Communicate.
Motivate.
Command.

I owe a large part of my success to Chris Morsley’s coaching and tutelage which helped shape and define my leadership style. Chris is my mentor and between his virtuosity and Julie’s expertise and professionalism, they forge a badass team that have built a global training and coaching practice that is clearly best in class.

Chris’s Executive Presence and Leadership Communication programs are outstanding.  His methods are unique and transformative.  He builds people into far more persuasive versions of themselves – not perfunctory presentation archetypes.  He helps to harness emotion and manage moods in others, which produces genuine human connection, with far greater impact and influence.  I’ve put a lot of people through courses with Chris and their most common feedback is ‘that was the best training I’ve had in my whole career’.

I’m very glad to report feedback that this training is a resounding success with all teams in all our territories and is a very worthwhile investment. Better than that, we continue to use the structured approach for great impact in voice mails, executive meetings and presentations. I have seen our weekly and monthly forecast conversations have a richer more customer relevant content. Highly business impactful. Thank you.

We are realising an incremental sales growth of 30% month on month through the teams trained by CMC Global.

The past weeks have been a phenomenal journey which I will value for the rest of my days.

It’s an incredible gift that you possess to create a watershed in the lives of nine unique individuals.

I have attended many many training programs in my time. A few of them have been good. This one blows them all away.

Chris is a master, everyone loves him and it would seem as though they can’t get enough of him. He cannot be compared to any other trainer. He is very special, his delivery is riveting to watch. Others pale in comparison.

The most confronting, yet rewarding training I have ever been involved with.  I would recommend CMCGlobal to anyone.

It was a great course and nice to be able to do it with people I felt comfortable with. Nice also to go home on a Friday night with a real sense of accomplishment, I had a giggle on the bus thinking about where we were on Thursday morning as opposed to where we ended up on Friday afternoon! We can definitely give ourselves a pat on the back I think.

Thank you for your time and patience in guiding us in improving our presence in a very sincere, humorous and enjoyable way.

Personally, I didn’t just feel that I benefited from knowing how to connect with people  better, but also got some personal coaching to be even more confident of who I am.

I walked out of this 3 day workshop feeling energized to take on the world with a different view of myself, no more excuses for an introvert. Nothing else has changed but me, my confidence and the realization that the heroic attributes I always admired in Derek Kidley was but me. That’s a shocker!!!!

I was initially apprehensive about what the 3-day course entailed, as it took giving up a lot of time and making up for lost time with night meetings and emails. Yet, now, as I reflect, I am so grateful that I did make the time.

I love how your practical/actionable tips made such a visible difference. I actually found the storytelling/engaging fun instead of stressfully trying to make sure I covered everything on the loaded slides. The listeners also warmed up and smiled/nodded when I spoke about some challenges they could relate to, it was so encouraging!

During this program I had the best “quality to time ratio” I’ve ever had in my life.

We have put our sales executives and most seasoned sales and engineering people through his program. The consistent feedback, and it never fails, is that it’s the best program they have experienced in their professional career.  Our Senior Vice President has made it a mandate that all our hi-potentials as well as our executives in the organization go through the program this year.

The impact and impression you made on me over the past few days has been exceptional.  I was even more impressed with your impact on the whole group. Your warmth, compassion and incredible skill were in full display.

I intend to use your technique and adjust. Additionally, I fully expect follow up engagements personally and have already reached out to two other leaders to encourage them to speak with you.

Chris managed to coax out more relationship-building emotion from these experienced partners than I’ve ever seen. I am sure this will stand them in good stead when they go to market in the years to come.

I consider myself fortunate to have been a part of your programs over the past decade. They have helped me mature and hone my ability to communicate, and be true to myself and those around me. So thank you.

I struggle to think of any training that has such a deep effect. We will take this with us for a long time to come.

Thank you for such a wonderful experience. I have been through many trainings in my career, but the few days I spent with you and the group far surpassed all other training sessions I have attended. I just wish I could afford to have you be my career coach full time.

Thank you again for your excellent delivery of the Executive Presence Program. I remember vividly what you taught us, especially my areas of improvement. I have already begun applying what you taught us first on Friday evening when I coached my Senior Manager…You, together with my personal story sharing, have made a difference to my life and will have an impact with the people who I interact with.

This is an excellent program and it is my most memorable course as well.

As the leader for the Webscale business at Cisco, I have the luxury of dealing with some of the World’s largest and most innovative technology companies. As a result of the pandemic, like many others we recently had to rapidly pivot our business model to an entirely virtual engagement with customers, employees and partners.

In response to this, we saw the need to build and maintain virtual customer relationships in a compelling way as not only a necessity, but also a potential source of competitive differentiation. With this in mind we engaged CMC Global to develop a programme that would increase the executive presence and relevance of our people in this ‘new normal’.

