Empowering talented professionals to shine in the spotlight.
ABOUT
Wouldn’t we all like to be Calm & Ready?
When opportunity presents?
When all eyes turn to us?
When our credibility hangs in the balance?
When our expertise is being questioned?
These days we can’t afford to risk experimenting in the spotlight, with TIPS and TRICKS that 'might' work.
We need to enter the Meeting, Boardroom, video conference or auditorium, with a uniquely curated set of tools and techniques that we ‘already know’ will work best for us - regardless of high stakes, uncertainty, or who might be watching on.
Our programs are designed to evolve your unique communication style, regardless of your leadership level, or starting point.
We consistently deliver significant, measurable, rapid and lasting improvements to participants’ ability to carry themselves as confident experts, in moments that matter.
PEOPLE
ZAC GUBEREK - FOUNDER
Zac consults to ASX 50 and NYSE listed companies, business leaders, entrepreneurs and not-for-profits.
He's an experienced television director who now trains CEOs, leaders and professionals, in how to perform at their best, when they’re under pressure and in the spotlight.
Zac's specific focus is on mindset, performance and strategy.
For over 20 years, Zac has directed world class performers and everyday people, in television commercials and videos, and has been responsible for corporate storytelling - for some of Australia's most well known, local and international brands.
ZAC’S WORK HAS BEEN PROFILED BY:
Zac directed Seinfeld's Jason Alexander, in catch.com.au's first ever television brand campaign.
Zac directed former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, in a National Advertising campaign for Heartkids - their most successful television campaign in history.
CLIENTS
Through your participation in CALM & READY’s programs, you join a community of forward-thinking individuals and organisations, that have hired Zac Guberek to help them get clear on WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY and HOW THEY WANT TO SAY IT.
When it comes to shining in the spotlight, there’s a fine line between anxiety & joy and between forgettable & remarkable.
Calm & Ready’s 1:1 sessions and workshops will empower you to more effortlessly carry yourself in a way you can be proud of, in a wide range of professional settings.
Our approach was conceived in the pressure cooker environment of TV production, where success hinges on the ability of those in the spotlight, to perform at their best - when the stakes are high and the clock’s ticking.
Our methodology has been tried and tested, has survived the heat of battle and can now be learned by you.
Our programs help individuals and teams to get clarity on :
What they want to say.
How they want to say it.
What they need to do, to get there.
PROGRAMS
"Zac has that rare ability to be able to pinpoint those disempowering habits, that most people wonʼt detect, but that left unchecked, take the biggest toll on our ability to present ourselves and our ideas, with confidence and authority".
Sarah Cabret
Practice & Marketing Manager
MYOB
“Zac really stands out in the crowded world of professional development, because he’ll never flinch from challenging our fears, or points of resistance, yet he always has genuine compassion and good humour. I can’t recommend him highly enough".
Fiona Simon
CEO
Australian Hydrogen Council
Communicating with Confidence, Authority and Expertise
…even when you’re not ‘feeling it’.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
It can take years to achieve expertise in our chosen field.
But it's no guarantee we're going to actually look, sound and feel like an expert, the moment all eyes turn to us.
Whilst there are countless communication tools and techniques that work, finding those that will work best for ‘us’, can be a challenge - and it's the very challenge this program sets out to solve.
This 'flagship' foundational program helps leaders, changemakers and professionals, to pinpoint the very subtle things that they do, that they don't know that they do, but that cost them the most, when they step into the spotlight and put their credibility on the line.
“Working with Zac has been a game changer. My communicating changed and as a result, my life changed. Working with Zac flicked a switch, where I accepted that my story and expertise are deeply valued, turning off any second guessing.
Zac’s like a friend you haven’t met yet and he was able to put me at ease immediately. He helped me to unlock an ability within myself, to communicate with authority and gravitas, in a way that felt authentic and comfortable, and I also came to more fully appreciate why that’s so important.
Before working with Zac I was tentative and restricted in sharing my life experiences. Now I’m assured, grounded and liberated to lead conversations with Australia’s most influential leaders, scholars and government policy makers, at the highest level”.
Bernadette Black AM
Founder & Former CEO - Brave Foundation
Australian of the Year - 2019 - Tasmania
“Zac’s been our go-to person for our business leaders and managers nationally, when it comes to presenting ourselves more confidently in the spotlight, both internally and externally.
Whether it’s a multi-million dollar pitch, or a high stakes presentation, the goodies in Zac’s toolkit have helped us to speak far more calmly and confidently about what we do best, leading us to make more meaningful connections and more effortlessly win new business“.
Lauren Christiansen
GM - Partnerships & Distribution
Employers Mutual Limited
Refine your message to Engage, Persuade & Influence
...your audience.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Today's audiences are drowning in a daily flood of information, that rarely quenches their thirst for wisdom.
When they do show up, they're distracted, skeptical and there's somewhere else they really need to be.
That's when we hit them with an information firehose, usually because of our neediness, for 'them' to understand 'us'.
