Drive Successful Change. Transform Leadership and Team Communication.
10x results in your organisation. Empower your team and shift their performance with world-class, tailored, in-house, corporate communication skills training.
Hundreds of companies have elevated their team's capability with our corporate communication training programs
Up to 70% of transformation initiatives fail* - due to lack of effective communication, sponsorship and engagement
*McKinsey and Company, 2013
Support the success of your people
Leaders and their teams are challenged daily. They need to engage and influence clients, team members and stakeholders at every level. We now work in an ‘experience economy’ and every conversation counts. To be successful, leaders and teams need to move beyond habitual, ‘one size fits all’ type communication and develop more purposeful, engaging communication and presentation skills, to stay relevant, be impactful and ultimately drive success.
Develop engaging communicators that drive change with our proven corporate communication training methods
The Colin James Method® training transforms your leaders’ and teams’ influence and impact – securing a significant uplift in their presentation and communication skills.
Using a proven methodology that is easy to learn and apply, we’ve delivered the program in every major region across the globe. Our methodology is the key to creating consistent and highly effective communication across your teams and across regions so your teams can scale, grow and drive success with ease.
How does The Colin James Method® help your team?
Communicate powerfully
Drive capability and skill development for your teams from the executives to your front-line. A commonly overlooked capability in business, too many are ‘winging it’ with poor results. Enhance their connection and collaboration, improve their productivity and boost their results.
Build influence
Develop a team that can drive action, meet objectives and manage people up and across your organisation with exceptional influencing skills. Support your teams to stand out and have an impact by developing their personal brand.
Enliven presentations
Time is precious, people are busy. Give your team the tools to stop creating cut and paste powerpoints and instead provide engaging deliveries with thoughtful content so they can captivate any audience and drive their objectives effectively - even at the last minute!
Leading positive change
In today’s evolving world, navigating transitions and change is inevitable. Your leaders will learn how to manage this by clearly articulating your organisation’s vision and strategy and make it relevant to their teams and clients. A powerful leadership skill to drive success faster.
Powerful storytelling
Very few people understand the power of telling the right business story and even less do it well. Honing your team’s storytelling skills will enable them to speak with clarity, distil complex ideas to something easily applicable, engage minds and hearts and compel them to act.
Polished pitches and insightful client engagement
Close more deals, exceed targets, and build long-term, higher-margin relationships. Refine how your sales team engage with your clients by moving them away from pushing a product and improving their pitching and sales communication skills.
Master public speaking
Public speaking can be nerve-wracking—but it doesn’t have to be difficult. We teach your team the tools and techniques to get their nerves under control, so they can share their ideas, stand out in meetings, and present confidently in front of any audience large or small.
Tailored programs to support your organisation’s objectives
We deliver a learning experience like no other. We’ll work collaboratively with you to diagnose your objectives and the skill gaps then customise our approach to suit your outcomes. We offer a range of blended training options to suit the size, location and seniority of your group.
Deeply practical training is delivered by our rigorously trained facilitators. Our approach is unique – we take time to consult with the management team and research the participants to ensure everyone’s capabilities and challenges are considered. Clients often request a blended training solution and we design to ensure engagement before, during and after the delivery. Providing long-term results and true ROI on the training investment is something we strive for in every engagement.
FACE-TO-FACE Workshop
Bring your employees together for a hands-on, collaborative learning experience. Design an in-house 1-2 day or half day workshop that meets the outcomes of your organisation. Deep engagement and fast results guaranteed.
LIVE VIRTUAL TRAINING & group coaching
Engage remote teams and provide flexible participation options with live virtual classroom training and online webinars. Streamed globally, these are a simple way to coach larger groups. With deep interaction and live Q&A, they are also perfect to sustain learning after in-house training or as a flexible alternative for global teams!
Online training
Allow teams to learn at their own pace with access to our step-by-step online courses and virtual reality apps. Ideal for international or remote members of staff. Online video modules, assessments, gamification and VR rehearsal rooms ensure they stay engaged and retain the learning.
