Workshops

Want real results, not just another off-the-shelf course? Look no further.

Drawing on Peggy’s extensive experience working with thousands of top executives and managers from Fortune 500 companies to agile start-ups, every workshop and keynote is meticulously tailored to your unique needs.

Her interactive, behavior-driven training combines hands-on exercises, role-playing scenarios, recorded segments, and personalized feedback—all designed to deliver impactful, lasting results.

WORKSHOPS & KEYNOTES

In today’s high-stakes, high-visibility work environments, confidence is not a “nice to have”—it’s a must-have for leaders.

Highly qualified women often undervalue their abilities, holding themselves back despite exceptional credentials and performance. Men, on the other hand, often appear more confident, but research shows that this can mask inner doubts or inflate competence perceptions.

Confidence gaps—driven by social conditioning, cognitive bias, and cultural expectations—can undermine leadership potential in anyone. But, when organizations address these dynamics head-on, they unlock stronger, more self-aware and impactful leaders at every level.

If your aim is to succeed in this competitive landscape, and build truly collegial, integrative cultures, Unstoppable Confidence delivers the mindset and skillset to lead with authority, communicate with clarity, and collaborate with trust. This dynamic, evidence-based, experiential workshop empowers both men and women, as well as intact teams, to lead with clarity, communicate with impact, and foster the trust and collaboration essential to lasting success.

HERE’S WHAT YOU WILL LEARN DURING YOUR UNSTOPPABLE JOURNEY

  1. Understand the Confidence Equation: Uncover the psychological, social, and organizational influences that shape how confidence is experienced—and expressed—by men and women alike.

  2. Leveraging Your Strengths: Identifying, celebrating, and strategically utilizing your unique skills to cultivate enduring confidence and maximize professional capacity.

  3. Overcoming Barriers to Success: Addressing common obstacles such as imposter syndrome, perfectionism, bias, and organizational practices that may inadvertently undermine women’s confidence.

  4. Enhancing Executive Presence: Developing key strategies to project confidence, gravitas, and poise-under-pressure in high-stakes situations.

  5. Strategic Confidence Development: Creating actionable 30-, 60-, and 90-day plans to build, measure, and sustain confidence at all levels of leadership.

  6. Building Resilience in Leadership: Strengthening the mindset and capabilities needed to maintain resilience and lead with authority in times of adversity and challenge.
Unstoppable Confidence is offered in three powerful formats—each uniquely tailored to meet the needs of its audience. Whether you’re a woman navigating workplace dynamics, a mixed-gender group striving for inclusive leadership, or an intact team aiming to level up trust and performance, there’s a version designed for you. In addition to everything covered above, here’s what else you’ll walk away with:

  1. Understanding the Confidence Gap: Analyzing the specific gender-based  psychological, social, and biological factors that impact women’s self-confidence and performance in the workplace.

  2. Walking the Workplace Tightrope: Navigating the treacherous path of acceptable communication and behavior with confidence, authenticity, and grit.

  3.  Breaking Out of the Likeability Trap: Shifting  from “Do they like me?” to “Do I respect how I’m showing up?”
  1. Remaining open, honest, and appropriately vulnerable while maintaining authority.

  2. Recognizing and interrupting gendered communication and behavior patterns that distort perception.

  3. Navigating high-stakes conversations with clarity, conviction, empathy, and mutual respect.
  1. Recognizing and overcoming confidence blockers — yours and theirs— that impact communication, collaboration, and decision-making across teams.

  2. Practical tools to foster a culture of psychological safety, where all voices are heard and valued.

  3. Strategies for stepping up and staying resilient despite distractions and insecurities.

The stage is set.
The audience is ready.
This is your moment to motivate, inspire, and captivate.

To truly make an impact, it’s essential to deliver your message in a way that resonates across cultures, genders, and generations.

“Mastering the Art of Executive Presence” is a dynamic, hands-on workshop designed to help you command any room—whether you’re pitching a client, leading a meeting, or presenting to your board.

Participants will leave equipped with powerful communication skills, from dynamic storytelling to managing challenging audiences. Exude executive presence, and bring your best self into the room—whether you’re speaking to two or two thousand.