In doing so, we completely miss a crucial opportunity to earn their attention, by simply being that one individual amongst the sea of experts, that finally makes 'them' feel truly understood.
This program draws on proven techniques that the advertising industry employs, to more effortlessly:
earn attention
generate engagement
capture imagination, and,
very quickly change what others think, do, or understand.
"Whether it's helping introverts to find their voice, or helping extroverts hone their message, Zac is able to help anyone to amplify their strengths, and in doing so, actually makes them better at whatever it is they do".
Regan Engelhardt
Director - HR - People and Performance
Nexvet Biopharma
“I’ve completed a number of programs focusing on presenting, public speaking and presence and I found my sessions with Zac both more enjoyable and far more valuable than anything else I’ve done to date. I particularly valued the simple but powerful techniques I took away, that had an immediate and lasting impact".
Grant Wright
Director - AI Platform Services
SEEK Ltd
Leading & Achieving Buy-in, in the face of Criticism, Resistance & Pushback
Build support for your projects, ideas and strategies by gently disarming your by critics' firepower.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
What’s obvious to an expert, can still sound completely illogical to everyone else.
So as our expertise deepens, we're increasingly required to defend our points of view, at every turn.
In doing so, the logic and rationality we enter the room with, is no longer enough - as it's very quickly turned on its head by those with half the story, but twice the conviction.
With our carefully thought out perspective so effortlessly dismantled, it's hard to know where to begin, in getting our critics to appreciate the merits of our perspective.
This is when we usually find ourselves either becoming defensive or disconnecting. In doing so we betray our true expertise - appearing to have arrived with a problem, rather than the solution.
"Zac’s solutions for managing my nerves, difficult stakeholders and most importantly, my own self-doubts, are not just tricks that I recall and perform; they are ingrained in my everyday behaviours. And it is these behaviours that others refer to, when they talk about my strengths and career potential. I could not recommend Zac more highly".
Jenna Polson
Regulatory Affairs Manager
ERM Power
"When my career began to take off, I needed to quickly build my confidence in presenting to both large and small groups, because that was what terrified me the most. Thanks Zac! For being the ultimate professional, encouraging me to explore new and effective strategies and being supportive from beginning to end".
David Paroissien
Manager
PwC
How to Present like you do it for a Living
…on camera, on stage, or via video conference.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
If that confident, charismatic version of ourselves showed up predictably, whenever we stepped into the spotlight, we’d likely step into it a lot more often.
In fact, we’d probably put our hand up for all sorts of opportunities, a lot more often.
Unfortunately, the reality for many is that even the thought of presenting can trigger panic, anxiety, nervousness, fear or stress.
For the rest of us, confidence isn't an issue, but, in spite of our best intentions, something just feels like it's lacking and we can’t quite figure out why.
This program equips participants with the ability to step into the spotlight and present their ideas in a way that looks, sounds and feels more empowered, authentic and engaging.
Best of all, it provides you with all you need, to come away feeling proud of the way you carried yourself, from beginning to end.
"I learned to understand my nerves and turn them into a positive response to a situation. I have used the tips Zac gave me pretty much everyday since the session”.
"Our experience with Zac as a consultant to our business has been absolutely superb. Zac was contracted to support members of our executive team enhance their executive presence and professional presentation skills. He took a considered and tailored approach to support our leaders in a way that was extremely insightful. Dealing with leaders at this level is no easy undertaking and Zac did it in a professional, humourous and intelligent manner.
Ann-Marie McQuire
Team Manager
CGU Insurance
Tali Shabat
Head of Human Resources, Australia & NZ
Eaton
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND?
Over the years, Calm & Ready has helped many people, of all ages and from all walks of life, prepare for all sorts of unique, weird, wonderful and sometimes extremely overwhelming situations, opportunities and conversations.
If you feel your situation requires a slightly more tailored solution, then we’d still love to hear from you!
Bespoke solutions
...for a range of contexts.
"I was scared and extremely anxious for two months leading up to my TEDx talk. I regularly woke up in cold sweats and had vivid nightmares of being frozen on stage, in front of 5000 people. With ten days to go, Zac was able to quickly provide me with a sense of my own potential and equip me with personalised, workable techniques, to get me where I wanted to go, even though it seemed impossible initially.
Working with Zac has been a real turning point in my life, changing me to the point that I couldn't actually go back to how I was before.
SInce TED, I've spoken at another eight big conferences and it's all gone extremely well. I'm now really loving connecting strongly with audiences from an empowered place. I've also carried Zac's approach into media interviews and in my daily work, to empower myself successfully too".
Dr Sharonne Zaks
Speaker
TEDx Sydney
"Zac ran 1:1 coaching sessions and a workshop for our team leaders and four years on, they're still asking for more".
Danielle Horvath
Director - Student Acquisition
Melbourne Polytechnic
“Zac worked swiftly and efficiently to draw out my inner confidence demons and nail them to the wall. His approach was safe and sensitive. Reclaiming my voice was a true gift”.
Mia Timpano
Assistant Editor
Frankie Magazine