Executive Theatre
C-Suite Performances for Organizational Transformation
Watch C-suite leaders stage what everyone sees but no one says. When teams witness executives perform organizational challenges through theatre, it builds psychological safety and deepens trust—yielding higher retention, accelerated innovation, and measurably stronger performance.
What This Programme Is
Executive Theatre builds leadership capacity through the creation and performance of original theatrical work. C-suite leaders collaboratively develop scripts addressing real organizational challenges, embody characters, and perform for organizational audiences. This journey transforms executives into vulnerable, authentic leaders who model psychological safety and demonstrate that leadership strength includes emotional availability. Drawing on Amy Edmondson's research on psychological safety and Brené Brown's work on vulnerability, this program uses theatre as a platform for leaders to explore emotions and perspectives through embodied learning that challenges traditional hierarchical dynamics.
Who This Is For
C-suite executives seeking to model authentic leadership
Senior leaders wanting to humanize power dynamics
Executive teams addressing inclusion, equity, and ethics
Leaders needing to create psychological safety in their organizations
Those willing to embrace vulnerability as leadership strength
What You'll Develop
Core Capabilities:
Emotional self-awareness and how feelings affect performance
Empathy: sensing others' feelings and perspectives
Influence: positive impact through persuasion and support-gaining
Authentic communication free from performance and pretense
Courage to embrace vulnerability in leadership
Format
Highly experiential with collaborative script creation, character development, rehearsal using Stanislavski/Boal/Grotowski methodologies, and culminating in a 10 to 15-minute performance for a co-worker’s meeting, like a townhall, followed by a post-performance dialogue using Forum Theatre techniques
Key Competencies:
Self-awareness (emotional self-awareness)
Self-regulation (managing emotional impulses productively)
Social awareness (empathy, organizational awareness)
Relationship management (influence, coaching, teamwork)
