The skills that build your Connection Economy start here.

These aren't soft skills. They are power skills: the communication, presence, and storytelling abilities that determine whether your people lead, connect, and perform at their highest level. Sharon has been building them in organizations around the world for two decades.

  • In-person, virtual & hybrid programs

  • Every program customized to your team’s specific goals

  • Executive Coaching with measurable results


“Professional development is the new pension.”

Sharon Delaney McCloud facilitates presentation training

Corporate Training & Professional Development

A woman in a red blazer is giving a presentation to a group of adults sitting at tables in a modern conference room. Two projection screens display the words 'Amplify Your Voice to Increase Your Impact.' The audience is attentively listening, some taking notes, with drinks and notebooks on the tables. The room is bright with a large window on one side.

The strongest organizations are built on people who know how to connect, communicate, and lead.

Retention is the defining challenge of the modern workplace. Conventional perks like flexible hours, gym memberships, and onsite cafeterias no longer build the loyalty that keeps top talent in their seats. What does? Investment. Specifically, the investment you make in your people's ability to lead, communicate and show up fully for each other.

According to the Association for Talent Development, companies that offer comprehensive training programs have 218% higher income per employee than companies without formalized training and significantly higher loyalty and engagement scores.

The Connection Economy runs on human capital. When your people know how to tell a powerful story, command a room, navigate a media moment, or lead with presence, they don't just perform better individually. They make everyone around them better. That's the compound return of investing in power skills.


Take a look at the Workshop Programs below and let’s connect.

  • Presentation & Speaker Coaching

    Invest in the art of communicating with confidence from the boardroom to the stage.
    Mastering public speaking can be daunting for emerging leaders and seasoned executives alike. But the ability to communicate with confidence and impact is one of the most powerful investments anyone in your organization can make in their Connection Economy. In this individual or group workshop, participants learn message development and performance techniques they put into practice immediately. They’ll leave with skills that compound with every conversation, presentation, and meeting they lead.

  • Media Training

    Control your story before someone else does.

    In the Connection Economy, your public story is one of your most valuable assets and many leaders often leave it unmanaged. Successfully navigating the media is no different from succeeding in any other part of your business: it requires planning, strategy, and deliberate practice. Whether your team is preparing for interviews with a local television station, a podcast, or national media, Sharon brings two decades of Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalism experience to help them walk into any media moment with confidence and control.

  • Workplace Communications

    Culture is a Connection Economy asset and it's built one conversation at a time. This workshop is where that starts.
    For any organization to thrive in the Connection Economy, effective communication must be at the heart of team building, customer service, conflict management, and every other interaction that matters. Honing the art of diplomacy, clarity, and mutual respect in the workforce strengthens culture from the inside out. In today's hybrid and remote environments, these skills matter even more — as so much is lost when connection happens through a screen rather than across a table. In this interactive workshop, participants learn best practices for in-person and remote teams that improve every interaction internally and externally.

  • Executive Presence Workshops

    Presence is the first investment in the Connection Economy. Before you can connect with anyone, they have to feel you in the room.
    Executive presence skills rank 2nd in the top 20 leadership traits that make a difference in a career and they're the most underdeveloped at every level of the organization. In the Connection Economy, how your leaders show up is as important as what they know. In this high-energy, interactive workshop, participants learn the three key elements to build executive presence: the ability to align mindshare, command a room, and lead with the kind of confidence that moves organizations forward.

  • Virtual Meetings Best Practices

    The camera is just a different stage. The Connection Economy investment is the same: full presence, no excuses.

    Virtual meetings, presentations, and interviews are a permanent feature of the modern workplace and many professionals are still showing up underprepared. In the Connection Economy, the quality of your virtual presence is a direct reflection of how much you value the people on the other side of the screen. With 25+ years of Emmy Award-winning broadcast experience, Sharon is the definitive guide to virtual communication that builds trust, commands attention, and delivers real results from the technical setup to the on-camera performance.

