Coaching & Training

Choose the modules that suit you to tailor the training to you or your organisation's needs

Storytelling

Whether addressing shareholders, a journalist, or a business meeting 

Speaking in Public

What are the qualities that the most influential people today have in common and how can you adopt them? We walk you through their dirty dozen or so techniques – online and offline – these masters of influence use, and through a series of exercises we will instill in you these valuable lessons. By tapping into some of the latest research our practical workshops give you the skills to influence those around you and allow you to make your mark and get your voice heard.

Secrets of the World’s Best Speakers

Oratory may seem a rarified skill, but the ability to move your audience and inspire them to take your desired action can only be accomplished through a powerful speaking ability. What do the world’s most memorable speakers do that sets them apart, allowing them to launch social movements and modernise governments? We have analysed some of the world’s best speakers, male and females and we share their techniques so that you too can change the way people think. feel or act.

Women in Leadership

It is a sad fact of working life that a woman boss can be viewed as pushy and bitchy,  or weak and emotional, whereas her male counterpart is seen as assertive and powerful. What are the traps a woman can fall into, and how can she avoid them? How does a woman walk a fine line while remaining a commanding presence, and leading her team to the desired outcome? Based on the very latest research on effective leadership styles for women, we provide you with an overview of what you need to know and adopt, from how to develop a sense of leadership purpose to how to take purposeful action.

Digital Strategies

While global careers and superstars have been kickstarted and amplified through digital channels,  just as many have also experienced the dark side of digital media. There is a real skill to know how to use these these tools to your best advantage, while also managing the substantial downside risk that can come from getting it wrong. Learn how to bind together seamlessly your messages through digital media, and stay ahead of the latest tools in this fast-evolving arena. You will learn to create a winning digital media strategy, carry it out, and track it in real time, learning from case studies, the latest research on best practices.

Managing the Workplace

Women often face a hidden minefield when they assume their first major managerial role – from other women as well as men. How to project authority, while also showing empathy, and stitch together a highly-motivated, global team often scattered across several nationalities and time zones has never been more complex and challenging, but also invigorating. In this course, you will learn to identify and then tap into your unique management style and amplify it,  drawing on the latest research on effective women’s management styles, to present your ideas and to support those of your team with conviction, credibility and elan.

Storytelling

In an era where the information load is getting heavier and attention spans are shrinking, telling a story is one of the quickest ways to break through all the noise and the clutter and be memorable. What is more,  new research shows that our ancient brains are motivated to respond more to personal stories than to facts and numbers. This is a course in the craft of storytelling, given by professional journalists and writers highly skilled in gaining the attention of an audience. You will walk away with a toolkit to build your own stories, plus a set of moving personal stories you can use immediately. 

Gender

Research has clearly shown men and women have distinctive and often different ways that they communicate at work. Could you be displaying tendencies too much that dent your credibility, or by not using other inherent strengths in you way you introduce yourself, and in your words, gestures, and body language? In this course, you will learn what to avoid and what to emphasise to boost your communications effectiveness, that draws on the latest research on gender communication styles, and receive a personalised analysis.

Personal Branding

In an era of breakneck technological change and as work is becoming more virtual, having a personal brand is essential to any career management strategy. But developing your personal branding is not about having the ambition of the Kardashians. We help you determine your identity, find out what makes you unique and great, and valuable to decisionmakers as ground zero and then help you create a successful personal branding strategy, from a LinkedIn Profile to a Twitter feed to the way you email or speak with others about your work and what you do.

Digital Writing

In the online world, you must grab the attention of your reader in five seconds or less, an admittedly difficult task. This course will give you the principles and practices of effective digital writing, including a series of interactive exercises to hone your writing for the web and social media, given by international journalists and communicators honed in the commercial and campaign environment. You will walk away with a toolkit of tips to refer to, time and again. Be sure that you are leaving a digital footprint that you don't want to erase and become a confident blogger or online communicator.

Speaking in Public

Like writing, many often assume that the gift of good public speaking is innate, but nothing could be further from the truth: great speakers are made, not born. Drawing from some of the world’s best speakers, from Steve Jobs to Michelle Obama, we decrypt how speakers draw on their abilities to create a unique personal style, based on presence and authenticity. Through interactive exercises, we help you develop your presence and authority, and suit your style to the setting. We help you develop a natural delivery that draws on the way you speak when you’re relaxed. 

Media training

Executives can be haunted by the dangers of meeting with the press and without knowing what journalists want,  spend their careers trying to avoid dealing with them. But knowing what journalists want from you, and practicing the techniques of delivery can turn an often fraught encounter into a very powerful method to amplify your message to the often hard to reach members of government, policy, NGOs, and other key audiences. Our multi-lingual assembly of international journalists will work with you to deliver an upcoming media interview, based on time-honed techniques, whether for television and radio, or print, available in many of the world’s most-spoken languages, and in tune with local customs.

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