Communicating effectively is a C-suite skill, essential for those moving into leadership roles. But mastering those skills is challenging.
Mimicking excellent communicators in your business, reading books and attending workshops are great places to start. However, to get fast, consistent buy in from senior audiences you must master practical, proven techniques that work powerfully across the full spectrum of business communication. You need to learn them in small, regular chunks, try them out and get feedback in a program that keeps you focused while flexing to your schedule.
The program is facilitated by me – Davina Stanley. I have been helping executives of all stripes communicate so they get the results they need since joining McKinsey & Company as a communication specialist in 1996. Since then I have helped everyone from business school students to C-suite executives across most business sectors in Australia. I have also lived and worked in Hong Kong, Tokyo and the US.
Early Bird: $1,750 (plus GST for Australians) until 30 June.
EARLY BIRD OFFER CURRENTLY AVAILABLE UNTIL 30 JUNE – $1,750
Also includes an opportunity to book an extra coaching session at $300, rather than the usual $600
The program investment is $1,950 (plus 10% GST for Australians). This includes (at a minimum)
Note: you may be able to claim the costs of this program against your tax or be able to obtain reimbursement for some or all of the program from your employer. Many organisations have an education budget for promising emerging leaders: ask your HR team if you qualify.
You may also qualify for Continuing Education Points from your professional association: participants have in the past qualified.
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This program is for executives of all levels who have a technical background and need to communicate with greater impact. Examples include
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Learning to think strategically about your communication delivers many benefits to you and your organisation. Here are two that stand out:
You will spend less time preparing better quality communication
You will know how to use a powerful, proven and universal three-step framework that enables you to clarify your thinking before you communicate in any business context, which will
You will have a universal approach for thinking through most business communication
Once you master it, you will be able to distill your ideas down to one major insight that is supported by a small number of logically organised ideas. This is useful in many contexts, such as
But don't take my word for it. Listen to past participants to hear what they have to say here.
Thousands! I have been designing and facilitating learning programs intensely for the last 10 years for a wide range of organisations mainly in Australia, but also overseas. This has involved helping people across almost all industry sectors in the following business areas:
The 2018 cohort will be the fourth completely online group I have worked with where participants come from a range of organisations.
Participants invest about 20 hours of active learning over three months while also practicing their new skills at work.
Here is a breakdown:
Participants tell me they quickly ‘get back' the time invested as they answer fewer clarification questions, fight fewer mis-fires and have a familiar and universal process to use when preparing their communication.
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I offer every participant a legally binding confidentiality agreement that explains that I will treat your material with the utmost respect. I have confidentiality agreements in place with leaders of many of Australia's largest organisations and would treat your material with the same degree of respect that they require.
If your organisation would like me to sign their standard agreement, send it to me and I will do so.
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The September 2018 program runs over six, two-week blocks from late September through mid December.
Here is the program schedule as well as an explanation re: timezone implications:
Sessions are scheduled at the same time each week from 10am to 11.30pm on Tuesdays ( Sydney, Australia time – AEST, GMT +11) on the following dates:
O-week:
Block 1: Start thinking about your purpose and audience
Block 2: Structure your storyline Part 1
Block 3: Structure your storyline Part 2
Block 4: Structure your storyline Part 3
Block 5: Structure your storyline part 4
Block 6: Share your communication
For those of you in Asia and New Zealand the sessions will fall at different times on the same day as follows:
For those of you in the US and Canada the sessions will fall on Monday, the day prior as follows:
A couple of other things to note:
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I will engage with you in a variety of ways throughout the program:
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The program is deliberately designed to accommodate the unpredictability of your work and personal lives.
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There are benefits both ways. Interaction with others while learning is always beneficial and I encourage everyone, whether they are joining the program alone or with colleagues to ensure they participate in the group fully so they get the most out of the program. Click here to download a brochure to learn more about the program.
I have found that people participate more actively via private Facebook groups than LinkedIn. I realise some of you may not want to mix work and pleasure and may not want to participate in a Facebook group, which is why I will email you regularly with updates. My goal is to offer multiple channels to make it as easy and enjoyable as possible for participants to engage in the concepts throughout the program.
If you would like to see more about our public Facebook conversation you may like to visit our page: @communicateup or click here to apply for a place in the program.
Yes, I do. All I ask is that you let me know why the program doesn't meet your expectations so I can improve it.
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Yes, email me and we can talk about it. I am currently running three corporate programs: two for a retailer and one for an energy company. These teams value the opportunity to discuss confidential details of their communication within a secure and collaborative small-group environment.
The program investment is $1,950 (plus 10% GST for Australians). This includes (at a minimum)
Note: you may be able to claim the costs of this program against your tax or be able to obtain reimbursement for some or all of the program from your employer. Many organisations have an education budget for promising emerging leaders: ask your HR team if you qualify.
You may also qualify for Continuing Education Points from your professional association: participants have in the past qualified.
Click here to download a brochure.
Discounts are available for teams of 5 or more. Email me to learn more or download the brochure here. There is also an Early Bird offer available for those who book and pay before 30 June.
This was the best course I have done. I was always confident in my reasoning but not as confident with presenting it, particularly to audiences that were not on my wavelength. Davina has shown me how to organise my high-level messages which gets me a better response from my audiences. In fact, when I used the approach to present to the sales team last week half of them came up to me individually afterwards to compliment me on my presentation. That has never happened before!