THE HUMAN STAGE
Executive Presence Training for Leaders and Their Teams
Presence Lab for Groups
Your team has talent. What they need is the ability to use it together — under pressure, across difference, in the rooms that matter most. Michael's workshops bring Fortune 100 teams, academic institutions, and cultural organizations into a shared experience that builds real skills: how to listen, adapt, communicate, and lead with presence. No slides. No passive learning. Just the kind of work that changes how a team operates long after the session ends.
"Michael Liu is the rare person in whom artistic virtuosity, cultural scholarship, empirical research, pedagogical expertise, and years of institutional administrative know-how converge." - Dan Froot, award-winning performance artist and Professor of Creative Process at UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance
ACTING FOR GROWTH
Most professional development tells people what to do differently. ACTING FOR GROWTH shows them who they can become. Through immersive, hands-on exercises drawn from professional actor training, participants break through the habits and assumptions that limit them — and discover a more confident, expansive version of themselves. Ideal for teams navigating change, leaders stepping into new roles, or any group ready to do something that actually sticks.
IMPROV WORKSHOP
Great teams don't just collaborate — they read the room, adapt in real time, and make each other look good under pressure. That's what improv trains. IMPROV WORKSHOP goes beyond the typical team-building session to build the social, emotional, and cultural intelligence your team actually uses every day. Grounded in research, delivered through play. No slides. No note-taking. Just the kind of shared experience your team will still be talking about six months later.
CHINESE CULTURE WORKSHOP
In a global economy, cultural fluency isn't a soft skill — it's a competitive advantage. CHINESE CULTURE WORKSHOP gives teams a deep, engaging, and genuinely fun entry point into Chinese history, values, and cultural dynamics. Shaped by Michael's doctoral research and years of teaching ethnic studies across diverse audiences, this session goes far beyond surface-level diversity programming — it builds the understanding that makes collaboration across cultures actually work.