Lead with Words

The Present to Influence training teaches a framework for high-impact communication

Communicate with
clarity and confidence

More productive meetings

Less stress and wasted time

Greater buy-in and action

Unclear communication slows you down

Frustration from long and unfocused meetings

Disappointment from presentations that miss

Lack of confidence causes unshared ideas

Regret thinking, “I could’ve said that better”

You deserve to learn a framework that makes clear communication easy.
Mike & Michelle Gropp Co-Founders of Lead with Words, Creators of 'Present to Influence' training

We believe every department, every team deserves a culture of clear communication.
Mike & Michelle Gropp Co-Founders of Lead with Words, Creators of 'Present to Influence' e-learning

Meet Mike and Michelle

We’re an adventurous husband/wife team who care deeply about clear communication.

With 10+ years living and working in 8 countries – and speaking 5 languages – we saw firsthand how unclear communication holds people back, especially in fast-paced, international environments.

That’s why we founded Lead with Words in 2015: to help individuals and organizations communicate with clarity, confidence, and impact.

We began with in-person trainings in China. Today, our flagship course, Present to Influence, reaches thousands in 13+ countries.

From entry-level to executives, they now feel prepared and speak more effectively in meetings, presentations, and high-stakes conversations.

Trusted by leading companies

How Present to Influence works

Learn the “Prepare, Create, Deliver” framework

• Organize your thinking
• Structure persuasive, evidence-based messages
• Deliver with presence

Build self-awareness and confidence

• Develop content of a real presentation
• Practice and record your content 5x step-by-step
• End with a ready-to-go work product

For real-world communication

• Meetings
• Emails
• 1:1s
• Formal presentations
• Spontaneous moments

Repeatable results that stick

• Learn skills you’ll apply again and again!

What participants say

“This training was clear, practical, efficient and busted the myth that presentations are scary.”

Engineer

Airbus

“The framework was very, very useful and practical.”

Operations Manager

Johnson & Johnson

“A huge thank you - prior to this course I admit I didn’t put enough into the preparation and jumped straight into slide development - my presentation story now will be more clear, logical, persuasive, and end with action!”

Medical Affairs Team Leader

Johnson & Johnson

"The step-by-step approach and practice helped me achieve immediate progress. It's beneficial to our work."

R&D Engineer

Mercedes-Benz

“The Presentation Toolkit PDF is going in my ‘take everywhere career bag’ and for personal use forevermore.”

Account Manager

Co-operators Insurance

“A huge thank you - prior to this course I admit I didn’t prepare enough and just jumped straight into slide development - my presentation story now will be more clear, logical, persuasive, and end with action!”

Medical Affairs Therapeutic Area Lead

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

I loved the training. It brought me to the next level of leadership skills!

Strategic Marketing Director

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

My influencing skills are developing every day by applying these lessons. Presentations have always been one of my biggest strengths, but they have gotten even better because of this training!

Strategic Marketing Director

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

"I have been giving public presentations for over 25 years, addressing crowds up to 500 people in the past and I’m absolutely thrilled to have taken this training because it taught me a system that works. Well structured program with very valuable lessons, tips and strategies. Loved it!”

Sales

Co-operators Insurance

"I found it to be very beneficial. The separate Toolkit PDF is going in my ‘take everywhere career bag’ and for personal use forevermore."

Sales

Co-operators Insurance

"The content was well presented, clear and supported by concrete examples. I could easily identify my areas of improvement and make connections to my current work and past presentations."

Karine Bélanger

Performance Optimization at Co-operators Insurance

“The training was clear, practical, efficient, and busted the myth that presentations are scary.”

Jean-François Lafon

Engineer at Airbus

“I really liked the hands-on practical format - listening to videos, noting down key learnings, then putting what you have learned into practice. I liked how it was broken down into steps and then you practice each step. Watching yourself on video is very powerful to build self awareness as well as demonstrating your before/after delivery and improvement.”

Medical Affairs Lead

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

"I was pleasantly surprised by the great learnings I've had through this well-structured training. If you are on the same journey to increase your influence and productivity through clear and confident communication, I would recommend this course!"

Therapeutic Area Strategy Director

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

“I loved how the training combined theory and practical application. Mike and Michelle are both professional and humorous!”

Qiwei Cai

Regulatory Affairs Specialist at Elekta

“I liked that we separated every step of the development of a presentation: preparation, structure, body language, voice, and eye contact. This made it easy to concentrate and make improvements on each step separately.”

Sophie Ozouaki

Procurement Intelligence at Airbus

“My favorite thing about this training is that it involves lots of practice!”

Kyle Liu

Sales Engineer at Vanderlande

“The tools are very clear and the layout is so simple. They force you into making clear statements. You just understand the structure after you go through the tools. I will definitely use these tools again!”

Svetlana Borisenko

Assistant Front Services Manager at Rosewood Beijing Hotel

“The tools we received will help save me time when developing presentations in the future. I suggest that we can continue to hold this training every year!”

Lian Guangyu

Deputy Manager at China Petroleum Engineering

“What we learned is adaptable to any kind of communication."

Dora Yuan

Product Marketing Specialist at Elekta

“This training is beneficial to our work.”

Dianzhen Wu

Engineer at Daimler

“I like that I got to work on a real presentation I have coming up.”

Qun Zhao

Engineer at Airbus

“I liked that we learned a clear structure. The tools they provided make it easy to follow this structure. It’s an excellent training!”

Runfei Xu

Engineer at Daimler

This is the method to the madness!

Student, Master of Digital Product Management

Smith School of Business (Queen's University)

I have become more confident and now have a framework to approach presentations.

Student, Master of Digital Product Management

Smith School of Business (Queen's University)

I learned to strategically think through the presentation and understand the audience before starting. This makes it more seamless by planning how to communicate your message versus continually refining content that has not been thoughtfully created. This saves a lot of time.

Student, Master of Digital Product Management

Smith School of Business (Queen's University)

What business leaders say

"Thank you for the expert presentation training for our APAC management team! Both delivery and learnings exceeded our expectations."

Shelley Caratozzolo

Executive HR Director APAC at Vanderlande

"The feedback was tremendous. Diverse learners each took something different and valuable away. We were impressed with the capability build and ROI."

HR Leader

Johnson & Johnson

"My teams found the Present to Influence training a game-changer."

Gillian Castle

Associate VP of Group Sales at Co-operators

"Lead with Words is the best training company I have used for effective communication and presentation skills. I highly recommend them to other organizations."

Mengjuan Li

VP & Head of HR at Johnson & Johnson

"In our daily work environment, it's crucial to be able to deliver complex content in an understandable way, customized for the respective audience. We made a huge step in this direction from this training!”

Gerald Tropper

CFO at Daimler Trucks China

"The program has an excellent structure and very good tools to prepare presentations that influence. I know from experience that this training can benefit people from every background and provide skills for highly effective communication."

Kevin Rogers

President of Sales & Marketing at Elanders

"Our hotel management not only absorbed the secrets of what, why, and how, but also got lots of practice. We can now see the huge difference between the 'before' and 'after'. I highly recommend 'Present to Influence' to all organizations and leaders."

Nick Huang

HR Director at Rosewood Beijing Hotel

"We work in a multicultural environment, presenting our ideas to decision-makers from different backgrounds, which requires excellent presentation skills. This training was the perfect fit for our people, and everyone made significant progress.”