Reserve Your Place

You know executive presence when you see it.
Now it's time to own it.

No one has ever shown you how.

You are already capable. Already trusted. Already delivering results that should have you at the top table. And yet, in the room, in the high-stakes conversation, in the moment that matters most, something isn't translating.

"She's brilliant, but she rushes." "I wish she'd just own the room." You've felt it. It ends here.

Presence isn't something you think your way into.

Executive presence is one of the most talked-about qualities in leadership, and one of the least understood. Most training treats it as a mindset or a set of tips. But presence lives in your body, and the room hears it in your voice before you've finished your first sentence.

That's why this masterclass trains executive presence the way it actually works: as the integration of mind, body and voice. It is the work almost no one else is doing, and it changes everything.

Mind. Body. Voice.

When mind, body and voice align, presence stops being something you perform. It becomes who you are in every room.

Your real work, made exceptional.

You'll bring a piece of communication that matters to you right now: a board presentation, a keynote, a pitch, a message you've struggled to deliver with the weight it deserves. Through rounds of live delivery and direct coaching, you'll apply everything you've built across the day and watch it transform.

No role-play, no made-up scenarios.

There's a reason this day happens by the water.

The open air, the horizon and the energy of the sea accelerate grounding and vocal expansion in a way no conference room can. You will feel it. We close with an optional sea swim and sauna.

Senior female leaders and board-level women.

Often from Big Four, financial services, legal and professional services, you are already highly capable and know that presence is the one thing standing between where you are and where you should be.

You don't need more knowledge. You need the gap between who you are and how you show up to close for good.

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You will leave changed.

• You'll carry genuine executive presence, not performed confidence but the real thing
• You'll speak with a grounded, authoritative voice that holds the room
• You'll stay calm, clear and commanding under pressure
• You'll stop rushing, over-explaining and softening your message
• You'll leave with a refined piece of communication ready for your most senior audience
• You'll have tools and instincts that raise every room you walk into from that day forward

Clodagh Swords

Clodagh Swords is an award-winning voice and executive presence expert, the founder of Simply Voice and creator of the Simply Voice Method™. For over 20 years she has been exploring and training the voice and presence, bringing together a background in acting, singing and performance with deep expertise in leadership communication.

A graduate of Drama and Theatre Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Clodagh holds a first-class Masters in the voice, specialising in presence, with her entire thesis dedicated to it. That rare combination of the voice and presence, studied in depth and refined through two decades of practice, is the foundation of this masterclass.

Clodagh has coached leaders at Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Deloitte, EY, Netflix, CERN and Allianz, and is Lead Communications Trainer on the MBA programme at Maynooth University Business School. She is an accredited Life Coach and NVC practitioner, and her work is particularly dedicated to senior women in leadership. She has been recognised with awards in 2021, 2024 and 2025, and holds a five-star Google rating from more than 70 client reviews.

Sauna & Sea Swim — optional, +€25. Please contact us to arrange this separately.

Places are intentionally limited so every person receives direct, focused coaching. Early booking is strongly recommended.