A few of the many offerings include:

  1. Conveying a Positive First Impression
  2. Analyzing your Audience/Setting the Stage
  3. Becoming a storyteller: turning “dry content” into interesting & entertaining stories
  4. Handling even the toughest, snarkiest questions with confidence
  5. Managing Presentation Anxiety
  6. Performing Techniques for Virtual and In Person Communications
  7. Managing Difficult Conversations

“BRAG! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It” is an immersive, high-impact workshop designed to teach you the refined art of self-promotion with a perfect balance of warmth and confidence.

Participants worldwide have secured coveted jobs, promotions, bonuses, and clients by mastering the art of graciously and effectively touting their achievements.

By joining a BRAG! workshop—featured on platforms such as 20/20, The Today Show, and in esteemed publications like The New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal—you too can harness this powerful skill and elevate your career with poise and authenticity.

  1. Dissecting Brag’s Negative Perception
  2. Overcoming cultural, organizational, and personal barriers to effective self-promotion
  3. Mastering the art of elegant self-promotion, professionally and personally
  4. Identifying the optimal moments and contexts for self-promotion
  5. Navigating and mitigating “Bragging Bias”
  6. Delivering impromptu, impactful self-promotion (Bragging on the Fly)

As top talent rises within your organization, many high-performers struggle with imposter syndrome, doubting their place despite their accomplishments. This can limit both their potential and your company’s success.

This workshop will help you:

  1. Silence the inner critic.
  2. Amplify the voice of true leadership.
  3. Implement proven strategies to build Unstoppable Confidence.
  4. Cultivate a culture of artful self-promotion and achievement recognition.
  5. Leverage collective expertise to elevate your organization.

For women in the workplace, it takes practice, confidence, and courage to navigate the challenges of cultural bias. Many careers are stalled due to these barriers. Learn to change your trajectory by traversing this tightrope with political savvy and authenticity.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

  1. Accepting and Understanding The Tightrope Reality (and not taking it personally)
  2. Identifying Communication/Behavior do’s and don’ts
  3. Navigating Company Culture with Executive Presence
  4. Overcoming cultural bias

Here’s the hard truth. There’s nothing “soft” about soft skills. Many professionals struggle not due to a lack of technical expertise, but because of insufficient soft skills (emotional intelligence). In today’s politically charged environment, mastering these skills is more vital than ever. Based on Peggy’s best-seller, The Hard Truth About Soft Skills, this high-impact workshop equips you with strategies, tools, and insights to navigate workplace challenges and embrace critical soft skills.

Like all of Peggy’s programs, this too will be designed for your group’s needs. Here are just a few of the topics that can be included:

  1. Designing the Career You Want
  2. Building Your Brand
  3. Bragging Artfully
  4. Enhancing Executive Presence
  5. Conquering Imposter Syndrome
  6. Navigating Office Politics with Integrity
  7. Managing Up, Not Out
  8. Thriving in a Multigenerational Workplace
  9. Handling Critics with Confidence

Today, everybody’s got a brand, so yours must be readily identifiable and elicit a strong emotional response to differentiate you from your competitors.

Enhance your unique brand and learn how to market yourself and your business in ways that exponentially increase visibility to give you an edge in today’s market.

You’ll learn the secrets that successful people and companies have known for years; how to capture the hearts and minds of your audience.

  1. Assess your current brand
  2. Define and Elevate your Brand’s Essence
  3. Craft a Compelling Narrative to bring your brand to market
  4. Reassess and refine its effectiveness
  5. Live your Brand: turn promises into actions.

In this workshop, learn to set rock-solid boundaries and voice your needs with honesty and compassion. Whether you’re handling a disgruntled employee, a difficult boss, or an inconsiderate coworker, the way you react impacts you and your relationships. If speaking your truth (and standing up for yourself) leaves you stuck in fight or flight, this course has got your back.