  • Get LinkedIn or Left Out

    LinkedIn isn't a job board. It's the public face of your Connection Economy investment portfolio. This workshop is how you make it earn.

    With more than a billion users worldwide, LinkedIn is the most powerful Connection Economy platform in the professional world; and most people are barely scratching the surface of what it can do. In the Connection Economy, your LinkedIn presence is a public declaration of the value you bring and the relationships you're willing to invest in. During this hands-on, laptop-required workshop, participants learn the 12 steps to becoming a LinkedIn All-Star and leave with a polished, purposeful profile they're proud to share.

A Few Recent Clients

UNC Health

Cisco

Lenovo

City of Raleigh

AENC

Delta Dental

WillowTree

Cotton Incorporated

NC Medical Society

ACOG

Financial Services Institute

UNC School of Government

Nemak

NC SHRM

Delta Air Lines

AmeriCorps

SPX Flow

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eloghomes.com

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NC DHHS

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UNC Health • Cisco • Lenovo • City of Raleigh • AENC • Delta Dental • WillowTree • Cotton Incorporated • NC Medical Society • ACOG • Financial Services Institute • UNC School of Government • Nemak • NC SHRM • Delta Air Lines • AmeriCorps • SPX Flow . eloghomes.com . NC DHHS .

  • Sharon has an amazing ability to make you feel comfortable, make you laugh, and teach you at the same time. She's an absolute expert who balances storytelling, tactics, and humor - you can't help but hang on her every word.

    ~ Melissa Barker, Women Entrepreneurs Inc.

  • Working alongside you and our teams on professional development has been a truly rewarding experience, Sharon. Your expertise and advice on communication strategies, professional behavior, and fostering team unity have been invaluable.

    Kim Kitchings, Senior Vice President Consumer Marketing, Cotton Incorporated

  • "The most impactful exercise was the Circle of Influence. Our cohort was able to be deliberately vulnerable with each other in ways I never expected would happen in a corporate environment, and I'm very thankful Sharon created the space for us to be able to do that."

    ~ Cisco Engineer

  • “On behalf of the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS, thank you for being our guest speaker at the Presentation Training Seminar. The event was a huge success and weʼre certain our members walked away with valuable information. Thank you for your time and we look forward to working with you again in the future.”

    ~ Betsy Ramsey, Member Services Director, Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors

  • "Our media training with Sharon was the highlight of my summer. I left feeling more confident with specifics to practice. I really appreciated that you demystified so many things and provided useful feedback."

    ~ Emily Wallace, Thrivner

  • "I feel like I learned more about communicating in a couple of hours than I have in my entire career."

    Brent Lamm, CIO, UNC Health

  • Sharon was a great presenter! This was very informative and interactive. I learned a lot about the art of communicating effectively and applying what I learned here today.

    NC Medical Society’s Future Healthcare Leaders Academy

  • This was the most delightful, engaging session I have attended virtually thus far at LeChase. Thanks!

    Tesa S., LeChase Construction

  • Sharon is an amazing speaker, and I was totally engaged in everything she had to say. It was a privilege to be able to listen to her twice at this conference and I look forward to attending more conferences that she would be speaking at.

    Erin L., Horizon Family Medicine

NOT SEEING EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED?

Every organization's Connection Economy is different. Sharon builds programs to match yours.

Sharon has spent two decades designing custom training programs for organizations ranging from Fortune 100 technology companies to healthcare systems to university graduate programs. If your team's challenge doesn't fit neatly into a single workshop, Sharon builds something that does, drawing from the full Connection Economy framework to create a program that's as specific to your people as the challenges they face every day.

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Discovery conversation
We learn your goals, team
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Custom program design
Built specifically for your people
and outcomes

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Delivery & follow through
In-person, virtual or multi-session
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Words Matter

Communication has the power to start a war or say I love you. Invest in yourself and your team so you can move hearts and minds to transform how you work together.

How can I help?

Let’s work together to create a custom program that helps you and your team connect better, work more efficiently and produce the results that you’re looking for today.