Below are some current, popular offerings.
Your Story Changes Everything
Stories about yourself are an effective way to establish trust and build meaningful relationships with clients and colleagues. But what can you say about yourself? Which parts of your life are interesting? Is it OK to be funny? Should you be vulnerable? Chris teaches you how to tell stories using the same tools as successful TEDx speakers.
Key take-aways: storytelling, shared values, relationship development
Get Better at Talking to Everyone
What’s the best way to get your point across? Is jargon ever OK? What keeps people listening and makes them trust your advice? Chris gives you a toolkit for clear, effective communication that improves buy-in with people inside and outside your organization.
Key take-aways: fundamentals of effective workplace communication
Why People Say “No” to Good Ideas and How to Change Their Mind
Being persuasive is not about having the best reasons—it’s about making people ready to hear your reasons. Doing that requires strategy, confidence, patience, and trust. But how do you get all of that? Chris teaches you how to make your case in every professional context.
Key take-aways: fundamentals of persuasion and consensus building
What to Say When Someone Asks, “So, what do you do?”
What makes this a hard question is trying to answer with a comprehensive, concise, summary of your work. The real challenge is recognizing you can’t soundbite your life, nor should you try. Crafting your “elevator pitch” is all about getting someone into a meaningful conversation about your work—and vice versa. Some of these conversations will lead, eventually, to an invitation to work together.
Key take-aways: elevator pitch, relationship development
Interactive Talks and Trainings
Say goodbye to boring, one-sided snooze-fests.
Chris regularly teaches groups of people about storytelling, communication, and connection. His teaching style is a mix of education, entertainment, and inspiration. Imagine belly laughs and gut punches, plus a whole lot of meaningful, practical content.
Suitable for: conferences (keynotes or concurrent sessions), team trainings, retreats, and so on
Audience size: a few dozen to a few hundred
Duration: 60-, 75-, 90-minutes, half-day, full-day
Interaction: all of Chris’s sessions are 1/3 teaching, 1/3 exercise, 1/3 discussion (approximately)
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Interested in a session? Let’s chat.
Book a 15-minute call to discuss group workshops for your next retreat or orientation. Don’t worry, we’ll also provide a proposal you can take back to your team.
Get Friendship-Calibre Attention from People You’ve Just Met
An intensive, day-long training to help leaders stand out and win trust when talking about their work and their business.
If you’re putting on a conference to showcase senior leaders, or people in your organization regularly give talks and webinars to showcase expertise, this day-long intensive program is designed to help your best people showcase their best thinking.
Group training:* 2- to 3-hours focused on the mechanics of giving a memorable talk
Developing a distinctive take on your material
Using stories and other tools to articulate your values
Performances that make meaningful connections with the audience
Individual coaching: personalized support for individual goals and challenges (e.g., developing stories, incorporating humour, performance challenges, delivery style, audience interaction, and so on)
*Different groups need different support. Content of group training varies based on your team’s needs and goals.
Thought Leadership Training
A combination of group training and 1-1 coaching to support people in showcasing their knowledge and expertise.
Suitable for: Leaders speaking at conferences, experts broadening their audience, professionals who develop business by showcasing knowledge and experience
Duration: Typically a day (partly group training, partly individual coaching)
Interested in a training? Let’s chat.
Book a call to discuss thought leadership training for your team. Don’t worry, we’ll also provide a proposal you can take back to your team.
Chris regularly coaches professionals looking to develop and deliver meaningful talks, webinars, presentations, and trainings. The coaching process is interactive and collaborative. You come with an idea to share and Chris will help you develop that idea into something special.
Let’s have a chat to figure out whether coaching is right for you.
Individual Coaching