In it, you’ll learn these life changing skills to:

  1. Tame your anxiety and reset expectation
  2. Level set your Emotional Temperature
  3. Craft your conversations with clarity, conviction and compassion
  4. Rehearse your response until it feels natural
  5. Own your role unapologetically
  6. Stay curious and Listen actively to connect

UNSTOPPABLE CONFIDENCE: EMPOWERING FEMALE LEADERS FOR SUCCESS

In today’s competitive business environment, confidence is an essential leadership attribute. Research consistently shows that women, regardless of career level, often display significantly lower confidence compared to their male counterparts, despite possessing equivalent qualifications and achievements. This confidence gap—shaped by socialization, cognitive biases, and systemic factors—poses a significant barrier to performance and career progression/advancement.

As organizations strive to succeed in an increasingly complex and dynamic marketplace, it is critical to unlock the full potential of the entire talent pool. This workshop directly addresses the confidence gap, equipping women with practical strategies to enhance self-assurance and, in turn, drive their professional growth and contributions to your organization’s success.

HERE’S WHAT YOU WILL LEARN DURING YOUR UNSTOPPABLE JOURNEY

1.  Understanding the Confidence Gap: Analyzing the psychological, social, and biological factors that impact women’s self-confidence and performance in the workplace.
 

2. Leveraging Your Strengths: Identifying, celebrating, and strategically utilizing your unique skills to cultivate enduring confidence and maximize professional capacity.

3. Overcoming Barriers to Success: Addressing common obstacles such as imposter syndrome, perfectionism, bias. and organizational practices that may inadvertently undermine women’s confidence.

4. Enhancing Executive Presence: Developing key strategies to project confidence, gravitas, and poise-under-pressure in high-stakes situations.

5. Strategic Confidence Development: Creating actionable 30-, 60-, and 90-day plans to build, measure, and sustain confidence at all levels of leadership.

6. Building Resilience in Leadership: Strengthening the mindset and capabilities needed to maintain resilience and lead with authority in times of adversity and challenge.

Meet Your Coach and Trainer

MASTERING THE ART OF EXECUTIVE
PRESENCE

The stage is yours.
The audience is waiting.
Now is your moment to motivate, inspire and capture hearts and minds.

It’s critical that you deliver your message with a captivating, entertaining style that transcends culture, gender and generations.

Mastering the Art of Executive Presence is a fun experiential workshop that empowers you to own the room whether you’re pitching a client, leading a meeting or presenting to your board. Participants will leave this workshop possessing the game-changing communication skills of dynamic storytelling through preparation and practice, and the ability to manage a difficult audience.

Don’t check your personality at the door. Exude executive presence wherever you go, in front of two or two thousand.

UNSTOPPABLE CONFIDENCE: EMPOWERING FEMALE LEADERS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS

In today’s competitive business landscape, confidence is a critical leadership trait. Research consistently shows that women across all career levels exhibit significantly lower confidence than their male counterparts, regardless of their qualifications or achievements. This confidence gap, influenced by socialization, cognitive patterns, and systemic factors, presents a serious challenge to performance and career advancement.

As we navigate the complexities of our present and future business environment, it’s imperative that we harness the full potential of our entire talent pool. This workshop addresses the confidence disparity head-on, providing actionable strategies to elevate women’s confidence and, by extension, their contributions to your organization.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN DURING YOUR UNSTOPPABLE JOURNEY?

1.  Understanding the Confidence Gap: Exploring the psychological, social, and biological factors influencing women’s self-assurance.
 

2. Owning Your Strengths: Identify, celebrate, and leverage your unique skills to build unshakable confidence.

3. Overcoming Obstacles: Break free from perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and gender biases that hinder your success.

4. Activating Confidence and Presence: Master strategies to exude executive presence and gravitas in high-stakes situations.

5. Mapping Your Confidence Journey: Set actionable 30-, 60-, and 90-day plans to build and sustain self-confidence.

6. Building Resilience for Leadership: Cultivate the mindset needed to stay resilient and lead with authority through challenging times.

Explore a Deeper Dive

MASTERING THE ART OF EXECUTIVE PRESENCE

The stage is yours.
The audience is waiting.
Now is your moment to motivate, inspire and capture hearts and minds.

It’s critical that you deliver your message with a captivating, entertaining style that transcends culture, gender and generations.

Mastering the Art of Executive Presence is a fun experiential workshop that empowers you to own the room whether you’re pitching a client, leading a meeting or presenting to your board. Participants will leave this workshop possessing the game-changing communication skills of dynamic storytelling through preparation and practice, and the ability to manage a difficult audience.

