What changes during a media training session

Workshop with Mangold Consultancy

Before every training session, I send clients a short questionnaire to understand their specific goals and anxieties.

One question I always ask: “What are you most nervous about?”

The answers are remarkably consistent.

  • “I overcomplicate things when I’m under pressure.”
  • “I’m worried I won’t be able to answer a question.”
  • “I worry I’ll sound robotic if I stick to the key messages.”

What’s interesting is that by the end of the session, almost none of them are still worried about those things.

Not because we’ve eliminated the nerves.

But because they’ve seen themselves do it.

And that changes everything.

If you want to move past the nerves and find out what you are truly capable of in front of a camera, we can help. Discover how our tailored media training sessions can build your confidence and clarity.

Media training insights from senior leadership teams

What do you believe are your areas of weakness?

I’ve spent the morning preparing for a media training session.

Every person we train is asked to complete a pre-training questionnaire, which means that we create content that is focused solely on them – addressing what they believe are their strengths, weaknesses, hopes and fears.

It is a fascinating insight into the minds of CEOs and Senior Leadership Teams and arguably the most important part of the jigsaw puzzle to anticipate how the training session is going to run…

To the question ‘what do you believe are your areas of weakness?’
We tend to get a version of the following: not being able to answer all the questions, handling difficult questions, speaking too quickly etc

But today I’ve just read the answer ‘that I am a bit woo’

This is both a unique and brilliantly intriguing answer, and I am now seriously looking forward to the training!