Name: Storytelling & Presenting That Moves People (EMEA)
Start: 2026-03-24T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-24T13:00:00+00:00

EMEA

Storytelling & Presenting That Moves People

Clarity of leadership means little if your message fails to connect with others. This Community session helps turn insight into impact by practicing how you communicate ideas, direction, and value in moments that matter.

This Global Community session builds on March’s Rising Leaders focus on leadership brand and profile by creating space to practice how that clarity is communicated in real situations.

Rising Leaders and WeQual Executives come together for a facilitated, peer-led conversation on storytelling and presenting as leadership tools. The focus is not presentation polish, but communicating with intention, credibility, and impact. You’ll explore how leaders use story and structure to align others, build trust, and move decisions forward.

Through facilitated discussion and breakout conversations, you’ll test ideas, sense-check approaches, and gain fresh perspectives from peers and Executives with lived leadership experience. This is a safe, trusted environment to practice, reflect, and refine how your message lands with different audiences.

Open to all WeQual Executives and Rising Leaders. 

Takeaways:   

Strengthen clarity and confidence when presenting

Understand what makes messages resonate

Use storytelling to influence and align

Learn from peers and senior leaders’ experiences

Expand your global WeQual network

Emma Hicks

WeQual

SVP, Product & Learning

Emma is an experienced strategic leader specializing in professional development at
C-suite and senior management levels. With over 20 years’ experience across global sectors, she brings deep expertise in leadership education and a genuine passion for continuous professional growth.

A Fellow and Advisory Board Member of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), Emma also holds certifications from the Institute of Directors (IoD) and the Association for Talent Development (ATD) and previously served on the Education Committee of the European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa).

Before joining WeQual, Emma spent nearly a decade with the IoD, shaping the strategic direction of its global executive programs, including the prestigious Chartered Director qualification. She later joined HR technology company Connectr, first as interim COO and then as Chief Commercial Officer, leading its mission to build more inclusive leadership pipelines.

Earlier in her career, Emma held senior roles with Reed Learning, designing and delivering internationally recognized qualifications for more than 100 corporate and academic partners.

At WeQual, Emma leads the global membership and program function. Creating communities where senior leaders connect, reflect, and develop through shared experience. Her work aligns with her core purpose: Helping individuals achieve their career goals and enabling organizations to succeed through inclusive, effective leadership.

Outside of work, Emma has a young family — Joshua (10), Jasmine (7), and Monty the cockapoo (3) — who keep her active, grounded, and grateful.