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COMMUNICATE NATURALLY: COMMUNICATION SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR EMPLOYEES

LEVERAGE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL COMMUNICATION

Our communication skills workshops are proven to inspire real change in the workplace. Having helped companies learn how to improve communication at work, our learning programs have been awarded over a dozen awards over the last 10 years.

Communicate Naturally: Communication Skills Workshop for Employees by Learn2

EXPERIENCE EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS THROUGH COMMUNICATION TRAINING

If your organization’s communications skills, behaviors, attitudes and messages are not aligned with your brand’s values, then your business results will be negatively impacted. Extraordinary results come from a team that has strong communication and engagement skills, resulting in thriving and profitable relationships with colleagues and clients alike.

In the highly successful and multi-layered Communicate Naturally communication skills workshop, participants learn that differences in communication style are actually differences in personality. Using colour as a metaphor, teams develop a powerful and memorable framework for understanding workplace communication while building interpersonal communication skills to resolve conflict.

IMPROVED COMMUNICATION IMPROVES WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS

Entertaining and enlightening, the Communicate Naturally workshop for employees works to improve morale in the workplace as teams address barriers and resolve workplace conflicts that waste time and undermine unity. This communication training workshop also helps participants discover the secret to effective customer and corporate relations: how to talk so others will listen and listen so others will talk.

LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY

Effective communication skills allow teams to improve their professional and personal relationships. This communications program focuses on different aspects of communication, with participants building on existing interpersonal skills. With Communicate Naturally, communication principles are reinforced with exercises that help develop active listening skills to help mitigate potential conflicts in the workplace.

COMMUNICATE NATURALLY: PROGRAM RESULTS

Improve your team’s internal communication through an increased level of understanding

Identify your colleagues’ and clients’ natural communication styles

Leverage your knowledge of natural communication preferences to improve conversations with even their most challenging clients and colleagues

Enhance your emotional intelligence to build interpersonal communication

Experience the value of diversity and differing perspectives

WHAT CLIENTS SAY ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS TRAINING

I will be better able to connect with colleagues across the color pallet.

Steve Muller,
Arla Foods

Always great to learn new tools. Doug walked us through this exercise in a non-threatening and supportive way! Thank you!

Betty Dermer-Norris,
Canadian Olympic Committee

The energy and passion for this program is outstanding and makes the process engaging and fun!

Amy Allicock,
George Brown College – School of Design

WHAT YOU GET

Game of ?s

Ask better quality questions to get better results

“Yes, and…” Circles

Engage your team to collaborate quickly

A to Z Meetings

Practice contributing to meetings to achieve the desired outcome

Job Aids

Build best practice implementation guides to enable everyone to take action

Transcription

Transcribe the inputs within 48 hours to share

Immersive

Full immersion makes remembering faster and easier

Personal Assessment

Find out your Natural Approach and how you impact others

Pre-Experience Videos

Let the learning begin earlier

Viral

Gain traction across your organization as everyone starts talking about your program

Multi-Media

This program includes videos and images to deepen learning

Application Framework

Your leaders and teams can apply this learning to anything

Post-Experience Videos

Sustain and amplify the learning

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Program In Action

COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Leader/Team

How Active are Participants During this Communication Workshop?

Our communication skills programs for employees are fully immersive and provide lots of action and interaction to create the best learning experience for your team. There will be no long lectures or PowerPoint presentations as part of this workshop. We provide action-packed and unforgettable team building experiences that guarantees the engagement of your team to produce results.

Who is Communicate Naturally Suitable for?

Communicate Naturally is suitable for everyone, from upper management to new employees. We’ve run this communication training workshop a thousand different ways and have been able to provide meaningful results unique to each team, level, and industry. Doctors, lawyers, Olympic athletes, engineers, executives, and Boards have all participated in this award-winning program to build effective communication skills. Communicate Naturally works as a stand-alone communication-improvement exercise, or a corporate communication challenge, and is the perfect anchor to any conference or executive retreat!

What Languages do You Offer for This Workplace Communication Program?

Our communication skills training is available in English, French (Quebecois, Acadian, and Parisian), and Spanish. When identified during the initial needs assessment we can also facilitate in multiple languages within the same program.

How do I Check the Availability for Communicate Naturally?

Give us a call, toll free at 1(877) 453-2762 x299 or email us at contact@learn2.com and we’ll confirm availability for dates of your choosing.

Investment

What Will This Communication Skills Workshop Cost?

There are many factors at play in determining the overall cost of running your workplace communication training workshop. We consider:

the number of sessions
the number of participants
the length of session to achieve the desired outcomes
the facilitator you choose.

The amount of work you take on internally vs the amount of work that our team handles also plays a factor in cost. Reach out to one of our facilitators to get started. We work within budgets to provide you with a program that still meets your team’s unique needs. Contact us for a free consultation and we can determine what you need to best achieve your desired outcomes.

Will You Travel to My Location to Run This Program? Are Travel Costs Included?

