Our specialist Fasttrack Coaching and Learning Programme builds knowledge and skills for those early in their internal communication careers, or those looking to refresh their approach and discover new ways of working.
The 10-week course explores the key principles of internal communication and supports the development of an effective and meaningful communication approach.
With a focus on personal development, the programme also encourages you to discover your own strengths and values, develop a confidence mindset and acquire a resilience toolkit to support your career growth.
Group coaching calls provide the opportunity to share learnings and experiences, bounce ideas and build strong connections as future internal communication practitioners.
During the course you will create your own IC roadmap using the framework of core principles and centred on your role, approach and personal development ambitions.
What will you learn?
The programme explores core internal communication topics and helps you to use that framework to develop new ways of thinking and discover the relevance to you as an individual.
The course is designed to provide you with practical actions you can implement straightaway, allowing you to work on these throughout the programme with the support of your trainer.
You will also explore your personal development ambitions and put together your future IC roadmap.
By the end of the course, you will:
- Have been introduced to the key principles of internal communication
- Understand the role of internal communication in organisations
- Better understand your strengths and where you contribute
- Be able to start developing your personal communication approach and style
- Have explored your personal development ambitions
- Understand the key behaviours needed for best practice internal communications
- Be thinking (and working) differently.
Key topics on the course will include:
- The purpose and value of IC in organisations
- The behaviours and competencies needed for effective IC
- What is meant by employee voice and the art of conversation
- Channels and how they can be used
- Stakeholder groups and adapting approaches
- Content curation and impact
- Working with leaders and managers
- Objective and value-driven communication.
Who is the course for?
The FastTrack Programme is suitable for anyone in the early stages of their internal communication careers, as well as those with more experience who are looking for a fresh approach and to update their IC thinking.
The course is perfect for you if you are any of the following:
- In the early stages of your internal communication career
- Looking to refresh your communication approach
- Interested in discovering new ways of thinking
- Not in a pure IC role, but in a role with internal communication responsibilities
- Interested in learning more about communication.
The course does not require any prior knowledge or experience.
How is the course delivered?
Delivered over 10 weeks the course has a unique coaching and learning blended approach, with a combination of workshops, group coaching calls, discussion activities, and independent study directed by online materials.
The course is delivered fully online via Canvas, our online learning environment, and Zoom for the workshops and coaching calls.
The course includes:
- A highly interactive kick-off workshop
- Weekly group coaching calls (every Tuesday weeks 2-9)
- On-demand video content, materials and resources
- Group discussion and engagement activities
- A highly interactive reflection workshop to round off the course (week 10).
Course schedule
All timings are UK.
| Activity | Time |
| Kick-off Workshop | Tuesday 17 March, 10am - 4pm |
| Group Coaching Calls | Every Tuesday - 24 March to 12 May, 10 - 11am |
| Reflection Workshop | Tuesday 19 May, 10am - 4pm |
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