Don’t check your personality at the door. Exude executive presence wherever you go, in front of two or two thousand.

BRAG! THE ART OF TOOTING YOUR OWN HORN WITHOUT BLOWING IT

Talking about ourselves and our accomplishments can be uncomfortable, difficult, and embarrassing. Why can we celebrate the successes of others with excitement and pride while often neglecting to mention our own successes…much to our personal and professional detriment? 

But does it have to be this way? How can companies encourage “good bragging” for everyone as a way to reward talent, stay competitive and create a truly diverse workplace? How can professionals toot their own horns without sounding like a walking billboard?

It’s time to master the Art of Bragging… with confidence, consciousness and courage.

Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing it
is a 90 minute, half or full-day experiential workshop that levels the playing field by providing critical tools for an inclusive culture of good bragging.

We all have success stories to tell, we just need the skills to tell them.

 Good bragging is good business.

BRAG! THE ART OF TOOTING YOUR OWN HORN WITHOUT BLOWING IT

Talking about ourselves and our accomplishments can be uncomfortable, difficult, and embarrassing. Why can we celebrate the successes of others with excitement and pride while often neglecting to mention our own successes…much to our personal and professional detriment? 

But does it have to be this way? How can companies encourage “good bragging” for everyone as a way to reward talent, stay competitive and create a truly diverse workplace? How can professionals toot their own horns without sounding like a walking billboard?

It’s time to master the Art of Bragging… with confidence, consciousness and courage.

Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing it
is a 90 minute, half or full-day experiential workshop that levels the playing field by providing critical tools for an inclusive culture of good bragging.

We all have success stories to tell, we just need the skills to tell them.

 Good bragging is good business.

I’M SMART & SUCCESSFUL. SO WHY DO I FEEL LIKE AN IMPOSTER?

As your organization’s top talent ascends the corporate ladder, do they hear a nagging voice whispering, “How long until they realize I don’t belong here?” Despite their impressive credentials and achievements, many high-performers grapple with Imposter Syndrome, potentially hindering their full potential and your company’s success.

This workshop will empower you and your leadership team to:

  1. Recognize and address Imposter Syndrome throughout your organization
  2. Implement proven strategies to create unstoppable confidence in your top performers
  3. Transform self-doubt into a catalyst for growth and innovation
  4. Create a culture that celebrates achievements and fosters genuine self-assurance

By investing in this program, you’re not just silencing the inner critic – you’re amplifying the voice of true leadership within your ranks. Give your team the tools to own their expertise and elevate your organization.

BALANCING ON THE WORKPLACE
TIGHTROPE

For women in the workplace, it takes years of practice, confidence, agility and courage to navigate the narrow band of institutionalized communication and behavior. Too many careers have stalled or derailed because of cultural and gender bias. The world can no longer afford to lose the talent of so many women. Traverse the tightrope with Peggy through savviness and grace as she creates your balance bar.

I’M SMART & SUCCESSFUL. SO WHY DO I FEEL LIKE AN IMPOSTER?

As your organization’s top talent ascends the corporate ladder, do they hear a nagging voice whispering, “How long until they realize I don’t belong here?” Despite their impressive credentials and achievements, many high-performers grapple with Imposter Syndrome, potentially hindering their full potential and your company’s success.

This workshop will empower you and your leadership team to:

  1. Recognize and address Imposter Syndrome throughout your organization
  2. Implement proven strategies to create unstoppable confidence in your top performers
  3. Transform self-doubt into a catalyst for growth and innovation
  4. Create a culture that celebrates achievements and fosters genuine self-assurance

By investing in this program, you’re not just silencing the inner critic – you’re amplifying the voice of true leadership within your ranks. Give your team the tools to own their expertise and elevate your organization.

BALANCING ON THE WORKPLACE
TIGHTROPE

For women in the workplace, it takes years of practice, confidence, agility and courage to navigate the narrow band of institutionalized communication and behavior. Too many careers have stalled or derailed because of cultural and gender bias. The world can no longer afford to lose the talent of so many women. Traverse the tightrope with Peggy through savviness and grace as she creates your balance bar.

