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Leadership & Executive

Your team is telling you more in meetings than they are saying out loud.

Some of the most expensive leadership mistakes come from missing what people did not say, like the disagreement nobody voiced, the buy-in that was never real, or the resistance that showed up three months later. This program teaches leaders to read their teams more accurately, build trust, and influence people whether or not they have the title.

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+10%Average EQ lift
$7,500Programs from
1 DayResponse time
Behavioral intelligence keynote for executive leadership
The Deliverables

What your team
walks away with.

Accurate room reads under pressure: group baselining, dissent detection, and the cues that reveal what a meeting is actually thinking
Executive presence on command: the specific nonverbal behaviors that project authority and trust, used deliberately instead of accidentally
Influence beyond the title: the trust, timing and presence that make people want to follow you, rather than simply going along
Resistance navigated without force: reading opposition early and moving it, without losing the room
Sharper one-on-ones: seeing what your people are not saying in reviews, negotiations, and hard conversations
Decisions on better data: the behavioral layer of information most leadership teams never learn to collect

After a single session with U.S. Army personnel, Chris received an Army decoration for exceptional civilian service. Senior officers were still referencing what they learned months later.

Inside the Training

What we cover,
and why it works.

01
Reading the room
Group dynamics broadcast constantly: who defers to whom, where dissent hides, when agreement is performance. Leaders learn to collect that layer of information in real time.
02
Deliberate executive presence
Presence is not something you either have or don't. We break down the posture, pacing and engagement behaviors that make people take a leader seriously, and practice them until they become habits.
03
Navigating resistance
Pushback usually shows up in someone's behavior before it shows up in their words. Leaders learn to notice it early and address it before people dig in, so they keep the team with them.
04
High-stakes conversations
Negotiations, board meetings, critical internal decisions: applying behavioral reads when the cost of misreading is highest.
05
What your people are not saying
One-on-ones, performance conversations, and change management: reading comfort, concealment, and commitment in the people you lead.
06
Live demonstration with your team
Chris demonstrates the science live with volunteers from your leadership group. Participants feel what it is like to be read, and never see meetings the same way again.
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The best presenter we have had for our troops in 20 years. Chris received an Army decoration for exceptional civilian service after his session. Our senior officers are still talking about him.
Paul J. Kassebaum
Lieutenant Colonel · US Army
★★★★★
+10%
Average EQ lift in post-training assessment
Let's Meet

Let's talk about
your leadership team.

Send over a few details and Chris will get back to you personally within one business day. It is a real conversation about whether this training is a good fit for your team, and if it isn't, he will tell you.

Chris Michael
You'll be meeting with Chris himself.He reads every request and replies personally.
What you get from the meeting
  • A real conversation about the conversations your team finds hardest, whether that's sales calls, negotiations, interviews or meetings
  • A couple of ideas your team can start using right away, whether or not you ever work with us
  • If it looks like a good fit, a clear plan and price for training within 48 hours
Rather reach out directly?
Email us directlyinfo@decodebehavior.co Call or text(804) 442-6132
Either way, Chris will reply within one business day with a few times to meet.
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