Professional Development Session with Laura Purcell Verdun

Join Women in Healthcare DC for an engaging professional development session hosted by Laura Purcell Verdun, focused on building the communication skills that help women lead with greater confidence, clarity, and authority.

Monday, November 2, 2026 | 5:30 PM

OFS Showroom | Washington, DC

About the Session

As women advance into positions of greater leadership and influence, the ability to communicate with confidence, clarity, and authority becomes just as important as technical expertise. Whether leading teams, collaborating across disciplines, presenting ideas, engaging with executive leadership, or navigating high-stakes conversations, effective communication is essential to professional success.

This 60-minute interactive session is designed to strengthen participants’ communication impact by enhancing executive presence, message clarity, and leadership communication skills.

Participants will learn practical, immediately applicable strategies to:

• Communicate with greater confidence, authority, and authenticity
• Ensure their expertise is heard, understood, and recognized
• Strengthen their executive presence and professional credibility
• Communicate more effectively with colleagues, teams, and executive leaders
• Navigate high-stakes and complex conversations with greater intention
• Increase their effectiveness as mentors, mentees, managers, and emerging leaders

The training is interactive, evidence-based, and focused on real-world application. Participants will leave with actionable techniques they can immediately incorporate into their professional communication and leadership approach.

What You Will Gain

Throughout the session, participants will be encouraged to adopt an audience-centered perspective and engage in intentional self-reflection by asking:

"What have I done well? What can I do better? And why?"

Through this process, each participant will identify opportunities for growth while exploring the foundational principles and nuanced communication behaviors that support authentic, credible, and authoritative leadership.

Participants will be introduced to three core leadership communication competencies:

• Executive Presence & Professional Credibility
  Build a confident, authentic leadership presence and strengthen the credibility you bring to every interaction.
• Clarity, Precision & Message Delivery
  Communicate ideas with greater focus and impact so your message is clear, compelling, and memorable.
• Leadership Language & Interpersonal Effectiveness
  Use intentional language and communication strategies to build influence, strengthen relationships, and lead more effectively.

Join us for an energizing evening of professional development, reflection, and practical tools designed to help you communicate with greater impact and advance your leadership presence!