Speak So They Can Hear You

Build trust, reduce friction and increase your influence.

Even strong messages can miss the mark when communication styles clash. Managers often communicate in ways that make sense to them – but land very differently depending on who is listening.

This lab helps leaders understand different communication styles and flex their own to communicate more effectively with stakeholders, peers and direct reports.

Format

90-minute interactive lab

Delivery

Online or onsite

Focus

Flexing communication styles

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Who Is This Lab For

This lab is designed for:

  • Managers navigating cross-functional or stakeholder-heavy environments.
  • Team leads who want fewer misunderstandings and more productive conversations.
  • Leaders working with diverse personalities across roles and seniority levels.
  • People managers who struggle to get buy-in or alignment despite clear intentions.
  • HR and People teams looking to strengthen communication effectiveness across their manager population.

What Makes This Lab Effective

A practical approach that strengthens clarity, influence and persuasion across critical leadership conversations.

Learn

How personality shapes the way people communicate and interpret messages.

Practice

Flexing your communication style in realistic workplace conversations.

Leave With

Your personal Flex Map to plan and adapt future interactions.

Apply

Communicate with influence across stakeholders, peers and direct reports.

Why Organizations Choose This Lab

A low-lift, plug-and-play format that strengthens communication effectiveness and leadership impact at scale.

Plug-and-play format
Ready-to-run lab with minimal coordination, ideal for limited L&D capacity.

Works standalone or as a series
Effective on its own or combined with other 90-minute labs.

Relevant across roles and seniority
A core people skill managers can apply regardless of function, level or industry.

Did You Know

Research and practice from Insights Discovery show that leaders who understand their own communication style and can flex it — communicate more persuasively, build stronger relationships and reduce unnecessary friction. This lab builds self-awareness and adaptability, two critical leadership capabilities for influencing others in complex, fast-moving organizations. Insights Discovery is one of the most widely used personality and communication frameworks in European organizations and provides the foundation for this lab. Managers leave with a personal Flex Map that makes communication style adaptation practical, not theoretical.

How To Bring This Lab To Your Organization

This lab can be delivered online worldwide (Zoom, Teams, Google Meet) or in person in Berlin and across Europe. Pricing depends on delivery format, location, group size, and whether the lab is booked standalone or as part of a series.

We’ll help you decide the best setup for your leaders.

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