Masterclasses and keynotes
The highlight of your conference or off-site training event. Condense the learning and train your teams quickly with a live keynote by one of our experienced keynote speakers.
Our approach
The engagement process is all about discovering and delivering on the desired outcomes of your business. We work collaboratively with you to delve deep into your goals and tailor the training around your unique needs. How does it work? A typical engagement for our communication training looks like this:
Fill in the form below to enquire about how we can help transform the skills in your organisation
Speak with one of our facilitators to see if we may be a good fit for your organisation and we will share insights and ideas around your existing objectives
Now you’ve decided we are a close fit, our team will attend briefing sessions to discuss your specific goals and requirements for your people and your business
We craft a suitable training and development experience that will deliver the outcomes your organisation requires
To enhance the learning experience we may engage participants in pre-session surveys and training, to both prepare them and to ensure we understand their perspective
Bespoke training tailored to your teams business contexts and their stated needs, ensuring everyone gets the most from the time invested
To ensure the learning sticks and goals are achieved we build in follow up opportunities through a variety of methods
We track both feedback and NPS from the delivery and connect with you to review program impact
Available corporate communication training options
Examples of the various programs we run with organisations across the
globe to elevate leadership, communication, presentation and pitching.
Mastering Communication
Our signature program teaches a range of career critical communication skills. Confidence and presentation skills are transformed allowing attendees to present effectively in any forum.
- Tailor content to any audience for deeper engagement
- Structure and design content with ease
- Expertly deliver captivating communication every time
Employees
Emerging Talent
People Leaders
CEO's
Fully Customisable
Face-to-face Workshop
Live Virtual Training
Online Training
The Art Of Influence
This is designed for people who need to consistently influence to be successful in their role or are due a communication refresh. Participants learn the skills and tools to deliver an engaging and relevant communication with authority.
- Design your communication so that it has greater relevance and impact
- Form your communication into a coherent structure
- Deliver your communication with movement, relevant stories and energy
Employees
Emerging Talent
People Leaders
Fully Customisable
Face-to-face Workshop
Live Virtual Training
Mastering The Pitch
Transform your sales teams ability to diagnose their audiences needs, target their pitch, and influence quickly. These skills are a critical factor in meeting organisational goals.
- Deliver a compelling pitch or presentation
- Facilitate constructive discussions
- Ensure understanding, engagement and commitment to action
Employees
Emerging Talent
People Leaders
Fully Customisable
Face-to-face Workshop
Live Virtual Training
Keynote
Persuasive Business Storytelling
Increase your influence using storytelling, learn how to cut through and grasp your audience's attention with this must-have business skill.
- Discover why stories are so impactful and persuasive
- Our magic formula to build a memorable story for your audience
- How to nail the delivery every time
Employees
Emerging Talent
People Leaders
CEO's
Fully Customisable
Face-to-face Workshop
Live Virtual Training
Online Training
Virtual Reality
Masterclass
Job Interview Training
In a fast-paced and crowded market, job opportunities are tough to secure. Expert interview skills are the edge your people need to wow the panel.
- Demonstrate your competence and suitability with ease
- Highlight your experience and achievements with pride
- Overcome nerves and present with confidence and authority
Employees
Emerging Talent
People Leaders
Online Training
Confident Communicator
Focusing on communication confidence, this training is designed to build authority, competence and improve the quality of conversations across your organisation.
- Participants find their voice to add value in meetings and conversations
- Deliver effective pitches and presentations with confidence
- Know what you stand for and demonstrate your authority
Employees
Emerging Talent
People Leaders
Fully Customisable
Face-to-face Workshop
Live Virtual Training
Group Coaching
Insightful Client Conversations
Customer expectations are changing and your sales team need to change with it. We show your team how to use insightful client conversations to deliver outcomes and build better relationships.
