Build boardroom-ready communicators inside your leadership development program
I help emerging leaders learn to communicate clearly, concisely, and confidently in high-stakes rooms, so your leadership programs deliver visible, promotable results.
They call them soft skills.
They’re actually very hard.
Your leadership program is a bet on your company’s future leaders.
You're investing in the people you believe can take on more, lead bigger teams, influence senior stakeholders, and represent the business at a higher level.
That means participants need to come back to the business noticeably better.
Better at explaining complex ideas.
Better at presenting recommendations.
Better at leading meetings.
Better at communicating up, and showing the judgment, clarity, and confidence that executives expect.
Most professionals have been told to "be concise," "tell a better story," or "show more executive presence." They're rarely taught what that actually looks like in practice.
I teach rising leaders how to organize their thinking, sharpen their message, build clearer presentations, and deliver ideas in a way senior audiences can quickly understand, trust, and act on.
Ways to work with me
Masterclasses
A high-energy way to kick off a cohort. In two hours, I teach the fundamentals of executive-level storytelling and data-driven presenting, the foundation every leadership program needs before the harder skill-building begins.
Workshops
The centerpiece for programs that want more than a lecture. These half- and full-day sessions put participants' real presentations under a microscope, so they leave with feedback in hand and a plan for their next high-stakes room.
Ongoing Support
The reinforcement that makes a program stick. From monthly lunch and learns to 1:1 coaching before a key presentation, I help you extend the skill-building past the workshop, so it shows up in participants' work months later, not just in the room.
Hi, I’m Libby!
The rare combination: practitioner and teacherI’m Libby Magliolo, an executive presentation skills trainer and professor of Business Presentation Techniques at SMU’s Cox School of Business. I teach rising leaders how to structure, design, and deliver clear, concise presentations for senior audiences.
Most trainers are strong in one lane or the other: they know the corporate world, or they know how to teach. I've spent my career doing both, so the frameworks I bring into your program are ones I've actually used in rooms exactly like the ones your participants are walking into.
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“PowerPoint presentations are simple, right? That’s what I used to think. Libby has enlightened me to SO MANY different tips and tricks to make the presentation more effective, engaging, and memorable.”
Chad Holmes
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“Libby is fun, engaging, and understands how to make sure everyone gets it. I’ve been fortunate enough to attend a few of her training sessions, and even with a public speaking background, I learn something new every time!”
Tania Kadar
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“Libby’s knowledge and expertise in storytelling took my career to another level. She is extremely engaging and provides fun, current examples and exercises to teach interactively.”
Caleigh T.
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“The tools Libby provides throughout these training sessions will elevate your presentations to the next level! Her tips simplify the process, and I can’t wait to incorporate them into my next slide deck.”
Juan Ortega
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“We hired Build Better Slides to teach data-driven storytelling to our sales team. This was one of the most popular sessions we hosted during our event, and we received feedback that this was one of their favorite trainings ever!”
Kayla Thompson
