3 CPE credits or 3 PDC credits
Field of Study: Personal Development
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