I once worked for a very large and famous bank.
The bank required every employee who was promoted above a certain grade to take a class in public speaking.
Not only did each new manager have to speak in front of the entire class, the instructor also videotaped the performance and then played the tape back while criticizing the student's presentation skills in front of everyone.
Was it humiliating? Damn straight it was humiliating!
Did any employee willingly take the class? No way! Everyone I knew delayed taking the class as long as possible, until Human Resources refused to
