There are several ways to request The EP Training in your area, and most can result in travel and lodging cost savings.

• Suggest an onsite Executive Presence Training to your employer and HR department: Learn about onsite trainings.
• Host a Training in Your Area (Free Seat to Host) – With a maximum of 15 participants, the more who attend, the lower the per participant price. 
• Crowdsource a leadership workshop in your area: Pre-established groups (like a networking group, faith group, or club) can easily pool the social media contacts of all participants’ for explosive fundraising! 2-Day: 19,500 ($1233 per seat); 3-Day $23,500 ($1633 per seat) + crowdsourcing platform fees. Visit Cream of the Crop Leader’s crowdsourcing program. 
• Sponsors: You may find potential donors to gift an entire leadership workshop in your area. This works especially well if your group has a theme that might appeal to a sponsor (women, youth, veterans, etc.). See our .

From time to time, we offer public workshops. This means that people can purchase a single seat.

Due to limited seats in these leadership workshops, full payment must be received before your space is considered reserved.   We fill seats on a first fully paid-first reserved system.

Reserve your seat now by viewing the above locations and clicking on “Register”.  You’ll be glad you did.

• Obtain employee reimbursement. Many employers will reimburse, since this training benefits employees from all industries. Share our Employer Reimbursement page with your employer.
• Host a Workshop in Your Area:  You attend for free, and your local co-participants save on travel costs. Plus, we handle all the fussy details.  See our Host a Workshop page.
• Crowdsource the fees for your seat through Cream of the Crop Leader’s crowdsourcing platform.
• Financial Sponsors: You may find potential donors to gift your seat (or an entire workshop). See our Sponsor page for lots of great ideas.

Parking:

• Parking is typically included when our venue is held at a hotel (see registration page – varies by location)
• When parking is not included, a good resource for locating nearby parking lots is the “Explore this Area…Search Nearby” function of Google Maps.

Public Transportation: Using public transportation is a great way to lower your carbon footprint. A good resource for locating public transportation options is the “Explore this Area…Search Nearby” function of Google Maps.

Complimentary lunch and morning coffee are provided for the Public Executive Presence Trainings as follows:

• Fresh brewed morning coffee, daily
• Delicious and healthy individually boxed lunches, daily (special diet requirements noted on the registration form are honored as much as possible)

Break Times:  Lunch breaks are usually an hour and typically start sometime around 1:00 pm. During these enjoyable working lunches, you will be paired with co-participants.

Please inform your workplace that you will not be available to attend to business matters (except in the case of emergency) during the lunch hour during this leadership workshop.

Host a Workshop:  Participants of Host a Workshops arrange lunch on their own; we’ll share some ideas.

Due to limited availability (only a few seats per Executive Presence Workshop) seats are reserved on a first fully paid – first reserved basis; we do not accept partial payment.  Please view our Cancellation Policy FAQ and reserve your seat now.

Our online registration form will allows one person to register multiple participants.

Multiple Participant Discounts:  

• Multiple Employee/Friends discount: Each colleague or friend receives a discount when attending the same session – or registering on the same day for different sessions
• Government-Nonprofit (NGO) employees and Veterans: We provide a discount for each employees of nonprofit agencies (NGOs), government employees – and for each of our Veterans.
• Also:  Early Registration Discount: Reserve 4 months prior and receive a discount off each seat. Tell your associates.

DISCOUNT CODES are given at checkout. 

Good question:  Both Public workshop participants and Onsite workshop representatives will:

• have the opportunity to print a confirmation sheet at the end of the registration process
• receive a confirmation email

The Public Executive Presence Leadership Workshop is 7.5 hours long daily (scheduled from 9:30 am – 5:00 pm or similar; please confirm this with the event information listed on this page). On the first day, it’s important that you arrive at 30 minutes early pick up your registration packet and get settled. We typically start all sessions promptly and all of our training sessions build on previously learned information. Therefore, late arrivals will miss crucial exercises.

Sometimes we have a special hotel rate for our Public Executive Presence Workshop participants.  If so, this will be noted in the event details just above the “Register” button. Just call the hotel directly and mention our special rate.

Although we do not offer or assist with booking lodging, a good resource for locating nearby hotels is the “Explore this Area…Search Nearby” function of Google Maps.

• SHRM: We’re a proud SHRM Preferred Provider of Recertification Units.  More information about SHRM Recertification Credits for our courses and services may be found here.

• HRCI: We’re a proud HRCI Preferred Provider.  More information about HRCI Recertification units for our Public Executive Presence Workshop, onsite Executive Presence Workshops, and HRCI credits for other trainings and services may be found here.
• Nurses and (State licensing board dependent) Pharmacists, Physical Therapists, Social Workers:  The Executive Presence Training was approved by the Western Multi-State Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.  Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Utah Nurses Associations are members of the Western Multi-State Division of the American Nurses Association.

Please view our CEU page.

Yes. Every one of COTC’s services and trainings can be tailored to the specific needs of your organization and delivered on-site at the location of your choice. Visit our onsite Executive Presence Training or Other Essential Services pages.

• Training fees are non-refundable; this is due to the limited number of seats offered and special issues involved in public workshop coordination. If a registered participant fails to attend a training without prior notice, no refund of the training fee will be given.
• If a registered participant cancels the booking at least 7 days prior to the start date of the training they are scheduled to attend, this participant has a one-time opportunity to send an alternate participant in one’s place. In this case, COTC must receive and approve a fully completed registration form from the alternate participant before this seat is considered transferred to the alternate. No refunds are given to either party if the alternate fails to attend.
• Please remember that full payment must be received before an enrollee’s space is considered reserved.
• Cancellation of leadership workshops: Though we rarely will, COTC reserves the right to cancel Public Executive Presence Trainings or Host a Training events without liability up to 14 days prior to the start date.