For Organizations
Develop Leaders Who Can Communicate Effectively
Your leaders know their work. I help them communicate that work with the clarity, confidence, and presence required to influence decisions and move the organization forward.
I provide public speaking training for leadership teams through interactive workshops, coaching, live practice, and longer-term executive communication programs. Leaders strengthen how they show up in presentations, meetings, executive updates, difficult conversations, and the everyday speaking moments that shape credibility.
You Have Probably Already Seen the Signs
Communication gaps do not always show up as a lack of knowledge. Often, the leader understands the work deeply but struggles to translate that expertise into a message other people can understand, support, and act on.
Complex Work Is Difficult to Follow
They understand every detail, but the message arrives dense, technical, or difficult for the audience to follow.
The Recommendation Is Missing
The room receives the data but is left to determine what it means and what should happen next.
The Main Point Arrives Too Late
The strongest part of the message comes after the audience has already spent its attention on background and context.
Strong Ideas Do Not Secure Resources
Requests for budget, headcount, support, or a decision stall because the case is not presented clearly.
Pushback Disrupts the Message
A difficult question or unexpected objection causes the leader to over-explain, retreat, or lose the point.
Communication Has Not Grown With the Role
High-potential and senior leaders are entering rooms with greater visibility, larger audiences, and more complex expectations.
Communication is a skill. With the right structure, practice, and feedback, it can be strengthened.
Public Speaking and Executive Communication Training for Leadership Teams
Strong workplace communication requires more than understanding a framework. Leaders need opportunities to say the words aloud, test their approach, respond to questions, and receive feedback before the next important moment arrives.
I design public speaking training for leadership teams around the communication situations participants need to navigate in their roles. Sessions can address message structure, executive presence, strategic storytelling, questions and pushback, concise communication, workplace influence, and the ability to translate complex information into a clear recommendation or next step.
Training can be delivered as a single interactive workshop, a customized series, or Practiced Presence™, a 12-month Executive Speaking Lab. Programs are available virtually, in person, or through a blended format and can be adapted for executives, senior leaders, high-potential cohorts, managers, technical experts, and cross-functional teams.
Public Speaking and Communication Development Designed for Real Work
You can bring me in for a single session, a customized development experience, or a longer-term cohort program. Each option can be tailored to your audience, goals, and context.
Practiced Presence™: An Executive Speaking Lab
A 12-month communication development experience for senior and high-potential leaders who need to communicate complex work, demonstrate executive presence, and influence decisions.
- Two-day in-person kickoff
- Monthly virtual practice labs
- Monthly group coaching
- Executive sponsor involvement
- Capstone presentation
- 10 to 12 leaders per cohort
Keynotes and Interactive Workshops
Engaging sessions that give leaders practical communication tools they can use immediately.
- Executive presence and credibility
- Everyday public speaking
- Strategic storytelling
- Influence without authority
- Communicating your value
- Strategic thinking
Leadership Development Programs and Support
Through Simply Training Solutions, I design, facilitate, and support leadership experiences that translate learning into workplace behavior.
- Program design and strategy
- Facilitation
- Leadership and executive coaching
- Instructional design
- Cohort learning
- Program delivery and evaluation
Built Around the Moments Where Work Moves Forward
I design communication development around the moments leaders actually need to navigate, with structured opportunities to apply what they are learning.
Leaders May Practice
- Executive updates
- Recommendations
- Resource requests
- Questions and pushback
- Cross-functional influence
- Difficult conversations
- Strategic storytelling
- Translating data to action
Designed for Leaders Across the Organization
I customize programs for leaders across levels, functions, industries, and cultures.
- Executives and senior leaders
- High-potential cohorts
- New and emerging leaders
- Managers and directors
- Technical and functional experts
- Senior individual contributors
- Cross-functional project leaders
- Women’s leadership programs
- Employee resource group leaders
- Global and multicultural teams
I partner with Learning and Development, Talent Management, Human Resources, organizational leaders, executive sponsors, conference planners, and consulting firms to align each experience with the organization’s goals.
Learning That Moves From Understanding to Action
My approach is grounded in adult learning, organizational leadership, human-centered design, and more than 15 years of designing and facilitating leadership development experiences.
Each experience helps leaders understand the strategy, see how it works, practice using it, receive feedback, and identify where they will apply it next.
Learn
Participants receive practical frameworks that make complex communication concepts easier to understand and remember.
Apply
Leaders connect the framework to a presentation, meeting, conversation, or challenge that reflects their responsibilities.