- Earn trust using customer-centric communication techniques
- Build higher margin, long-term client relationships
- Understand clients more deeply to deliver better outcomes based on their needs
Employees
Emerging Talent
People Leaders
Fully Customisable
Face-to-face Workshop
Live Virtual Training
Mastering Facilitation
Gain credibility and increase your ability to develop and deliver engaging and compelling facilitations to teams and to larger groups.
- Be seen as a respected business expert
- Build rapport and facilitate effective change
- Educate and influence with ease
Employees
Emerging Talent
People Leaders
Fully Customisable
Face-to-face Workshop
Live Virtual Training
M.C. Masterclass
Learn from a highly experienced international speaker. This unique, engaging and practical training is for business leaders looking to M.C. at a corporate event.
- Quickly gain an understanding of the speakers, topics and outcomes
- Facilitate the flow and narrative of the event expertly and keep audiences engaged
- Manage group dynamics, Q&A and logistical challenges
People Leaders
CEO's
Fully Customisable
Face-to-face Workshop
Live Virtual Training
The Practice Rooms – Virtual Reality App
Ongoing practice is critical to communication success. Our VR app provides a safe and realistic environment for your teams to rehearse their delivery ahead of time and nail it on the day.
- Receive feedback on important presentations and pitches in real time
- Master your content head of the main event
- Overcome nerves and gain confidence fast
Emerging Talent
People Leaders
CEO's
Fully Customisable
Virtual Reality
Client outcomes and results
Industry: TECHNOLOGY
It really differentiates what we do in Services and how we invest in our people.
During lockdown, SAP needed to upskill their Sales Academy talent’s communication and presentation skills remotely. Our tailored virtual training led to some of the most remarkable shifts they’d ever seen across North America and Europe.
We collaborated with SAP to design a tailored training program that helped them to engage, motivate and unite the dispersed team. Delivered virtually through 2 x 4-hour sessions, over one month and two time zones to meet the needs of both European and North American contingents.
We focused on shifting the way the sales team designed their messages and delivered content for their audience – to avoid “spewing [marketing] material at the client”, and instead considering how to solve their business issues.
Bernadett shared that the very first piece of feedback she received during our training was that this was “the most impactful training they had received during the entire sales academy program”.
“It was the first time I’ve ever been on a virtual training session where at the end of 4 hours people were asking for more. We had no Zoom fatigue, which shows the energy levels of your facilitators and the engagement.”
Industry: Insurance
Communication that makes a difference on a daily basis
As an Organisational Development Consultant for AustralianSuper, Tanya already knew that anyone could learn and improve but in her experience it is our Mastering Communication 12-month program that delivers real change with ongoing learning. An issue for most leaders and team members at AustralianSuper was around the effectiveness of their content and delivery. Without an end goal in mind, they were failing to plan and deliver consciously and rushing into things – diluting their impact. Many team members also experienced nerves when presenting in front of others.
Over the past 7-years we have trained over 460 employees at AustralianSuper from the CEO to all levels across the organisation. The primary objective is to elevate their communication skills so they can provide a greater service to their organisation and their members and Tanya says our ongoing support is key to this success.
The Result: Tanya says she has noticed a big change in the way teams tackle communication in their roles and her team in particular. They are able to slow down and consider what they are going to say and have continued to practice and improve beyond the training room. The feedback from participants is consistent, our program is held as the gold standard for training at AustralianSuper.
“It’s not just two days, walk away and never to be heard of again… people have the chance to consider their communication every quarter and receive tips and tools and hints. That’s what sets it apart from other programs.”
Industry: Banking
Noticeable uplift in our sales performance, resilience and morale
Since 2015, we have trained over 500 ANZ employees in our Mastering Communication program. This communication skills course is a core requirement for all client-facing team members to complete alongside their technical skills and compliance training.
ANZ’s goal was to uplift and deepen their teams skills in order to provide value to their clients in every communication. They not only engaged one to one and in small group meetings, they were also required to present to larger groups of potential clients on a regular basis. We tailored an in-house program to meet their specific requirements and built sustained learning techniques into the delivery. The roll-out has been a huge success and Michael has discussed the “noticeable uplift in our sales performance, resilience and morale”.