Chris and the team responded immediately and in a few short weeks the programme was created and executed with stunning results. Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive and we are now instituting it as a standard part of our employee onboarding process.

Presence, connection and the ability to inspire others to action are essential tools for leaders. Yet many otherwise effective leaders skew towards humility and find these tools of communication to be challenging.

With me, Chris tapped into something authentic and allowed these elements to emerge and express themselves, at first slowly, then fluently and unselfconsciously. He uses great experience, insight and empathy to enable a person to lead through personal and public communication. His work proved to me that presence, connection and inspiration don’t have to be innate (if they ever really were) They can be learnt and practised. It’s also a lot of fun

When you are in a very public role everything you do and say will have an impact. Every word and every expression counts. When you speak your brand either lives or dies. To be a strong leader in these circumstances you need to have an uncommon energy that drives you and keeps you going no matter what challenges you face. Chris helped me find my authentic voice and the confidence to stand up, not only for Twitter as brand but for what I believe in. His direct and articulate nature ensures we arrive at the right place for every important engagement.

As a speechwriter, Chris delivers every time.  My work life is extremely busy and a speechwriter who speaks my language is an important part of my public communication.  As an example: My speech for the opening of the first ANZ Private banking suite was not only accurate and engaging in content and language but it allowed me to perfectly articulate both the key issues and my passion.  My speech received praise from many people including our CEO. The CEO is a speaker of the highest calibre and as most people in the bank know, a word of praise from him holds more meaning than most detailed testimonials.

Chris is my trusted advisor in the area of executive communication and influence. He is the best in his field.

Just want to share with you the success we’ve had at this year’s Cisco Live Melbourne.  The content program achieved the HIGHEST feedback score ever.  In no small part to the years of great coaching you’ve provided to Cisco.

Chris has worked with individuals and groups of senior executives at Wesfarmers for more than 10 years. In that time he has been able to help leaders who were already competent communicators to raise their effectiveness.

He has helped leaders communicate with greater clarity and impact, to make what they say change how team members think and operate as a consequence. In addition, our leaders think differently about themselves and their role as leaders (that so much more can be accomplished, and greater performance achieved).

Chris has helped our leaders align teams behind clear goals and messaging that brings them to life. At an individual level I have seen leaders, who have been uncomfortable with communicating, step into their own authentic presence with Chris’ guidance. It is both practical and extremely powerful.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the process, it has allowed me to reflect on my strengths and weaknesses but more importantly to unearth my potential. I have gained a better understanding of myself. As a result of this coaching I can express myself with more clarity and get my message across in a much more succinct and powerful way. This has been invaluable.

The best coach I have ever had.

You taught me how to show up.

Chris has pinpoint accuracy for identifying the key drivers that hold people back from being successful in their face-to-face communications.  From there, he brings his creativity to bear to support people in driving through their constraints.  I engage Chris repeatedly with key executives and public spokespeople to raise them up to their full potential as communicators.

Chris is simply the best coach in his field in the country.

Just wanted to say, the testimonials drew me in, and I was not disappointed! Thank you so much for the energy and laser beam care you put in to each of our team members. I feel changed by what you have shown, so thank you. Also, I immediately put my learnings  into practice with some tricky internal customers this morning with immediate impact.

In short, you have given me the best professional training I have ever experienced.

Chris, Marius, it was one of the most impressive and effective coaching in my life! I never thought that coaching could be so comfortable, fun, interesting and most important – productive. I started to look around differently and I hope it will bring success to me and my company. And I will be very proud to be one of your success stories as well.

I applied your techniques and received great feedback that I improved tremendously, especially in engaging the audience over the past 2 days doing a roadshow in Manila speaking with the central bank and bankers association etc.

To share an example, at the meeting with the central bank, the layout was quite intimidating, u-shaped table formation with table mics between every pair. I decided to stand up and own the space (though i was so nervous and had to handle both a handheld mic and clicker!), used stories instead of reading what was on screen, and guess what? I could make a group of stern faced regulators laugh!

Thank you for making a difference in my life! I really appreciated the masterclass training. Whilst I still have a long way to go, your training really helped boost my confidence and I’m determined to keep working at developing a strong executive presence. I’m so excited about taking things up to the next level now.

The SPAR Storytelling formula has provided me with a great framework to structure engagements with my customers. Since the course, I have applied this method to all my customer meetings with great success;

• The formal structure enabled me to focus on hitting the key messaging to drive our relationship and the sales process forward;
• Particularly useful , I have found, by establishing a SPAR synopsis for my customer appointments, I was able to remain more “in the moment” with the customer during the meeting;
• I felt that the customers had a better experience and got more value out of the meeting than a standard “death-by-powerpoint” engagement – because we outlined the specific purpose and value for the get together;
• I actually feel more confident and personally enabled to deliver a high energy, high value and (importantly) persuasive presentations to customers; and
• I’m so impressed with the SPAR method, I have started outlining all my key customer engagements using this formula (Synopsis & 3 minute pitch).