Yes, we travel to any location, venue, or city of your choosing to facilitate the corporate communications training session. Travel expenses are in addition to the program facilitation fees and vary depending on the specific travel requirements.

How Much Preparation Time is Required from My Team?

The minimum valuable time invested by the leader is a 20–30-minute conversation to determine the focus of the communication skill building program. In some designs, the participants even choose the focus once the business goals are identified. Most of the time, senior leaders want to invest time in reviewing the blueprint design and after to determine how to sustain and amplify the impact of their live session to drive business goals and culture transformation.

What Discounts Do You Offer To Not-For-Profit Groups?

We make a distinction between profit-driven and purpose-driven organizations, and because we are a purpose-driven learning company we offer a 30% discount to purpose-driven organizations, and in some cases will reduce the investment additionally for trade benefits.

Future

What Support is Available to Continue Improving Internal Communications After Training is Complete?

Your facilitator meets with you after the communication workshop for your results meeting to review the outcomes for the day. During the results meeting, you and your facilitator will generate additional opportunities to amplify and sustain the learning. Participants will receive access to post-experience videos to reinforce the main learning concepts, further building their business communication skills. Your team can immediately apply their learning to their current business challenges and goals, mitigating potential conflicts and applying communication strategies.

Can We Purchase the Resources for This Training to Implement Internally?

Yes. You can get certified to facilitate Communicate Naturally in your company or in a specific geography.

What Incentives Do You Have for Purchasing Multiple Programs?

92+% of our work comes from existing and past participants who refer us. Their feedback is clear: one-offs rarely work, and smart commitments over time always prove to achieve better ROI. We listened and are happy to now offer clients the option of a Smart Buyer’s Card, which gets you 4 live sessions for the investment of 3.

How Do We Drive Home Business Impact from Communication Skills Training?

Our clients have found that learning is the best way to transform their business results. To make business results happen you have to advise what numbers you want to move, then we build a unique plan to make that happen for your team. The clearer you are with the business goals you wish to achieve, the better our we will be able to design your corporate skills development program and the greater your impact.

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A lack of communication skills in an organization leads to unaligned attitudes, messages, and actions. Bad communication negatively affects your overall business when not quickly addressed. You and your business can experience extraordinary profitability when your team can communicate and engage clients and each other effectively. Communicate Naturally is a highly-successful workshop where participants walk away with increased emotional intelligence that fosters relationship and rapid personal growth. Allow your team to improve their professional and personal relationships with Communicate Naturally by Learn2. We focus on active listening and integrating the practical tools they learn into their existing interpersonal methods. If your team needs to work on their communication skills, this is the right workshop for you and your team. Read more about it below. What is Communicate Naturally? Communicate Naturally helps participants learn essential communication skills to change the way your team works. Empower your team with communication training programs that achieve behaviour changes that stick. We know adults learn best when they participate, which is why we’ve scrapped the lecture model of training in favour of an immersive experience to transform the relationships and culture of your organization. We’ve filled Communicate Naturally with more than team-building exercises to help you reimagine and recreate the way your team approaches challenges. Improve workplace relationships and develop the necessary skills of an effective team in this workshop. When it comes to communication training programs, it’s time to equip your team with the tools to actually hear what is unsaid yet meant so communication flows more effortlessly. You’ll see a measurable impact as a result of this course! Program Results Our communication skills workshops inspire real change in workplaces. Participants drive the organization’s communication: improve communication with your team, define best practice playbooks, and solve the most relevant problems with this immersive workshop. This workshop is designed to reveal natural approaches to communication and help create smooth conversations between even difficult clients and colleagues. After taking Communicate Naturally, participants can identify others’ natural communication approaches to build positive and effective interpersonal communication. Our clients have found their teams can leverage diversity and multiple perspectives to create innovation after this experience. Our award-winning programs deliver results. Effective communication leads to better workplace relationships! Learn about what causes the differences in communication between people and how to ensure they understand you well. Any of our various communication skills training programs will aid you in creating an impact in your organization. Who is Learn2? For over 30 years, Learn2 has helped companies learn to improve their communication skills. We’ve received dozens of awards over the last ten years for our proven methods of obtaining real results. Learn2 offers in-person and remote options so your team can integrate these best practices no matter where you are. Speak to us if you would like to discuss facilitating this program in English, French, or Spanish. Are you ready to transform your employees? Book a call with us today.

