Learn and Develop

This masterclass is an opportunity to explore how to enhance hybrid team effectiveness using proven tools and techniques. It explores the psychology of hybrid and remote team performance to accelerate more agile ways of working. Creating and nurturing work environments that foster inclusion and engagement is now an imperative for any line manager with people responsibility and enhanced internal communication is a vital element of team cohesion. The session offers practical starting points and the chance to ask questions, compare notes and learn from peers who are experiencing similar hybrid and remote work challenges within their organisations.

Aimed at experienced communication professionals, this highly interactive training focusses on deepening knowledge, skills and insight, helping participants attain a more profound understanding and advanced skill-set for effective change communication. The course will also help attendees take a further step in their own development, including how to use coaching principles to influence senior leaders and specific negotiation skills to support and drive change.

A podcast can be a useful, effective and authentic way of talking directly to colleagues. This training course introduces you to everything you need to know if you’ve ever wondered about using podcasting in your internal communications. It will give you an introduction and an overview of how to get started with your own podcast, from planning and equipment to recording and editing.

While changes in ways of working continue to accelerate, many organisations are experiencing increasing cynicism and fatigue towards change initiatives. This course will address these challenges head-on, exploring the critical role of Agile in navigating constant change, especially AI, and in ensuring organisations stay relevant and sustainable in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. Attendees will also learn how to use AI to tackle Agile fatigue as well as enhance communication, boost engagement and improve productivity.

This workshop will explore how culture works to shape organisational reality and why it is so difficult to ‘see’ it and change it. It will consider what kind of communication practice works for culture management, including how and when to communicate values and what these should look like for maximum effect. The course will also look at how how communicators can generate powerful insights about culture and how to use these insights to support leaders in shaping culture through communication.

This highly interactive virtual learning masterclass is designed to introduce communication practitioners to the principles of neuroscience, explaining how the brain operates, and providing communication and engagement practitioners with a deeper and clearer understanding of how to support teams, drive engagement and enable effective change.

Gravitas gives you the authority to influence, and the licence to create impact. It allows you to command the trust and respect of others. Vital skills in life, your career, and your role as an IC professional. To have gravitas, you need to fully understand yourself and others. This virtual course will explore how people interact, what makes you a trusted communicator, and how psychology, emotional intelligence, neuro and cognitive diversity allow you to build and maintain trust.

This virtual course delivered over two live sessions is packed with tips, techniques and the opportunity to learn from course tutor, Liz Cochrane, as well as fellow participants. It brings level one of the IoIC profession map to life and is ideal for internal communication professionals who are in the early stages of their IC career. Explore both the 'What?' and 'Why?' of communication so you can pack a punch and deliver added value communication.