Practice
Participants say the words out loud, test their approach, and build experience using the skill before the next important moment.
Receive Feedback
Leaders receive direct, supportive, and actionable feedback on what is working and what to strengthen.
Continue the Work
Participants identify where they will apply the skill and receive tools or accountability that reinforce development.
Global Experience. Practical Development. Human-Centered Delivery.
I am a leadership development strategist, public speaking coach, facilitator, and founder of Simply Training Solutions.
For more than 15 years, I have designed and delivered leadership development programs for organizations across industries. My work sits at the intersection of leadership communication, influence, adult learning, and behavior change.
My facilitation style is warm, direct, practical, and highly interactive. I create an environment where participants feel supported enough to practice and challenged enough to grow.
I have traveled and delivered development training for leaders across the world and have a commitment to creating safe, culturally responsible and inclusive learning experiences for all participants.
What Organizational Partners Say
Isis MillerEvents Program Manager, Pinterest“Influence Without Authority was one of the most relevant and useful sessions at Women&. Summer Alexander brought confidence, authenticity, and real practical wisdom to the conversation, helping attendees think differently about how they build trust, influence outcomes, and lead without relying on title alone.”
“Summer was flexible, communicative and was able to bring a session that was truly perfect for our conference. Do yourself a favor and book her. You won’t regret it!”
Marisa TatumSenior Global DEI Manager, Teradata“The ‘Elevate Your Strategic Thinking’ session with Summer Alexander was an outstanding experience that addressed our specific challenges head-on. The session provided us with practical strategies to tackle these challenges effectively.”
“Since the session, we’ve observed significant positive impacts within our inclusion communities, including increased collaboration, a stronger sense of belonging, and more innovative solutions.”
Organizational Work Is Delivered Through Simply Training Solutions
I deliver my organizational learning and leadership development work through Simply Training Solutions, LLC.
Through STS, I work directly with organizations and serve as a subcontracting and program-support partner for consulting firms, prime contractors, and learning organizations.
Whether you need a facilitator to deliver an established program, a complete leadership development experience, coaching support for a cohort, or a communication program designed around a specific business need, I bring the structure, experience, and human-centered approach required to make the learning land.
- Leadership development program design
- Subcontracted facilitation
- Instructional design and curriculum development
- Leadership and executive coaching
- Cohort program delivery
- Application and accountability support
Planning an Organizational Engagement
Are programs available virtually and in person?
Yes. Programs, workshops, and coaching can be delivered virtually, in person, or through a blended format. I am based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area and work with organizations across the United States and globally.
Can a program be customized for our organization?
Yes. Engagements can be customized based on your audience, business goals, organizational context, available time, and the communication situations your leaders need to navigate.
Do participants have to share confidential workplace information?
No. Participants should never disclose confidential, proprietary, or sensitive information. Workplace scenarios can be anonymized or adapted, and realistic general scenarios can be used to develop the same communication skills.
What is the difference between Practiced Presence™ and a workshop?
Practiced Presence™ is a 12-month cohort experience designed to build communication capability through repeated practice, feedback, coaching, and accountability.
A keynote or workshop addresses a defined topic during a single engagement or shorter series. Workshops can be highly interactive and customized, but they do not include the same year-long practice and reinforcement structure.
Can you facilitate a leadership program we already have?
Yes. Through Simply Training Solutions, I provide subcontracted and direct facilitation, coaching, instructional design, and program-delivery support. I can deliver an established curriculum, support an existing program, or partner with your team to strengthen the learner experience.
Who should contact you about an organizational engagement?
I work with Learning and Development, Talent Management, Human Resources, executive sponsors, business leaders, conference planners, consulting firms, prime contractors, and other professionals responsible for developing leaders.
What does public speaking training for leadership teams include?
Each experience is customized around the audience, organizational goals, available time, and the communication situations leaders need to navigate. Training may include message structure, executive presence, concise communication, strategic storytelling, workplace influence, presentations, executive updates, questions and pushback, or communicating recommendations and requests. Sessions include opportunities to apply the strategies, practice aloud, and receive actionable feedback.
How do we get started?
Schedule a 30-minute discovery call. We will discuss your audience, goals, timeline, current challenges, and the type of support you are considering. After the conversation, you will receive a recommended next step based on your organization’s needs.
Develop Leaders Who Can Communicate at the Level Their Work Requires
Your leaders already have knowledge, expertise, and valuable ideas. Give them the structure, practice, and feedback they need to communicate those ideas clearly and move people toward action.