Sorry if I sound like a sound bite from the TV shopping network, but I’m really stoked with this new approach to engagement and influence. :) I’m really looking forward to my next CMC Global course, I’ll be definitely writing this into my professional development plan!

Your storytelling sales method has made a massive difference in the way I work.  In fact I have even had customers and partners say that I make it really easy for them to understand and get the message as I paint a picture and tell a story which keeps them motivated and engaged in discussions. I consistently use story telling techniques to advance sales cycles and have customers engaged throughout.  I have noticed when attending speeches and talks that those leaders that are engaging and you feel you can relate to are the ones that can tell a story that you can imagine. What made the course even more credible and real was the fact that you are an actor by profession and not a leader in IT. Thank you for the course that you delivered and the effect that it has had on the way I work.

Thoroughly enjoyed the past 3 days with Chris Morsley in his interactive and engaging Executive Presence Masterclass.

At the start of the program we committed to trust him, and follow whatever he told us to do, regardless how odd it might seem at the time. We learnt the art of storytelling, then tried various unconventional activities depending on our individual needs, to practice how to express ourselves more effectively. It was the most “uncomfortable” course I’ve attended as it pushed me way out of my comfort zone, and there were times I wondered why we had to do certain things, but the blind faith paid off and amazingly resulted in visible improvements for each and every one of us!

It’s no wonder he’s been conducting such courses in PwC globally for over 20 years. Grateful and appreciative that #PwC invests in such top quality training for our people.

…I decided to stand up and own the space (though I was so nervous and had to handle both a handheld mic and clicker!), used stories instead of reading what was on screen, and guess what? I could make a group of stern faced regulators laugh!

For several years I have put my trust in CMCGlobal. They understand our firm and cultural goals. The training and executive coaching has had a clear impact.  As we grow to become a distinctive firm that is known for its exceptional client interactions CMCGlobal are an important part of that transformation. As we continue to reinforce our credibility as the best firm in which to work CMCGlobal has become an integral part of the development of our people and their people skills.

Fantastic! …simply the best coach in his field in the country and the best training we have ever received.

This coaching is proving to be a critical part of our success. In the recent annual performance reviews of the Cisco Services team every person said that the CMC coaching modules were the best thing they had done in the year. The services team members are becoming great communicators through the training and all the participants felt that they learned important life skills along the way. For the last 18 months and Chris has had a huge impact on my team in terms of helping to get a consistent message delivered with passion. I’d recommend him.

His work with my team is making a difference in many ways, even beyond executive communications.

This coaching and training has made a profound impact on my leaders and the broader team through the latest round of workshops CMCGlobal has been giving us. The engaging style, business focus and personal approach are second to none and drive very real personal development and business focused outcomes. I cannot recommend CMCGlobal enough.

This is the third time in ten years that I have been able to secure some coaching from Chris and his team for my team. Each and every time it has made a marked improvement to my delivery and so doing made me a more effective and successful seller. My career to date has been heavily influenced by Chris and following on from this last training I can only see more reasons to continue to invest my time and effort into mastering his technique.

I’m very glad to report feedback that this training is a resounding success with all teams in all our territories and is a very worthwhile investment. Better than that, we continue to use the structured approach for great impact in voice mails, executive meetings and presentations. I have seen our weekly and monthly forecast conversations have a richer more customer relevant content. Highly business impactful. Thank you.

I am writing this as a strong endorsement of the program Chris Morsley developed and continues to deliver for the Cisco Networkers & Live program over that past 10 years. CiscoLive is Cisco’s major industry, partner and customer conference focused on technical and architectural training, thought leadership and inspiring the networking and ICT community. Chris’ Speaker training program is central to this strategy.

I have participated in dozens of these workshops and am constantly amazed how through focusing on one or two key strengths, Chris can build a speakers confidence, and leave them with tangible areas to work on while preparing. Many engineers will start the program with a health degree of skepticism, but leave 100% on board. If they put in the effort and work, we know they will succeed in a very public and competitive environment. There are many instances of speakers turning up at the workshop with no experience in public speaking and highly anxious about the opportunity, working hard over the 2 months before the conference, and achieving the highest rating out of 100+ speakers at the event.

Chris has developed and facilitates a highly successful program that delivers visible and tangible results to Cisco in a very public conference environment. I am very happy to endorse Chris, his commitment and energy, and ultimately the results he delivers to the Cisco business.