“We saw people were confident and more willing to get up in front of people and talk… Years later we are still seeing that those people are much more confident in terms of the way they are able to get up and talk.”
Industry: Fast Moving Consumer Goods
Knowing the customer and how to engage them for result
The sales and marketing team at a leading beverage company in Australia were confident communicators but were not always achieving their desired outcomes with customers, team members and external stakeholders. Upon closer examination, we found there were some poor communication habits such as a reliance on presentation slides, a tendency to overload their audience with information, and public speaking nerves. Major opportunities were also being missed because they did not understand the customer well enough.
To address these issues we designed a 1-day program with relevant pre-work called The Art Of Influence. Our goals were to help the sales and marketing team better understand their audience and tailor their communications to suit their needs; design communications that was engaging, relevant and delivered in a way that was more impactful, memorable and actionable.
A big success for the teams, our training ensured they have the tools and techniques to communicate effectively and know their audience more deeply.
“The engaging learning method is really powerful. Being so involved meant I retained a lot more of the content.”
– Chris Moschos, Innovation Marketing Manager, Beverage Company
Industry: Technology
Building consistent client communications for global results
We worked with a leading global technology company, following a restructure, to ensure their new strategy, client experience model and ‘go to market’ plan was effectively articulated and then communicated across many divisions and geographies. Through tailored design, our programs were able to shift the way their leaders and teams approached their work in order to stay competitive and thrive.
The bespoke program was multi-phased, firstly to understand the client’s challenges and needs. Then to work with the senior leader group to articulate the strategy and communicate it with consistency. This included using our proven methodology to retrain their customer facing teams to adopt a consultative whole business value approach with clients. The program encompassed several delivery methods including: online training, virtual webinars, face-to-face training and coaching.
The Result: Our programs are the most frequently recommended and requested in the organisation and consistently rate 9/10’s in the NPS survey. The shift in capability, mind-set and behaviour has helped the business demonstrably show progress in their strategy as well as their sales.
“Program was very well structured and pushed you beyond your comfort zone at a rapid pace – leading to more comfort and confidence to deliver much more effective communications immediately.”
– Mary Bazemore, Global Services Sales Education Operations & Portfolio, Global Tech Company
What makes our learning experience unique?
We teach ‘the How’, so your team can change now
Practical, hands on programs that teach your people applicable ‘human skills’ and get them practicing immediately.
We lead the pack globally
Delivering high-calibre training to leaders across the world, we enable people to shift their results and drive complex organisational change.
We tailor our training to fit your needs
Our approach is unique. We deeply immerse ourselves to understand your needs, so our training delivers every time.
We have been in your team’s shoes
Our rigorously trained facilitators are experienced business people who understand your company’s challenges.
We base our work on experience & research
Proven methodologies created by 25+ years of research and experience in training, facilitation, coaching and speaking.
We promise learning that sticks
Our design, materials and delivery uses the principles of research-backed neuroscience to ensure engagement and long-term retention.
Transform your team's communication capability
Get in touch today for a confidential discussion about elevating your team’s communication and presentation capability. We’ll get back to you within one business day.
FAQ
Engaging stakeholders, clients, senior managers and team members is paramount in a constant and fast changing environment. Teams that can deliver engaging presentations, polished pitches and memorable contributions in meetings can influence fast and drive results.
The world of work is rapidly changing. The World Economic Forum predicts by 2022, 42% of the core skills required for a job will change. As automation and artificial intelligence continue to expand, the need for technical skills will drop and the skills that make us uniquely human will be in vast demand. This is why those who can engage, influence and lead with impact will stay relevant in the future of work.
Rapid change and disruption, matrix structures, distributed teams and new ways of working are challenging the ability of professionals to get their message across - in all seniority levels. Leaders and teams need to develop conscious, effective communication skills, so they stay relevant, be impactful and ultimately drive success.