HARDCORE SOFT SKILLS

THERE IS NOTHING “SOFT”ABOUT SOFT SKILLS . Many professionals fail to succeed in their careers not because of a lack of HARD SKILLS (technical expertise), but because of a lack of SOFT SKILLS (social emotional intelligence). And, in our current politically charged environment, mastering soft skills is more critical now than ever before. Based on Peggy’s best-selling book, The Hard Truth About Soft Skills—Workplace Lessons Smart People Wish They’d Learn Sooner, this high-impact workshop will help you navigate your company’s hot spots and provide you with insights, strategies, tools and techniques for embracing these critical skills.

HARDCORE SOFT SKILLS

THERE IS NOTHING “SOFT”ABOUT SOFT SKILLS . Many professionals fail to succeed in their careers not because of a lack of HARD SKILLS (technical expertise), but because of a lack of SOFT SKILLS (social emotional intelligence). And, in our current politically charged environment, mastering soft skills is more critical now than ever before. Based on Peggy’s best-selling book, The Hard Truth About Soft Skills—Workplace Lessons Smart People Wish They’d Learn Sooner, this high-impact workshop will help you navigate your company’s hot spots and provide you with insights, strategies, tools and techniques for embracing these critical skills.

BRAND X to Y-O-U

Today, everybody’s got a brand, from corporate giants to social media influencers. Yours must be readily identifiable, elicit a strong, positive emotional response, and markedly different from your colleagues and competitors. Enhance your unique brand and learn how to market yourself and your business in ways that exponentially increase visibility to give you an edge in today’s market.

BRAND X to Y-O-U

Today, everybody’s got a brand, from corporate giants to social media influencers. Yours must be readily identifiable, elicit a strong, positive emotional response, and markedly different from your colleagues and competitors. Enhance your unique brand and learn how to market yourself and your business in ways that exponentially increase visibility to give you an edge in today’s market.

SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH:
BRAVERY THROUGH BOUNDARIES

This workshop is all about setting boundaries and expressing your needs with honesty and compassion. Whether you’re dealing with an angry coworker or an inconsiderate family member or friend, the way you approach and react to difficult situations will have a lasting impact on your relationships. What’s your go-to reaction? Is it fight or flight?
Peggy offers these essential coping skills:

  • Managing your anxiety and expectations
  • Writing your script
  • Rehearsing your response
  • Owning your part
  • Staying curious
  • Active listening
  • Knowing when to walk away

Bravery through boundaries: It’s about setting clear boundaries and sticking to them.

SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH:
BRAVERY THROUGH BOUNDARIES

This workshop is all about setting boundaries and expressing your needs with honesty and compassion. Whether you’re dealing with an angry coworker or an inconsiderate family member or friend, the way you approach and react to difficult situations will have a lasting impact on your relationships. What’s your go-to reaction? Is it fight or flight?
Peggy offers these essential coping skills:

  • Managing your anxiety and expectations
  • Writing your script
  • Rehearsing your response
  • Owning your part
  • Staying curious
  • Active listening
  • Knowing when to walk away

Bravery through boundaries: It’s about setting clear boundaries and sticking to them.

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"Simply put, Peggy is world class. Her keen insights and high energy combine to make her one of, if not the best executive coaches working today. Even the most senior executives walk away energized and ready to tackle their biggest challenges after Peggy’s workshops. She is an absolute treasure."
~ Lesley Grossblatt, CEO, the Boardlist
I can attest to the fact that even the most cynical of audiences will be entertained, engaged, and challenged during Peggy’s presentation.
~Patsy Doerr, Global Head, Thomson Reuters
I have never met a bigger personality packed in such a little body! You fill a room and dazzle folks in all ways.
~Leslie Bracksick, Co-Founder, My Next Season
Peggy, you were absolutely superb (no surprise there)! You really set the tone and put us all in a very inspired mood for the rest of the day.
~Lena Sakson, JP Morgan
I wish I could find at least one ‘Peggy Klaus’ for every Symposium. Each participant left armed with the ability and confidence to “brag” about her talents and accomplishments, and they RAVED about Peggy!
~Anne Hanyak, President, AZ Women's Leadership Forum