
Corporate training
On-site, virtual and hybrid training experiences for teams.
Speaking confidently, clearly, and directly. Running effective meetings where no one’s time is wasted. Eliminating costly misunderstandings.
These skills are usually attributed to individuals. Imagine if they become capabilities shared across larger groups of people. The pace of work would accelerate and goals would move closer.
We have spent the last 20+ years working with some of the world’s largest and most high-profile companies. During that time, we have directly trained over 25,000 individuals, and observed that installing powerful and persuasive communication skills, at scale, has an immediate and tangible bottom-line impact, for every company, in every industry.
Choose A Workshop For Your Team
Or Build One With Us.
The list below captures our core learning experience topics. We can work with your organization to identify your professional development needs and design the right solution. We are also able to customize all content as clients require.
Workshops
Skills That Drive Results
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We are all communicating constantly; our communication plays a critical role in our performance, relationships, and reputation. In our most in-depth exploration of The Latimer Model for Persuasive Communication, we will discuss and apply the frameworks in each step of our simple, comprehensive, and repeatable process.
We will discuss persuasion strategies, storytelling techniques, and common communication scenarios to help participants increase their overall impact through meaningful progress in each skill area.
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Clear and persuasive communication determines success at all levels of the organization. We will explore The Latimer Model for Persuasive Communication to understand how following a simple, repeatable process can increase our efficiency, effectiveness, and impact.
As we explain each step of this process, we will provide frameworks to facilitate clear and persuasive communication, helping participants improve their preparation and execution.
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Every email is an opportunity to drive action. Building upon The Latimer Model for Persuasive Communication, this Learning Experience explores the special considerations for written correspondence with a focus on email.
We will examine the choice of communication channel and application of frameworks to write emails with the structure, details, tone, and formatting that produce results.
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Finding, refining, and using our voice is a critical focus in our careers. This Learning Experience explores the perceived differences between women and men in workplace communication with a focus on increasing awareness and helping participants identify their own strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Participants will learn tools and strategies to communicate clearly and persuasively; make the most of communication opportunities, from contributing ideas to handling interruptions; and demonstrate authority with awareness and authenticity.
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Communication impacts all aspects of our work. This Learning Experience is designed to help participants communicate more clearly in each avenue and application. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn message development tools and frameworks to consistently develop clear, concise messages that get to the point quickly and inspire action.
Participants will also learn how to create supportive visual documents and will use exercises throughout the session to develop a specific presentation.
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Business leaders can excel when they learn to channel the power of storytelling. This Learning Experience will teach participants to bring their messages to life with compelling and memorable stories.
Participants will learn to identify and develop stories that will help them share knowledge, influence decisions, and motivate audiences. Through an understanding of how to incorporate storytelling, participants will be able to input stories into their regular business meetings and conversations with greater agility. They will gain confidence in presenting stories in an authentic manner and will learn to use storytelling to enhance the effectiveness of their presentations.
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Bring the skill of fundraising back to the basics: communication through connection and understanding. Too many clients start their fundraising training by memorizing the pitch, the facts, and the stories. This Learning Experience introduces The Latimer Model as a tool for creating a repeatable process for you or your fundraising team.
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Our success in speaking up and getting heard often hinges upon two factors: our communication and our network. This Learning Experience is designed to help participants become more aware of and purposeful in the way they approach their communication and build their network of professional relationships.
We will discuss tools and techniques to improve communication and build stronger cross-functional and multi-level partnerships.
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Sharing our story in a compelling way makes us stand out – and it can foster connections and unlock opportunities. This Learning Experience enables participants to make a positive first impression and find a meaningful and memorable way to tell their story.
We will examine the importance of opportunities to share about ourselves, and the ability to do so thoughtfully, with clarity and brevity. We will explore the importance of storytelling and self-disclosure in the workplace and introduce a framework to help structure and organize a personal pitch. We will offer suggestions for how participants can find opportunities for practice, feedback, and accountability to apply this content.
Cultivate A Culture Of Communication
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Belonging as a concept plays a pivotal role in shaping company culture. To help foster this, we have created a clear roadmap to foster belonging, based on decades of research and corporate consulting experience.
Fostering a sense of belonging is crucial to establishing effective communication best-practices at any organization. It also helps organizations and leaders build inclusive cultures where everyone’s voice matters, and everyone feels like part of the group.
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Our organizations, teams, and employees are constantly changing, but whether or not we embrace change often depends on how it has been communicated. In this Learning Experience, we will examine the mindset, approach, and tools to communicate change in a way that facilitates trust and understanding and generates action.
By looking at overarching strategies and frameworks for specific conversations, we will help leaders feel more confident and see more success communicating change.
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This Learning Experience is designed to empower individuals to navigate and succeed in a world overrun with business meetings.
Participants will learn the tools and techniques of The Latimer Meeting Management Model to prepare for their meeting, ensure the meeting is effective, engaging, and productive, and demonstrate powerful presence throughout.
Develop & Polish Presence
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We all have a presence, whether we are conscious of it or not, that impacts others and plays an important role in our professional success. As leaders, we must understand that our presence determines not only our success, but that of our teams and organizations.
This Learning Experience is designed to help leaders enhance their presence by developing greater awareness and considering how to become more intentional in contributions and interactions in the workplace.
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Presence is important at all levels of the organization. This Learning Experience is designed to help participants gain a better understanding of the signals they send and their impact on those around them.
They will learn to communicate clearly, create connection, and convey confidence in order to demonstrate powerful presence. They will develop greater self-awareness and a deeper understanding of how to show authenticity, build credibility, and demonstrate potential in their work.
Meeting Management
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Organizations are communicating in-person and virtually now. This creates new pressure on our teams to learn how to balance communicating with many different audiences.
We will explore The Latimer Meeting Management Model to understand what we can do before, during, and after each communication opportunity to maximize impact and build strong relationships no matter where our team is located. In exploring the roles of both participant and leader in a conversation or meeting, we will identify concrete ways to enhance our interactions and contributions.
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Leading team communications in a multiple environments requires even more awareness and proactive effort than it does just in-person. There is a balance to our communication. This Learning Experience is designed to help leaders navigate and succeed in the ever-changing world of communications.
Participants will learn tools and techniques to develop organizational and team best practices, prepare a strategic plan that promotes meaningful engagement, and facilitate collaborative communication.
Create Custom Learning Journeys
Combination of learning experiences
Customized for the client by The Latimer Group’s Learning Team to meet specific needs
Delivery Format Options
Virtual
On-site
Hybrid
Online Asynchronous Courses
While the above formats have different strengths and use-cases, we pride ourselves on generating an equally powerful impact on our participants. This is true whether we work virtually, in-person, or deliver to our clients a self-paced course to be taken on their own schedule.
20+ Years of Evolution
“Over the last twenty-plus years, our training offerings have been in a constant, dynamic state of development. Every session we lead, every team we support, every organization we partner with teaches us something new about the realities of business communication.
Every bit of that experience and learning has been built into The Latimer Model and populates our entire curriculum. We are students of the modern corporate organization, and the real-world requirements for powerful communication. And we bring all of that to you, in every training we lead.”
Dean Brenner, CEO & Founder at The Latimer Group
Our Corporate Training Facilitation Team
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Dean M. Brenner
CEO & Co-Founder, Facilitator & Coach
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Jay Prewitt-Cruz, EdD
Director of Coaching & Facilitation
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Hannah A. Morris
Facilitator and Coach
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Lauren St. Germain
Facilitator and Coach
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Ang Barnard
Facilitator and Coach
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Jess Feldt
Facilitator and Coach