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How to Handle Resistance and Objections from Colleagues and Clients

In any environment, resistance and objections are common. The presence of these stressors can end up affecting team members and business outcomes alike. Unresolved, these tensions can negatively impact project outcomes, team dynamics, and client satisfaction. Learn2’s Naturally series, including Handle Resistance and Handle Objections, provide practical, immersive training that addresses these issues head-on. Please read below to learn how you and your workplace can exceed your goals and foster a more positive working environment. Understanding Resistance and Objections Resistance or objections from coworkers and clients cause tension in every workplace. Either of these may arise from encounters with misunderstandings, fears, or conflicting priorities. Often, this is a sign of poor communication, misaligned goals, and/or apprehension. Leaving these problems unaddressed leads to tension and hinders team progress. Clients and coworkers dealing with tension, whether short-term or long-term, impacts the organization and its ability to exceed targets. Effective mitigation management could include proven workshops where participants learn how to handle resistance and objections. We help participants create playbooks based on who they are communicating with and how they perceive you. Adapt how you communicate with Learn2’s Handle Resistance and Handle Objections workshops. Strategies for Handling Resistance Create leadership alignment and build stress-free progress and methods for tackling objections in our proven programs. Participants can expect to discover new ways to communicate clearly so they can address concerns effectively. It’s important to listen carefully for the root cause of the issue, which is something participants learn in our programs. Let’s dive into each of these in more detail. Handle Resistance Naturally In this Learn2 program, participants learn to how to acknowledge resistance inside and outside of the workplace. We’ll use your participants’ previous challenges with resistance to learn prime strategies to deal with resistance. We’ll use a color metaphor to develop a powerful framework to understand team dynamics. Participants get fully immersed throughout Handle Resistance Naturally, learning techniques to evaporate conflict and tension before it arises. Suited for even the most senior and junior leaders, Handle Resistance Naturally interrupts the destructive patterns that may arise in your organization in favour of healthy alternatives. We’ll learn the Trojan Horse Effect along with many other helpful techniques. Handle Objections Naturally The team member who can handle customer objections effectively makes more sales. If customer objections are derailing your sales team, it’s time to experience Handle Objections Naturally by Learn2. Investing in your team’s ability to market your products effectively and handle objections directly affects your bottom line. Learn the ways to keep customers engaged in the sales conversation and make lifelong customers. Your participants see the bigger picture: transform from a single sale to wmpowering every buyer’s process of buying by acknowledging their objections. The activity-driven and proven methods of Handle Objections empower sales teams in any organization. Book Your Call with Learn2 With many options for giving your leaders more than lectures, Learn2 has a passion for immersive, one-of-a-kind workshops focused on producing real results. For over 30 years, our clients have achieved growth of over $750 billion in multiple companies. Get in touch with Learn2 today to chat about your leadership’s needs. Our team is ready to help you grow your leaders and your business with our Naturally series.

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Annoying Workplace Phrases to Avoid

Ever felt annoyed by cliché, overly used corporate lingo and phrases? It turns out that a lot of individuals and team members are feeling the same. Good communication in a workplace means everything, but the key to good communication may mean letting go of unappealing business jargon. In a recent poll conducted by Slack, 63 percent of respondents stated that workplace jargon used by colleagues is off-putting. Here is a look at some of the most annoying workplace phrases to avoid in your corporate communication efforts. Most Overused Business Buzzwords to Avoid 1. “Keep me in the loop” Why avoid it: Simply put, the phrase is both redundant and gives the wrong impression. You are quietly implying that you have to ask to be informed because you don’t trust the listener to offer information freely. Instead, try: Offering a specific time and place to revisit the topic. For example, “Could you give me an update by [certain day]?” 2. “Think outside the box” Why avoid it: The phrase is highly overused and, ironically, one of the least creative ways to ask for more innovative solutions. Instead, try: “Let’s look at out-of-the-norm solutions” or “Be creative.” 3. “It’s on my radar” Why avoid it: You’re basically saying you recognize there is an issue that needs your attention, but you have not given it much attention. You are not supplying a definitive idea or set of parameters about when something will be handled. Instead, try: Something along the lines of, “I recognize the issue, and I am working to rectify the situation.”. Doing so will not only build trust within your organization but also improve the team’s communication. 4. “Touch base” Why avoid it: Saying you will touch base later is vague. You are not offering a specific date or time and give the impression that revisiting a topic is not all that important. Instead, try: Simply offer a more concrete idea of how you will maintain communication. For example, “Can we reconnect at [time] to discuss this further?” 5. “Just a friendly reminder” Why avoid it: Reminders with this terminology rarely come across as “friendly.” Instead, you are exuding an almost passive-aggressive attitude or sense that you are irritated. Instead, try: “How is the project/progress going,” or, “A reminder that.” 6. “Be a team player” Why avoid it: Telling someone to be a team player almost always comes across as being passively aggressive and bossy. Instead, try: Offering words of encouragement, such as, “You are such a valuable part of the team,” or, “With your skill sets, we can pull together to tackle this.” 7. “ASAP” Why avoid it: You are communicating that you need something urgently, but urgency means something unique to each individual. In other words, you’re not offering a clear expectation of when you want something accomplished. Instead, try: Requesting something by a specific time that represents ASAP to you personally. For example, “Is there any way possible you could get this to me within [x number] hours?” Improve Workplace Communications with Learn2 Learning corporate buzzwords to avoid is just one element of enhancing communication in the workplace. Adopting other proven strategies to keep communication positive can make a world of difference, and Learn2 can help. Connect with Learn2 to learn more about how to improve communication in the workplace.